The Kebbi State Police Command has raised concern over intelligence reports suggesting that some groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are planning to stage a protest in response to the recent abduction from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga. In a statement issued today by the Command’s spokesman, Nafiu Abubakar,...
•Nnaji and Tinubu Two civil society groups have called on the Tinubu-led federal government to ban former Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Uche Nnaji from holding public office. According to Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and HallowMace Foundation Africa, such an action will dissuade those planning to forge ...
A coalition of Nigerian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has launched a scathing critique of government agencies regarding their stance on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), accusing them of inconsistency and a lack of rigorous, independent research. The coalition, comprising Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Environmenta...
•Afghan ladies UN human rights chief Volker Turk today said Afghanistan’s governing Taliban authorities must reverse their ban on Afghan women working for NGOs. Since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, women have been progressively erased from public spaces, prompting the United Nations to denounce the “gender apartheid” the adminis...

