•Voting Calls for electoral reform intensified yesterday as a coalition of civil society organizations (CSOs) proposed comprehensive changes to Nigeria’s laws to strengthen democracy. The CSOs convened to deliberate on independent candidacy, the role of independent observers, and the immediate implementation of electronic transmission of elect...
•COVID-19 vaccines Some stakeholders in the health sector have called on governments across Africa to increase political will and efforts towards the manufacture of vaccines on the continent. They made the call during the Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa (ECOVA) conference in Abuja, reports Daily Trust. It was organised by the A...
The Commonwealth Institute for Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS) will host an international one-day workshop on class action law. According to the organisers in a statement issued today and made available to The Frontier, the workshop is the first of its kind in Africa. “The programme is designed for individuals and entities that...
Media owners, editors, and other stakeholders have called on President Bola Tinubu to save the nation’s media industry amid the ongoing economic hardship in the country. This came as President Tinubu urged media managers to focus on factual reporting and uphold professional integrity, reports Vanguard. The stakeholders spoke at the All Nigeria...
The federal government met with stakeholders in Lagos yesterday to discuss the proposed Digital Economy and e-Governance Bill, part of a series of consultations designed to shape a nationwide legal framework for the digital economy. The Lagos meeting followed earlier sessions held in several states as the government works to gather input from ...
Yiaga Africa, a citizen-led moveÂment under the Watching The Vote (WTV) Working Group, and Justice Development and Peace Centre (JDPC) of the Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City, have again called for the review of the just concluded Edo governorship election, saying several unwholeÂsome acts undermined the integÂrity of the election. Speaking ...
Stakeholders unanimously called for concerted efforts towards adding value to non-oil export products by processing them into semi-finished and finished goods in order to unlock significant economic benefits for the nation. This clarion call was made at the 9th Edition of the Annual Zenith Bank International Trade Seminar themed “Nigerian Non-...
•Cement A cross-section of Nigerians have expressed reservations about the inability of BUA Cement to keep to its promise of reducing the price of cement in the country. This is coming on the heels of the statement credited to the Chairman of BUA Cement, Abdul Samad Rabiu, where he stated that cement dealers frustrated his […]
•Peter Obi and Alex Otti The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and Governor Alex Otti of Abia State have announced stakeholders’ meeting of the party. The Labour Party Extended stakeholders meeting is slated to hold on Wednesday, 4 September, at Banquet Hall, Government House Umuahia, reports The Nation. According to t...
Telecom operators yesterday warned that the excruciating financial obligations may affect the sector in providing telecom services in the country. But the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, in a swift reaction, said it would not be arm-twisted by the operators’ threat, reports Vanguard. Load-shedding is a formula that the ...

