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CSOs decry poor funding, seek govt intervention

Civil society organisations (CSOs) in Adamawa State have expressed concern over poor access to direct funding, calling for urgent government intervention to sustain humanitarian...

Dangote launches N1trn Education Fund to support 1.3m Nigerian students

Nigerian industrialist, Aliko Dangote, on Thursday, December 11, 2025, announced a N100 billion annual education support initiative, describing it as a long-term investment aimed...

Human Rights Day: CAPPA decries deteriorating rights protection, seeks end to impunity

As the world marks International Human Rights Day 2025, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has decried the deteriorating state of human-rights protection in Nigeria,...

Trade unions, civil society flay crackdown on Senegal water workers

Trade union and civil society organisations from Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda have frowned at alleged intimidatory acts of the management of Senegalese water company,...

Environmental protection: Communities in Ghana can resist illegal mining without losing their livelihoods

Awakwai is a farmer in the Sika Nti community at Asankragua in Ghana’s Western Region. When he migrated to the community to work on...

UN launches $33bn aid appeal with call for global solidarity

The UN and partners on Monday, December 8, 2025, launched their global humanitarian appeal to save millions of lives where shocks hit hardest –...

Water justice network criticises repressive acts against Senegal union members

The Africa Water Justice Network (AWJN) has called on the Senegalese national press and international media outlets to beam their attention on alleged intimidation...

Nnimmo Bassey: Colonialism’s Nunc Dimittis in Africa

The African Union (AU) has “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations” as its theme of the year 2025. This theme...

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Professionals tasked to be dedicated, innovative on preserving forests, addressing climate change

Director-General, Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan, Prof. Zachariah Yaduma, has said enormous challenges facing the world in preserving forests...
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Failure of REA boss to appear before Reps described as ‘disrespectful’

The House of Representatives committee on Renewable Energy has mandated the Managing Director, Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Abba Aliyu, to...

CSOs demand reform of Cross River forestry laws to curb deforestation, empower communities

Civil society organisations (CSOs) in Cross River State have declared as obsolete the state’s forestry laws, citing this as reason...

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Professionals tasked to be dedicated, innovative on preserving forests, addressing climate change

Director-General, Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan, Prof. Zachariah Yaduma,...

Failure of REA boss to appear before Reps described as ‘disrespectful’

The House of Representatives committee on Renewable Energy has...
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