The Justice, Development and Peace Centre (JDPC), Ondo State chapter, has faulted the poor priority given to agricultural extension services in the state, warning that it will serve as an obstacle to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals in 2030.   The JDPC Director, Rev Fr. Damian Adesegha, said this yesterday in Akure at the…

Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Prof. Sabastine Maimako, has called on the Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) to assist the university stop open grazing on its campus.

Media practitioners have been charged to be fair, balanced and objective in reporting conflict issues in Nigeria Participants at a two-day media programme organised by ActionAid, Nigeria’s SARVE Project, made the call in Akwanga, Nasarawa State. The theme of the programme was: “Media training on conflict sensitive reporting for journalists in Kogi State. They urged…

The Justice Development and Peace Centre (JDPC) and ActionAid Nigeria have identified some challenges in the agricultural sector, revealing that they constitute obstacles to farmers in Ondo State.   At a one-day consultative meeting on the 2019 Ondo State Agriculture Budget in Akure on Tuesday, the organisations canvassed for more inclusiveness, especially among the smallholder…

The United States, despite withdrawing from a landmark accord aimed at curbing climate change, is stonewalling vital UN talks over how to fund poorer nations as they battle against global warming, multiple sources told AFP Saturday.

To reduce youth restiveness in Kogi State, ActionAid has handed over N35.5million livelihood projects to nine local communities in the state. The projects include rice milling machine at Okpeji community; garri processing factory and hand pump borehole at Okpapata at the cost of N3, 325,000; cassava processing and maize milling factory at Ofuloko community; block,…

ActionAid Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to promptly address the root causes of the killings nationwide with a view to finding a realistic solution and promoting peaceful coexistence and productivity.

ActionAid Nigeria has trained women peer-education facilitators in 12 communities to check gender gaps, harmful traditional practices against widows as well as girl-child education in Kogi State

ActionAid Nigeria has urged government to address persistent institutional sexism in the Nigeria Police Force, Judiciary and other public institutions.

Action Aid Nigeria has expressed worry over the two percent budget allocation to agricultural sector.

Piqued at the reports on the sale of some African citizens as slaves in Libya, ActionAid International has called on the African Union (AU) to suspend the country until all captive and bonded persons are released.

Ojobo Atuluku opined that the restructuring should focus on the management and funding of public education by the different tiers of government as well as the distribution of public investment between primary, secondary and tertiary education.