The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Civil Society Organisations (NGOs) and Development Partners, Mr. Peter Akpatason, has allayed the fears that the NGO regulation bill was aimed at muzzling religious and ethnic organisations. Akpatason, who spoke with reporters yesterday in Abuja, also faulted the notion that the proposed legislation would infringe on…

Senior Programme Officer of a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Search for Common Ground, based in Jos, Alhaji Sani Suleman, has said that the abuse of drugs and other substance is negatively affecting the social life of the youth....

The Association for Formidable Educational Development (AFED) yesterday called on the Federal Government to proiritise the education of all children in the country, especially those from poor families.

Globally, public pressure to put lobbying regulation on the political agenda has been on the increase.

The Federal Government has been charged to ignore the request for approval by the Cross River State government for the construction of the 260km superhighway until the state complies with environmental standards.

To reduce the risk of transmission of both hepatitis B and C as well as Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a Non-Governmental Organisation, Centre for Initiative and Development ....

Dr Abimbola Williams, the Head of Health, Save the Children Nigeria, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), said mothers living with HIV could breastfeed exclusively without transmitting the virus to the baby.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO, says no fewer than 3.4 million people are living with HIV and AIDS in the country and only 700,000 persons have access to treatment.

The Kwara Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hajia Ayinke Saka has decried the high cases of rape in the state.According to her, about 1,000 cases are reported annually.

In view of issues surrounding the world climate change, 350 men, women and youths from Okuromotet Community in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State, have been trained on forest conservation.

A pro-democracy and Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and 26 other NGOs have condemned the invasion by the Department of State Services (DSS) to the National Assembly, saying it’s “unconstitutional”.

In celebration of its 15th year anniversary, Nigeria’s foremost women’s focused NGO, Women in Management, Business & Public Service (WIMIBIZ) is holding a Special Edition Roundtable and formal Induction Ceremony of new members.