The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has carefully observed the governorship rerun election in Osun State with a conclusion that the conduct of some key stakeholders clearly ran contrary to democratic norms and standards, as well as best practices in the conduct of credible elections. CDD notes that aContinue Reading
Police in Osun State on Thursday arrested 16 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for alleged electoral violation.Continue Reading
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) raided and sealed a hotel known as Thales Guest House in Kubwa, Abuja, arrested three suspects and took custody of 12 young girls for alleged forced prostitution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the team of NAPTIPContinue Reading
Rumour has it that when senior civil servants at the Department for International Development (DfID) tried to interest the development secretary Andrew Mitchell in cash transfers, they couldn’t get anywhere. One morning he came across a column by my colleague Aditya Chakrabortty and was converted. Within a short space of time theContinue Reading
Zambia’s Social Cash Transfer Programme Zambia is a lower-middle-income nation in Southern Africa, with a population estimated at 15.5 million people in 2015. Over half (58.2 per cent) of its population is located in rural areas, often at low density and following sparse patterns of territorial occupation that accentuate challenges relatedContinue Reading
By tying cash benefits to health & education, Brazil is breaking the cycle of poverty 12 years and 26,000 people: the biggest basic income experiment yet Brazil’s conditional cash transfer scheme, Bolsa Familia, has helped 36 million citizens emerge from extreme poverty since 2003. Through Bolsa Familia, the country’s poorest householdsContinue Reading
The organised Labour has suspended the warning strike embarked on Thursday citing the invitation by the Federal Government to a reconvened meeting of the tripartite committee scheduled for 4th and 5th of October, 2018.Continue Reading
As the nation celebrates its 58th independence anniversary on Monday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday stated why President Muhammadu Buhari should not preside over the independence celebration.Continue Reading
Championship By Abolade Ogundimu Abuja, Oct. 7, 2018 (NAN) The Para-soccer Federation of Nigeria celebrates 30th anniversary of the Nigeria-invented game with the 6th Para-soccer World Polio Day Championship in Lagos from Oct. 18 to Oct. 24, says Musbau Didi, the federation’s President. Didi made the disclosure in anContinue Reading
