Coalition of Concerned Civil Society Organisations, led by Comrade Mohammed Abdulrazak Ibrahim, has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s nomination of Dr. Nentawe Yilwadta as Minister-designate in charge of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction. The group argued that the role ought be filled by a woman to ensure effective and compassionate leadership in addressing pressing humanitarian challenges and not just be treated …

Leaders of civil society groups have held a rally in Lagos calling for a stop to the pattern of giving pipeline contracts to people associated with violence. The groups expressed full support for President Bola Tinubu’s reforms of asking Nigerians to be patient to reap the dividends. The groups under the Civil Society Coalition for Mandate Protection (CSC-MAP), which held …

The United Action Front of Civil Society, the umbrella platform for organised civil society on issues of governance and democracy, has declared support for the two-day warning strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The strike was declared to protest against the hardship in the country foisted on the masses through the removal of fuel subsidy as announced by …

A coalition of civil society organisations, under the aegis of the Nigerian Youth Network for Good Governance and Sustainable Democracy, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) of employing underhand tactics to arm-twist the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. In a statement on Saturday, the coalition said the LP and PDP’s supporters’ disparaging remarks about the …