By Godwin Otang The Foundation for Partnership Initiative In the Niger Delta (PIND) has commenced a capacity-building program at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), to help in conflict resolution and promote peaceful coexistence. The Initiative was opened with the inauguration of the PIND’s UNICAL Peace Club on Thursday, October 12, 2023, made up of students
By Veronica Utsu and Able Winnard Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) as well as stakeholders have sued for a law that will protect whistleblowers exposing corruption in the country. This was the nutshell of a town hall meeting on whistleblowing and whistleblowers protection held in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, with the theme: strengthening the
By Etido Okon Stakeholders in the environment sector on Wednesday called on Cross River Governor, Senator Bassey Otu to “stamp his feet on the ground” in order to end the menace of illegal logging in the State. They also sought the immediate disbandment of the Anti-Deforestation taskforce set up by the Governor a few days
By Archibong Jeremiah Connected Development, CODE, a Pan-Africa organization whose mission is to empower grassroots communities in Africa with information and holding their government accountable have strengthened the capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) and media practitioners to combat the drivers of shrinking civic space in Nigeria. The one-day workshop was held in Calabar, the
By Jonathan Ugbal Civic Space actors in some states of the Niger Delta on Tuesday identified the need to engage a wider audience of stakeholders on the issues of Beneficial Ownership data (BO) and Contract Transparency (CT) to drive development in the region. This was during a capacity-building workshop organized by the BudgIT Foundation at
By Jonathan Ugbal An unidentified officer of the Cross River State Fire Service and trainees on Wednesday beat up a staff of the State’s Internal Revenue Service, CRSIRS, Mr. Peter Agba while he was photographing vehicles of the service at a mechanic workshop in Calabar. The mechanic workshop is located inside the fire and rescue
By Jonathan Ugbal The Executive Director of Policy Alert, a civic space organization operating in the Niger Delta has been nominated alongside nine others to the National Steering Committee, NSC of the Open Government Partnership, OGP in Nigeria. The OGP is a global initiative that promotes transparency, citizen participation, and accountability in government. Nigeria joined
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigerian Journalist and activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo on Tuesday visited the Executive Director of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Center, PLAC, Clement Nwankwo Esq as part of strategic visits to civic space actors to strengthen relationships. Citizen Jalingo who was released from the Medium Security Custodial Center Kuje, Abuja on Monday after