By Victoria Effiong Unless an urgent action is taken, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 500 unit prototype hostel at Cross River State University (UNICROSS) could soon become a disaster. It is a death trap for students living in it. The hostel, awarded in December 2004, was abandoned by Directed Services Limited, a local firm that
This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with intent to revive social consciousness. People who support the Twitter ban in Nigeria generally fall into two categories. The first are principally of Northern Nigeria extraction and die hard supporters of
By Archibong Jeremiah We The People – Centre for Social Studies and Development has reviewed the Host Community Provisions in Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill 2020. The NGO which was founded as a rights platform aimed at mobilizing and organizing citizens to demand their social contract from Government institutions and their officials published the 20 page report March,
This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with intent to revive social consciousness. Again, President Buhari increases the price of petrol, this time to N212. This is at least the 6th time this Government has adjusted the cost of
This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with intent to revive social consciousness. What if Southern Nigeria decides to cut supply of petrol, diesel and kerosene to the North? Who hurts more? We need to think and act more
This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with intent to revive social consciousness. On all counts and indicators, especially those ones he rode into power promising, this President has failed. On the economy, the man has supervised 2 recessions
This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with intent to revive social consciousness. That there is even a consideration for Goodluck Jonathan to return as Nigeria’s President indicates this country is a bad joke. Sometimes I wonder, why even
By Maxwell Effiong A grassroot people’s empowerment Non-Governmental Organisation, Policy Alert has ended a one day workshop on budgeting process, accountability and transparency. The workshop christened “Open Budget Deep Dive” held in the city of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria’s first capital. Mr. Tijah Bolton-Akpan, Executive Director of Policy Alert in his address to the