Month: August 2025

  By: Mandy Park The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) is set to open its Youth Bootcamp for Food Justice 2025 on Sunday, August 24, at the Ikogosi Warm Springs Resort in Ekiti State. The week-long programme, organised in partnership with the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), will run until August 29 and will draw young Nigerians from all six geopolitical zones. The bootcamp is an intensive residential training designed to prepare the next generation of young leaders to engage with issues at the intersection of food, health,…

By: Mandy Park The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kogi Central Senatorial District has suspended Senator Ahmed Ogembe over allegation of announcing the collapse of the party’s structure in the Okene Local Government Area of the state to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The suspension letter signed by the party’s Zonal Vice Chairman (Central) and chairman Caretaker Committee of Okene Local Government Area, Hon Anthony Akuvada Momoh said Ogembe’s action constituted a clear violation of the provision of the PDP constitution (2017) as amended, particularly Section 58 (1) and…

By: Mandy Park The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has dismissed a viral online photo depicting his son, Oseloka Obi as a gay. According to the former governor of Anambra state, his political opponents are trying to use the photo to get to him, after they have searched unsuccessfully to find anything to implicate him as the 2027 presidential election heats up. A social media enthusiast on X, with the handle@Waspapping_ had shared the photo online, depicting Obi’s son and his male partner celebrating the latter’s birthday…

By: Emma Nnadi The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has expressed opposition to the Lagos State Government’s plans to implement a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for water supply, maintaining its stance against water privatization. The group said that the Lagos State Government’s decision to privatise water supply through a PPP scheme, is anti-people and a betrayal of residents’ right to safe, affordable, and publicly-managed water. In a statement issued on Wednesday, CAPPA dismissed a two-day advocacy workshop convened last week by the Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) to promote…

Mandy Park The Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) has expressed deep sadness over the sudden and untimely passing of Ms Evelyn Osagie, a gifted, versatile and vibrant poet-journalist, a culture promoter and an unwavering advocate for the vulnerable. A statement by CEE-HOPE’s executive director, Betty Abah said Ms Osagie was notable in championing the cause of women and children, civil liberties, and mental health, recalling a report she did about Indian Ayuba, a young girl who lived with her mother who was mentally challenged. Abah said:…

By: Mandy Park The Egbe Omo Ilaje Worldwide has staged a protest to the Assembly on Tuesday and petitioned the Lagos State Assembly over the demolition of Ilaje communities, particularly the Otumara community, which saw over 5,000 houses destroyed and approximately 500,000 people rendered homeless. Some of their placards read; “Save Oworo, our land is bleeding, our people are dying, save our souls,” “Sanwo-Olu save us from land grabbers,” and “If it’s truly a democracy, then every right must be respected, no institution must violate humans.” The petition dated August…

By: Mandy Park A former presidential aspirant, Mathias Tsado, has said that Nigerians focused on the solutions to the hardship plaguing them are the ones driving the push for former President Goodluck Jonathan’s return to the villa. Tsado, a development strategist, made the assertion on Tuesday during an interview on Channels television. He dismissed the claim that those seeking Jonathan’s return are doing so because he won’t be eligible to contest a second term in 2031. According to Tsado, ordinary Nigerians are not interested in the North-South rotational presidency debate,…

By: Mandy Park The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has issued a notice to all allottees of FHA land in 6th Avenue, Festac Town, Lagos. The authority is calling on all affected individuals to visit the FHA Zonal Office in Festac Town for identification, revalidation, and establishment of plot beacons. To participate in this exercise, allottees are required to bring the following documents: Genuine Letter of Allocation. The original letter issued by FHA as proof of allocation. Evidence of Payments. Documents showing proof of payment for the allocated land. Valid Means…

By: Mandy Park The Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) has issued a warning to the public against purchasing or leasing a disputed piece of land at Weighbridge, Owode Onirin, along Ikorodu Road, Lagos State. The land in question the group cautioned is currently the subject of ongoing litigation. At a press conference in Lagos on Friday the President of CHSR, Comrade Alex Omotehinse warned the public not to engage in any financial transactions for the purchase, lease, or acquisition of the disputed land or any structures erected on…