NGO partners Ogun on school feeding programme
By Olusola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: A NON-GOVERNMENTAL Organization, Women Consortium of Nigeria, has partnered Ogun State government on its home-grown school feeding program. The partnership came as part of efforts to monitor the feeding exercise, judiciously utilize budget allocated for the scheme and reduce corruption within workers involved in the scheme. The NGO is committed […]
NGO plans political party for Nigerian youth
By Olu AJAYI (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: A NON-GOVERNMENTAL Organisation (NGO), Fix Nigeria Group, which plans to form a political party for the youth in future election in the country, is underway. The NGO, which is also pressure group, has flagged off the Ogun State Chapter, which was announced in Abeokuta following meeting held by members, […]
NGOs counsel Ogun community youths, parents on evil of cultism, social vices
By Olu AJAYI (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: LEADERS of some non-governmental organizations have counselled youth of a community in Ogun State to shun cultism and other vices that would have negative effects on them. Under the umbrella of the Nationwide Teenage Sensitization (NATES) Project, the leaders urged the youth of Mosunmore in Obafemi/Owode Local Government area, […]
EFCC hails Okei-Odumakin, WACI team stand against corruption
By Femi SHODUNKE NIGERIA: FROM a rare quarter has come a word of commendation for the leadership of a non-governmental organisation, Women Arise for Change Initiative (WACI). The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, said on Friday that the WACI President, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, and her team should […]
Soyinka laments inhuman treatment, jungle justice in Nigeria
By Femi SHODUNKE NIGERIA: NOBEL Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has expressed concern over the rate and evil of jungle justice and inhuman treatment in the country. According to him, the situation to fellow human beings has assumed a worrisome level. The President Women Arise for Change Initiative (WACI), Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, made this known […]
GENDI, other non-NGOs lecture Ogun students on social vices
By Femi SHODUNKE NIGERIA: GENDER Development Initiative (GENDI) and Young Future Builders Initiative (YFBI) have taken the crusade against series of social vices in the society to two secondary schools in Ogun State. The two non-governmental organisations stormed Salawu Abiola Comprehensive High School, Osiele and Asero High School, Abeokuta on their nation-wide teenage orientation […]
School fees: NGO seeks exemption for vulnerable children
NIGERIA: A NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisation has stressed the need to exempt vulnerable children from the payment of school fees in the country. The community-based body, Women Advocacy, HIV Prevention and Other Diseases (WAHPOD) made the call at the Blue Ribbon Campaign launch held on Thursday at Idofio Cultural Hall, Ayetoro in Yewa North Local Government […]
Child abuse on the rise in Nigeria, CPN coordinator alerts parents
NIGERIA: THE State Coordinator of the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Child Protection Network (CPN), Ogun State Chapter, Mrs. Peju Osoba, has raised the alarm over the upsurge in the incidence of child abuse in the country. Osoba has, therefore, called on parents and guardians to always be on guard against abuse on their children and […]
Olateru-Olagbegi dies at 62
NIGERIA: THE Executive Director of Women Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Mrs. Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi, is dead. The 62-year-old Olateru-Olagbegi, who was a member of the National Conference in Abuja, died on Thursday while being rushed to the hospital following the relapse of her illness at her residence. Olateru-Olagbegi, whose NGO has been […]
Activist spends Abuja confab allowance to build centre for women
NIGERIA: APPARENTLY concerned on the plight of women and girls in the Nigerian society, a former member of the defunct National Conference, Dr. (Mrs.) Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, has utilized her allowance at the confab to build a rehabilitation and transit centre. The multi-million naira building, which is located in Ijeja area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State […]
