2024 in Review: Advocacy with a Punch
As we wave goodbye to 2024, it is time to reflect on the year’s rollercoaster of stories that left us scratching our heads, clutching our pearls, and occasionally shouting, ‘Seriously?!’ Here is a stroll down memory lane featuring our top advocacy calls. And trust us, they are worth another look. January ‘No Gree for Anybody’: […]
Hunger-Induced Stampedes in Nigeria: Ensuring Safe Humanitarian Interventions
The haunting images of stampedes during food distribution events in Ibadan, Abuja, and Anambra tell the distressing story of Nigeria in 2024. The outgoing year saw an unprecedented rise in the cost of living – fuel prices soaring by 77 percent, electricity bills escalating by 217 percent, and staples like beans, rice, bread, and garri […]
Child Abuse: Beyond Enforcing Child Protection Law
It is heartbreaking to hear that a housewife in Plateau State, north-central Nigeria, poured hot water on the children of her husband’s second wife. Development Diaries reports that the woman, as reported by the Nigerian Tribune, fled the scene after the inhuman treatment. Reports say that the police have arrested the husband, identified as Abubakar, for […]
Roundup: Abduction of Schoolchildren in Nigeria, Bank Fraud Claims among Top Stories
Hello everyone! Welcome to the Development Diaries roundup of top stories from last week. Borno, Kaduna Kidnapping: Swift Action Needed to Rescue Women, Girls At number one spot is the sad report of the abduction of women and girls by terrorists in Borno and Kaduna states. Reports state that at least 200 students and teachers […]
Hardship: Presidency’s Response to Criticism Should Be Results-Based, Not Attack
President Bola Tinubu’s spokespersons need to aim to maintain a tone of openness when responding to public criticism, following a recent response to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Development Diaries reports that Special Advisor to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, describing Atiku’s criticism of the Nigerian economy as his ‘new hobby’ is needless. […]
Weekly Roundup of Top Stories
Welcome to the Development Diaries weekly roundup of top Nigerian and African stories for Sunday, 02 July, 2023. We reported the running over of a handcuffed man by police officers in Edo State, Nigeria; Tinubu’s appointment of only four women out of 20 as special advisors; the suffering of at least 2,420 children from violations […]
Nigeria: CSOs Make Demand over Sexual Harassment
Gender Mobile Initiative (GMI) has called for the development of a comprehensive sexual harassment policy in Nigeria. The Executive Director of the civil society organisation (CSO), Omowumi Ogunrotimi, made the call at a summit on ‘Anti-Sexual Harassment in Education Institutions’ in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The summit was organised by the CSO in collaboration with the […]
