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 […]
GRESP: Addressing Peculiar Needs of Girls in Nigerian Schools
Accurate and empathetic reporting on gender-responsive education sector planning (GRESP) is crucial to ensuring that the peculiar needs of schoolchildren are addressed in Nigeria. ImpactHouse and the System Strategy and Policy Lab (SSPL) recently conducted a two-day capacity-building programme on GRESP for 27 journalists in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The journalists, selected from Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, […]
DSS Warning against Protest Undemocratic
The Department of State Services (DSS) warning Nigerians against participating in a peaceful protest represents a troubling affront to democratic principles and civil liberties. The DSS, in a statement, issued a warning to individuals and groups planning to stage protests on 12 June, Democracy Day in Nigeria, to desist from any violent or disruptive actions. […]
Kaduna Abduction: Need for Clarity over Release of Schoolchildren
While it is great news that 137 schoolchildren kidnapped from Kuriga area of Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, have been released, some clarifications from the government are needed. Development Diaries reports that the government of Kaduna State on Sunday announced the release of the schoolchildren after 16 days in captivity. The school had announced a total […]
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 […]
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. […]
ImpactHouse Appoints New Executive Director, Rejigs Management
Abuja – 06 January, 2024: ImpactHouse Centre for Development Communication (ImpactHouse), a tech-driven nonprofit working to aid government-citizen action for sustainable development in Africa, has announced the appointment of John Andah as Executive Director of the organisation. John takes over from Adenike Arigbabu, who has transitioned exclusively into her role as a member of the […]
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 […]
South Africa: 26,515 Teenagers Pregnant in Eight Months
Nonprofits and community leaders in South Africa have asked the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to tighten statutory rape laws. Development Diaries reports that the call was made as KwaZulu-Natal announced that it had recorded 26,515 pregnancies of young girls aged ten and 19 in eight months. According to a community leader in Soweto, Ntokozo Khumalo, […]
