COVID-19: 300 Vulnerable Households Benefit From Actionaid Nigeria, CITAD Palliatives Worth Over N2.7 Million
Some beneficiaries of the Actionaid Nigeria and CITAD COVID-19 palliatives smiling home with their packages at Tunga-Ashere community on Friday in Abuja. Photos by Smartgist24 Actionaid Nigeria and Centre for Information Technology and Development(CITAD), have donated items worth over N2.7 million to 300 households in four excluded communities in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory( FCT), […]
Kano COVID-19 Battlespace Takes a ‘Civil Society’ Turn
The battle against Coronavirus siege on Kano is taking a ‘civil society’ turn with the “Kano Against Covid-19†platform emerging as citizens and civil society initiative on the matter. The initiative which has been in the making is formally stepping out with the declaration that the state “appears to be in a full scale community […]
Kano Citizens Converge Against Coronavirus
PROMINENT Kano citizens have risen to the challenge posed by the escalation in the number of infections that has dramatically shot the state to number one position to form a common front against Covid-19. A Press Statement from the group, Kano Against Covid-19 – A Citizens and Civil Society Initiative, has revealed. The group’s emergence […]
Tenth Twitter Chat on Addressing the Needs of Women and Girls in the Lockdown Palliatives with Mrs Ene Obi, Country Director, Action Aid Nigeria
In continuation of its enlightening program amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the centre for information technology and development (CITAD) has today , the 30th of April, 2020 held its 11th twitter chat with a good governance advocate, and women and girls rights specialist, Mrs. Ene Obi, country Director of Action Aid Nigeria. The twitter chat is part […]
New Explanation for Kano Death Toll Emerging
Attention is shifting rapidly from COVID-19 itself to the attitude of the residents and the negligence by the state government to be more proactive in the understanding of the rising death toll in the Northwestern state of Kano in Nigeria. The Centre for Information Technology and Development, (CITAD) which is pushing this line in its […]
Press Statement on the Current Situation of the Lockdown In Kano State By the Centre for Information Technology and Development (XII)
1st May, 2020 Today Friday, the 1st of May, 2020 Kano state residents have entered third week of the total lockdown in the state with only 16 hours partial lifting of the order on the 23rd of April. In this period the confirmed cases in the state continued to surge as more cases are being […]
The Tenth Twitter Chart on Promoting Accountability in Covid-19 Spending With Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Executive Director Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)
In continuation of its enlightening program amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the centre for information technology and development (CITAD) has today Wednesday, the 29th of April, 2020 held its 9th twitter chat with Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, the Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre who is also the chair, Transparency International in Nigeria. Malam Auwal is […]
We Have Four Cases Not Eight, Bauchi Declares
Bauchi State Government has disagreed with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) over new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) it claimed to have recorded in the state. On Wednesday, NCDC had reported that Bauchi recorded two new cases in addition to existing six who were receiving treatment. But the deputy governor, Baba Tela, […]
Nigeria: Kano Moves to Unravel Cause of Mass Deaths
By Richard P. Ngbokai and Ibrahim Musa Giginyu Kano State government has finally responded to the people’s agitations and concern over reported mass deaths of people in the state. Daily Trust gathered that the state government has begun verbal autopsy to ascertain the possible causes of the deaths and to enable the authorities to take […]
Report of the Eight Twitter Chat with Saudatu Mahdi, Secretary General, Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA)
In continuation of its enlightenment programs against the fight of the novel Coronavirus, the Centre for Information Technology and Development has today 23rd of April, 2020 held another series of its twitter chat with Saudatu Mahdi, Secretary General of Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative on Tackling Domestic Violence in the Context of Lockdown. The […]