Tag: NGO

Alleged NBC Code Violations:  NGO, Islamic Da’awa Foundation drags Jewish TV Channel Arewa24 to Kano Court

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…Cites stations’ indecent, culturally-offensive, inconsistent with religious values, Hausa contents films  A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Islamic Research and Da’awa Foundation, Abuja, has filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Kano against Arewa24 TV and the National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), over alleged violations of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code. The suit follows complaints that some programmes aired by Arewa24TV contained indecent and culturally-offensive content deemed contrary to public morals and the nation’s broadcasting standards. In the petition to Kano Federal High Court dated October 30, 2025, the Foundation, through its…

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NGO drags el-Rufa’i to EFCC over alleged ₦10bn school feeding scam, ₦4.5bn farmers’ fund missing, $6m vanished loan vanished

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…Warns EFCC of legal action if probe is ignored A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Transparency Honesty Disclosure Trust (THDT), has filed a public interest petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), demanding the probe of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i, over what it described as “massive corruption, mismanagement, and reckless looting of public funds” during his 8-year tenure. In the petition, dated September 8, 2025, THDT cited the Kaduna State House of Assembly’s June 6, 2024 report, which it said exposed procurement frauds, inflated contracts, diversion of billions,…

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Energy Group sues NNPCL Executive over ₦140bn OVH energy deal 

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Energy Group sues

A non-governmental organisation, the ‘Incorporated Trustees of Legal Defence Against Injustice Initiative’, has sued Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) executive, Adedapo Segun, at the Abuja High Court, seeking the refund of ₦140 billion ($325.09 million) allegedly tied to the company’s acquisition of OVH Energy. According to reports, the group wants the Court to compel Segun, who is NNPCL’s Chief Financial Officer and former Executive Vice-President, Downstream, to return the funds to the Federal Government’s treasury. It is also urging the Court to direct the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…

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Dream Makers Foundation

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A non-profit and non-political organisation, Dream Makers Empowerment Foundation, is set to create awareness and advocacy on the rights to education of girls and women, youths, and the less-privileged, and to provide scholarships and vocational training to help women and youths gain the education and skills they need to pursue their dreams and careers. Chairman of the Foundation, Amadi Vidal Nwando, in a statement, said some of the aims and objectives of the foundation is to also provide regular medical check-ups, health services, counseling and mental health support to individuals…

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Journalist rejects N800,000 bribe offer from foreign NGO to smear ?angote Refinery

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Nigerian investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, has accused an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), ‘Dialogue Earth’, of offering him an 800 thousand naira bribe to smear the world’s largest single-train refinery, ?angote Refinery. In a lengthy post on his X account yesterday, Hundeyin detailed how the NGO reached out to him sometime last week, with a brief that required him to write a negative review about the ?angote Refinery using climate change and environmental concerns as justifications. According to him the NGO, formerly known as China Dialogue Trust, is based in London,…

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One Voice Development Initiative condoles DCP Abba Kyari, family

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A non-governmental organisation, One Voice Development Initiative, has extended condolences to you and your family of DCP Abba Kyari on the demise of his mother, Yachilla. Coordinator of the group, Abbas Abdullahi Yakasai, in a statement made available to journalists, sent appreciation to the good people of Borno State for their genuine massive support and solidarity to Abba Kyari and the Kyari family during this difficult time. The statement reads in part “Your mother’s legacy and impact on the community are evident in the outpouring of love and condolences. ”…

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Arewa New Agenda Raises Concerns Over Calls to Sack SGF Akume; Urges Unity and Peace

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A voluntary organization that promotes peace and development in northern Nigeria, Arewa New Agenda (ANA), has raised concern over calls to sack the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume. The ANA members led by its Convener and Chairman of Arewa New Agenda, Sen. Ahmad Abubakar MoAllahyidi, voiced their concern in a statement on Saturday. The statement read in part: “At the heart of the matter is the recent statement by Chief Audu Ogbe, a respected elder statesman, who called for the removal of the Secretary…

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Elections; NGO tells political parties to Focus on issue-based campaign

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), a non-governmental organisation, has called on political parties and their candidates to focus on issue-based campaigns and not attack the personality of their fellow contestants. Bukola Idowu, Team Lead, KDI, made the call at first High-Level National Dialogue on Mitigating Electoral Violence ahead of the 2023 General Elections, in Abuja. The event had in attendance representatives from the NOA, Civil Defence, DSS, among others. He said that political candidates and their parties should desist from making inciteful messages, as their actions and inactions speaks a…

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1999 Constitution Amendment:’Govs. opposing local autonomy enemies of Nigerians’ – NULGE, NGO

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A non-governmental organisation, (NGO), the Social Development Integrated Centre/ SocialAction, has declared that State governors objecting to Local Government autonomy are enemies of Nigerians, advising voters to use the 2023 general elections to vote against such governors and their parties. This was made known in an issued statement at the end of a one-day capacity-building workshop in Ado-Ekiti, organised by SocialAction with support from the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), and signed by the NGOs Senior Programmes Officer, Prince Edegbuo. The NGO noted that failure to grant autonomy to the…

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NGO tasks FG on incessant ASUU strike

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Nigeria Development Front (NDF) has urged the Federal Government to put in place mechanism to end Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) incessant strikes in the country. Mr Charles Adeyemi, the NGOs President, said this when he spoke on Wednesday in Osogbo. Adeyemi said that what ASUU was fighting for was adequate funding for the education sector and a better welfare for university lecturers. According to him, inadequate funding of universities impedes the development of the education sector, hence the need for government to address huge…

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