The Centre for 21st Century Issues (C21st) joined other advocacy groups, NGOs, CSOs, women-led organisations to express disappointment over the insensitivity of the 9th National Assembly (NASS) in denying women the opportunity of inclusion and representation in governance by voting against the gender bills. It noted that it was even…
Read MoreThe Program Officer, Centre for 21st Century Issues (C21st) Ms. Odediji Jumoke Victoria joined other delegates at the African Youth SDGs Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with the theme: “Youth Resilience in COVID-19 era: Pathways to Accelerate Actions to Achieve the SDGs”, held from 9th to 11th of March 2022.…
Read MoreIn commemoration of this year's International Women’s Day, the Executive Director, Centre for 21st Century Issues (C21st), Titilope Ngozi Akosa will on March 8, join other panelists to discuss intersectional feminist approaches to solving climate crisis. The event — environment and society discussion series, which will be held virtually, is…
Read MoreIn commemoration of the 2021 International Campaign against Gender-Based Violence, with theme as Orange the World: End Violence Against Women Now, the Centre for 21st Century Issues (C21st) and the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) join Nigeria, the UN and the globe at large to mark the 30th anniversary…
Read MoreBy Samuel Nwosu When the news hit Nigeria of the production of vaccines to combat the Covid19 pandemic, it was received with huge disbelief that quickly turned into outright rejection. The airwaves and rumour mills were agog with different stories; from seemingly authoritative sources and even supposed global platforms. Almost…
Read MoreBy Michael Simire As the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit Nigeria with a fresh surge in the number of cases and deaths recorded daily, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy amongst the citizenry is increasingly becoming a worrisome development that appears to be sabotaging the government’s effort to rid…
Read MoreBy Nelson Ekujumi The various coronavirus vaccination centres established by the state government across the 57 local government council and local development council areas of Lagos State has witnessed an enthusiastic turnout of Lagosians for the Covid-19 vaccine in the second phase of the vaccination exercise which commenced on the…
Read MoreBy Peace Omenka The commencement of the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination observed a massive attendance of people. The data gotten from my visits to the centres has shown that citizens were interested in being vaccinated, both the youth as well as the older age group. While some centres…
Read MoreBy Seyi Taiwo-Oguntuase As the Lagos state government kicks off the second phase of the Covid-19 vaccination in 183 centres across the state, there has been an abysmally low turnout of Persons Living with Disability (PWD). All the centres in Ikeja and Ifako Ijaiye local government areas visited by Daily…
Read MoreBy Olaolu Oladipo The Lagos State Government has accorded the issue of global outbreak of Covid 19 with all the due attention it deserves and it is not in any way dropping the ball to ensure that the teeming populace are safe. The state under the supervision of Governor Babajide…
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