Damilola OJETUNDE

THE number of Nigerians that die annually because of cancer has continued to rise, but the problem lies more in the cost of accessing treatment than in any other factor. RISING cases of cancer and the cost implications of treatment are…
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ON Friday, September 7,  The ICIR submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Federal Ministry of Education. The purpose of the request was to obtain procurement details of contracts approved for the ministry by the Federal…
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THE Federal Government has placed  50 high-profile Nigerians suspected of corruption on travel ban. This was contained in a statement released on Saturday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba…
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ONLY about 73 out of 900 public institutions have submitted their freedom of information (FOI) annual report for 2017 to the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF). This statement was made at a one-day reform seminar on open government…
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LAST week, the Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Ahmed Boboyi, stated that the population of out-of-school children in Nigeria has risen from 10.5 million to 13.2 million. The Executive Secretary, who was…
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DESPITE the passage of Freedom of Information (FOI) Act by the National Assembly seven years ago, Nigerian public and security institutions are still hoarding information relating to the procurement process, the Public and Private…
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TWITTER is one of the best social media platforms for conveying political messages in bite-size pieces to the electorate with decreasing attention span.  The use of Twitter in politics has seriously changed the way campaigns are run;…
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EXACTLY a week from now, the electorate in Osun state will go to the polls to elect the governor for the next four years. The September 22nd election will be the fifth consecutive governorship election to be held in the state since the…
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THREE days to the conclusion of the continuous voters' registration exercise,  eligible voters have complained about the high-handedness of INEC officials at the registration centres in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Speaking to The…
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THE African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), has charged the federal government to protect whistleblowers for the policy to be effective. This was made known at the presentation of a publication commemorating…
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