In 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…
By 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…
By 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…
By 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…
By 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…
By 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 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…
As the third phase of COVID-19 vaccination exercise begins in Lagos State, Civil Society Coalition Against COVID-19 being coordinated by Centre for 21st Century Issues (C21st), commends Lagos State Government for the unflagging determination to ensure mass vaccination of Lagos residents. The coalition lauds Lagos State Government for…
CSOs have raised numerous concerns with respect to accessing, participating at COP meetings especially at COP26. Daisy Emoekabu from Nigeria, who represented the Women and Gender Constituency, spoke on behalf of CSOs. She expressed gratitude to Patricia Espionosa and the UNFCCC for acknowledging the difficulties that CSOs are…
The Centre for 21st Century Issues (C21st) intensified advocacy at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. The Centre had in an advocacy statement noted that the voices of women are so important in the fight against climate change and it must be heard. C21st’s hashtag…