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Lagos Circular Business Community & Platform

Lagos Circular Business Community & Platform September 2021 Oxfam Novib, Oxfam Nigeria, EDC Lagos, and Circle Economy Amsterdam developed and offered a new training module to introduce Nigerian SMEs how to transform their business into a Circular Business Model. Several businesses that...

2020 NNPC ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW

The 2020 Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Annual Performance Review delves into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on NNPC’s operations & performance, along with the inflow of investment into the oil fields in Nigeria. In June 2020, the Mele Kyari-led NNPC management, for the...

Power, Profits and the Pandemic

Power, Profits and the Pandemic From corporate extraction for the few to an economy that works for all The worsening inequality crisis triggered by COVID-19 is fuelled by an economic model that has allowed some of the world’s largest corporations to funnel billions of dollars in profits to...

TIME TO CARE-UNPAID AND UNDERPAID CARE WORK AND THE GLOBAL INEQUALITY CRISIS

UNPAID AND UNDERPAID CARE WORK AND THE GLOBAL INEQUALITY CRISIS Economic inequality is out of control. In 2019, the world’s billionaires, only 2,153 people, had more wealth than 4.6 billion people. This great divide is based on a flawed and sexist economic system that values the wealth of the...

SOMO_CISLAC Report Vitol

Energy traders: missing links in the oil industry Oil trading is generally characterised by limited transparency and challenging business environments. The weak rule of law in many oil-producing countries has contributed to violent conflicts over the control of oil production and revenues. In...

Oxfam in Nigeria Civic Space Influencing Strategy

''This Civic Space Strategy was drafted by Amy Oyekunle and Iheoma Obibi ((Mylid Company Limited, Lagos, Nigeria) with support from Oxfam in Nigeria and Oxfam Novib after due consultations with key stakeholders led by Henry Ushie. Some of the findings build on outcomes of a desk review and a...

BREAKING THE CULTURE OF SILENCE

Hassana Maina is an advocate against gender based violence and currently a student of the Nigerian Law school. She’s a poet who loves to write, teach and read. She describes herself as a tea enthusiast. As a young girl, she realized that even though she had her father’s support to be any woman she...

PRESS STATEMENT: #SAY ENOUGH TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN NIGERIA

The gendered power dynamics and inequalities in Nigerian society are highly evident in the particular risk of gender-based violence that women and girls face. Widespread harmful traditional practices exist, including widow abuse, early and forced marriage, and female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM...

PRESS STATEMENT - IMF COVID-19 LOAN TO NIGERIA

PRESS STATEMENT CSOs CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY IN THE USE OF IMF COVID-19 EMERGENCY LOAN TO NIGERIA Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria welcome the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) prompt response to the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) request for financial assistance to fight the COVID-19...