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UNAIDS Takes Campaign to Mobilise for AIDs to Vatican The Executive Director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima, has drummed support for the AIDS Programme, meeting with leaders in the Catholic Church as part of a global effort to mobilise voices of faith to stand up in a moment of crisis for the AIDS response. Speaking to…

Group Calls on Traditional Rulers to Intercede in Herders-Farmers Conflicts The Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has urged Traditional Rulers across the country to take proactive measures to address the ongoing conflicts between herders and farmers. In a Thursday statement by its National President, Hon. Khalil Bello, the group said, “As an…

Tinubu Approves Employment of 50 Doctors, 100 Nurses for Correctional Centres Nationwide. President Bola Tinubu has approved the employment of 50 doctors and 100 nurses to cater to the medical needs of inmates in correctional centres across the country. A statement on Thursday by Babatunde Alao, the spokesman of the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi…

UNIC Highlights Peace, Security, Human Rights, Information Integrity as Critical Focus Areas in Nigeria The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Nigeria has highlighted peace and security, human rights, and information integrity as its critical focus areas in the country this year In advancing partnerships towards advocacy and sensitisation of policymakers and the public on…

CAPPA Call For Reinstatement of Wrongly Expelled Nasarawa University Student Tracy Ohovwore, Benin Cirty  Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) vigorously opposed the violent intimidation and rustication of more than 25 students by the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), over a planned peaceful demonstration against the university’s arbitrary introduction of a third semester and…