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Debt Servicing Threatens Nigeria’s Climate Response, Deepens Burden on Women, Children — ActionAid

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Nigeria’s escalating debt burden is threatening to cripple the country’s capacity to finance climate adaptation and essential public services, with women, girls and children facing the harshest consequences of the widening fiscal and environmental crisis, ActionAid Nigeria has warned. The organisation said the projected use of more than half of Nigeria’s government revenue for debt…

Support APC or Leave Kuje: ActionAid Raises Alarm Over Council Chairman’s Remark

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ActionAid Nigeria has condemned an alleged directive by the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Samuel Danjuma Shekwolo, that residents must support the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) or leave the council, describing the remark as a troubling threat to democratic freedoms, while warning that political intimidation could become normalised ahead of the 2027 elections. The…

ActionAid Raises Alarm Over Alleged Exploitation of Nigerian Women in Russian Alabuga Programme, Demands Urgent Probe

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ActionAid Nigeria has called for an urgent investigation into reports that young African women, including Nigerians, were allegedly deceived into joining Russia’s Alabuga Start Programme with promises of education, vocational training and lucrative jobs, only to face exploitation, unsafe working conditions and possible involvement in military drone production. The organisation also expressed grave concern over…