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Nigeria’s Oil-rich South-South States Sign Agreement on Economic Cooperation
The six governors of Nigeria’s oil-rich South-South states have signed an agreement for the take-off of the region’s economic cooperation scheme.
Nigeria’s High Commissioner Urges Better Protection of Children
Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the UK, Dr Dalhatu Tafida, has called for the protection of children from all forms of abuses including stigmatization from witchcraft. Tafida was receiving members of the Akwa Ibom State Judicial Commission of Inquiry...
Nigerian Commission on Witchcraft to Sit in the Nigeria High Commission London
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the witchcraft accusations and child abuses set up by the Nigeria’s South Akwa Ibom government has shifted its sitting to London, APA can confirm Sunday.
Nigeria Red Cross Caters for Over 7000 Displaced People From Bakassi Peninsula
The Nigerian Red Cross Society in Akwa Ibom State in south-eastern Nigeria says it is catering for 7,614 people displaced by the ceding of the Bakassi Peninsular to Cameroon. Justice Edemekong Edemekong, the Akwa Ibom branch Chairman of the society, said...
Nigeria Government Formally Condemns Child Witch Syndrome
After many years of child abuse in the Cross Rivers and Akwa Ibom states in southern Nigeria, the government has formally condemned the practice of child witches and wizards and the stigmatization it had brought to innocent children. According to the...
Nigerian Women’s Group Backs Campaign Against Child Witchcraft Syndrome
The campaign against child witchcraft syndrome in oil-rich Akwa Ibom State of south-west Nigeria received a boost on Wednesday when the women’s wing of Oron Union, an elitist socio-cultural organization finally distanced itself from the syndrome and...
Oil Rich Niger Delta to Form Single Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of commerce in the southern states of Nigeria have concluded plans to form a regional body known as the Forum of South-South Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture to fast track the post-amnesty program in the oil rich Niger Delta. The...
Child Rights And Rehabilitation Network Alarmed By Increase in Nigerian Child Witchcraft
Worried by the high incidence of child witchcraft syndrome in the Oron area of Akwa Ibom State of southern Nigeria, the Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN), an NGO, has said the practice had assumed alarming proportions, causing a rise in...
