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WAMAC’s Town Hall Calls for Reshaping Healthcare Integrity

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In a significant stride against corruption, a Town Hall Meeting, (THM) attendees have made a compelling call for the Niger State Ministry of Tertiary Education to avoid granting approval or recognition to any College of Health and Nursing School that lack licensing from the pertinent Medical

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MacArthur Foundation offers $15M grant to ABU for Higher Education Advancement

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Dr. Kole Shettima, Director of MacArthur Foundation Africa, has announced a financial grant worth $15 million to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. This funding is intended to bolster educational and research initiatives for the advancement of national development. The disclosure was made during the presentation of ABU’s Diamond Jubilee Public Lecture on

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Town Hall Demands Enhanced Service Delivery and Accurate Metering from Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company

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Wadata Media and Advocacy Centre (WAMAC) an NGO with the support of MacArthur Foundation held a Town Hall Meeting to Amplify the Fight against Corruption with a theme: “ISSUES OF SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS; A DEEP DIVE INTO ELECTRICITY SECTOR IN LAGOS STATE.” held on 16th December 2023 at Obudu Hall, Ibis […]

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Re: Nigeria Immigration Service Initiates Probe into Passport Racketeering Allegations in the South East

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Abuja, [December 5, 2023] — Wadata Media and Advocacy Centre, WAMAC, an anti-corruption crusader, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital has taken note of the directive for a comprehensive investigation into allegations of passport racketeering involving personnel within the service, specifically in the South East region. The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS),

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WAMAC Conducts 2023 Retreat and Strategic Planning Workshop

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WAMAC’s Strategic Initiative Aims to Foster Youth Engagement in Anticorruption and Governance Efforts Wadata Media and Advocacy Centre (WAMAC) has embarked on a proactive strategy to bolster youth involvement in the fight against corruption and the promotion of good governance in Nigeria. This vital push for expanded youth participation was a focal point during the

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Oil Theft Gulps Nigeria’s $16.25 Billion – NEITI Nigeria’s Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI has revealed that the country lost N16.25 trillion to crude oil theft.

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This revelation came in Abuja with the submission of a report on the $74.386 billion spent on fuel subsidy by successive administrations since 2011 to the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts. Chairman of the committee, Bamidele Salam, received the report from the Executive Secretary of NEITI, Ogbonnaya Orji.  An interactive session that followed […]

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MacArthur Foundation President Receives Abuja Chieftaincy Title, Hails Traditional Institution

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The president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Prof. John Palfrey, has received a chieftaincy title in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.  Garki Traditional Council in Abuja conferred the title of ‘Byefeche Nugba’ on the MacArthur Foundation president; this means ‘Hero of Justice for Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Original Inhabitants’.  Prof.

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Global Investigative Journalism Conference Boosts Accountability Capacity, Honours Outstanding Works

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Global Investigative Journalism Conference continued on its third day with several sessions and choices for attendees to learn new knowledge and skills useful for the modern-day practice of the profession. Among the topics treated are Digging into Government Contracting: Finding Patterns, Tracking Corruption, Criminal States and Kleptocracies; Tracking Political Extremism;

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Global Investigative Journalism Conference Upskills WAMAC for Enhanced Anticorruption Duties

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Investigative journalists from around the world have converged in Gothenburg, Sweden, for the Global Investigative Journalism Conference. The four-day event scheduled to end on September 22 has journalists from Nigeria also in attendance. The conference organizers described it as “the world’s largest international gathering of investigative journalists.” Among the

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FG TO START MONITORING WHATSAPP MESSAGES, THURAYA PHONES.

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The Nigerian Government is making plans to curb the use of WhatsApp – a free and encrypted multi platform messaging application and Thuraya satellite phones in the country. The sum of $9.6m about #4.8b is provided in the 2021 supplementary budget passed by the National Assembly for the Nigerian Intelligence Agency – NIA to carry […]