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Nigeria is among the 14 countries cited in the US Trafficking in Persons Report for recruiting or using child soldiers. The document also denounces corruption and official complicity, while keeping the country at Tier 2, according to the US State Department, as quoted by Vanguard.
Source: Vanguard
The government of Nigeria’s Abia State is urging private companies to invest more in clean cooking solutions, presented as a driver of green growth, public health and job creation. Environment Commissioner Philemon Ogbonna made the appeal at a workshop in Aba.
Source: Businessday
Nigerian historian Toyin Falola says social media creates an illusion of closeness without offering the trust or solidarity of genuine human relationships. He made the case at a conference organised in Ibadan by the Ibadan Social Group to mark its 50th anniversary, according to Punch.
Source: Punch
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