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By Michael Olugbode The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has set aside $19 million to train 100,000 health workers in some parts of Nigeria. The training, which would be on for the next five year, have Bauchi, Sokoto, Kebbi, and Ebonyi States, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as beneficiaries. According to a statement from USAID on Wednesday, the USAID Health Office Director, Paul McDermott, and key government health sector officials participated in a launch of a new USAID funded activity to improve the quality of health worker training in Nigeria. The ...

By Michael Olugbode The Director General, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Dr. Bakut T. Bakut, has called on Boko Haram insurgents, bandits and ethnic militias to sheathe their swords and come to a roundtable for dialogue. The DG, in a press release on Sunday signed by Ms. Esther Ndukwe of the Press Unit of the Institute, sued for tolerance and peaceful co-existence amongst citizens. He said there is need for “tolerance, peace and tranquility amongst the diverse ethno-cultural groups in the country”. He reminded all “that no conflict is settled outside the dialogue ta...

Repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon has been fixed for February 27 and March 7, 2021. Most of the 46,000 Nigerian refugees fled troubled Borno State to neighbouring Cameroonian towns, mostly Minawao, at the peak of the Boko Haram crisis. The decision on the scheduled repatriation dates was taken after a tripartite commission meeting involved representatives of the federal government, Borno State Government and the Cameroonian Government. The meeting, which was held last Wednesday, had in attendance the Cameroonian delegation led by the host country’s Minister of Territorial Admi...

Michael Olugbode in Abuja Eighteen inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) studying with the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Corrections’ Special Study Centres have graduated. They graduated on Saturday in various fields with various degree certificates. In a congratulatory message to the graduands, the Acting Controller General of Corrections, John Mrabure, in a press statement issued Thursday by the Public Relations Officer, Francis Enobore, charged them to see the educational advancement as a stepping stone to a brighter future. He urged them to shun anti-social be...

Michael Olugbode in Abuja The office of the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) of the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria has donated equipment valued over $325,000 to the Nigerian Police. The equipment, according to a statement by the Embassy yesterday, will aid in counter-insurgency operations in the North-east and restore civilian authority in areas affected by the Boko Haram insurgency. INL Director James Jewett presented the equipment to the Commissioner of Police Akeera Yunuss Mohammed, who represented the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu at the function. The equipment wil...