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Sokoto Finance Director, remanded for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl

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Mr. Ahmed Nawawi, Director of Finance, Sokoto State Urban and Regional Planning Board, and two others have been remanded in prison custody for allegedly raping a 13-year-old Maryam Mohammed. Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA – Foundation) by January this year reported how Mr. Ahmed Nawawi, and two others allegedly raped Maryam Mohammed. Nawawi is …

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Enugu Community Residents Recount COVID-19 Impact

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Residents of the Obinagu Nike community of Enugu state have continued to recount how the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the community economy leading to huge poverty and suffering among residents. Some of the residents who spoke to the Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA – Foundation) official who visited the community …

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Rural Residents Addressing Healthcare Delivery Using Motorcycles Ambulance

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As communities across West Africa engage in an endless search for healthcare service delivery, motorcycle ambulance has proven to be very imperative in helping the rural residents in addressing healthcare challenges. Most communities in West Africa are now using motorcycles to convey patients to hospitals. Most of the patients are women. In Ghana, the government …

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How ECOWAS Parliament Plans To Divert N900 Million Meant For Secretariat Building

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A West African Community Parliament, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Parliament), is caught up in a planned diversion of funds. The Parliament is a forum for dialogue, consultation, and consensus for representatives of the people of West Africa with the aim of promoting integration. And was established under Article 6 and 13 of …

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How Hotel makes money recruiting ladies for prostitution

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Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA-Foundation) has uncovered how Ambassador Hotel is making huge money recruiting ladies for prostitution. The hotel located at the Tudun Amana area of Keffi in Nasarawa state has over 100 ladies it recruited for prostitution while they remit monies they make from their customers to the management. Under the deal, …

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Asokoro General Hospital Abuja Has No Functional Laboratory

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Asokoro General Hospital, one of the busiest hospitals in Abuja, the Nigerian capital city has no functional laboratory, Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA-Foundation) has uncovered. An investigation by MAWA about the hospital operation shows it has no functional laboratory while many of the patients are referred to other laboratories outside the hospital for tests …

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How I Was Promised Job In City, Ended Up As A Professional Sex Worker

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Some sex workers in the Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa are recounting how they were promised job in the city and ended up as sex workers. A sex worker who prefers to be called Doo from the Konshisha area of Benue state said she was brought into Keffi by a woman she did not …

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Chinese activities pushing climate change, exposing us to danger – FCT community

Chinese Mining Company Took Our Land, Destroying Environment – FCT Indigenous Community

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Residents of the Bmuko community in Bwari Area Council of Abuja have continued to recount how Venus, a Chinese mining company, has taken over their land and driven them off their means of livelihood. Workers on the site who spoke to Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA-Foundation) narrated how their lands have been taken over …

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I Cried Because I Didn’t Have Where To Sleep – Woman Says After Govt Demolishes Her House For An Airport Project

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Mrs. Ngozi Alo, a woman who was affected after the Ebonyi state government demolished her house over an Airport project at her community in Onuachi Umuezeoka, said she cried over the demolition and forceful eviction because she did not have a place to sleep. Alo said her case is more terrible because her house was …

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