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PRESS RELEASE

WAMAC CONDEMNS ARREST AND DETENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS JOURNALIST Wadata Media and Advocacy Centre (WAMAC) is appalled and outraged by…

2 months ago

Nigeria Records 16.3% Drop in Kidnapping for Ransom in 2024 – NSA Office

Nigeria recorded a 16.3% decrease in kidnapping for ransom incidents in 2024. Major-General Adamu Laka, National Coordinator of the National…

1 year ago

Ruling on Local Government Autonomy: WAMAC Urges Stakeholders to Rise to the Occasion

[Abuja, Nigeria – July 12, 2024] – Anticorruption Crusader and good governance advocate, Wadata Media and Advocacy Centre (WAMAC)], applauds…

2 years ago

Cybercrime Crackdown: EFCC Nails 17 Internet Fraudsters in Western Nigeria

Seventeen internet fraudsters have been sent to jail in western Nigerian states of Oyo and Ogun. A press release by…

2 years ago

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

Dr. Kole Shettima, Director of MacArthur Foundation Africa, has announced a financial grant worth $15 million to Ahmadu Bello University…

2 years ago

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

Wadata Media and Advocacy Centre (WAMAC) an NGO with the support of MacArthur Foundation held a Town Hall Meeting to…

2 years ago

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

Abuja, [December 5, 2023] — Wadata Media and Advocacy Centre, WAMAC, an anti-corruption crusader, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital has taken…

2 years ago

WAMAC Conducts 2023 Retreat and Strategic Planning Workshop

WAMAC's Strategic Initiative Aims to Foster Youth Engagement in Anticorruption and Governance Efforts Wadata Media and Advocacy Centre (WAMAC) has…

2 years ago

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. This revelation…

2 years ago

MacArthur Foundation President Receives Abuja Chieftaincy Title, Hails Traditional Institution

The president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Prof. John Palfrey, has received a chieftaincy title in…

2 years ago