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25 Aug

How to make Schools safe, Condusive for Learning

The Education Committee of the Nigeria-British Business Forum has appealed to the United Nation secretary-general, Antonio Gutteres to speak on the recurring abduction of school children in Nigeria. This appeal is to draw global attention to the continuous kidnappings in Nigeria which have forced millions of children of the school.

6 Aug

IA- FOUNDATION JOINS GLOBAL EDUCATION SUMMIT IN RAISING OUR HANDS TO EDUCATION

On the 28th and 29th of July 2021, world leaders converged in London to hold a World Education Summit. This summit was co-hosted by the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and the Kenyan President – Uhuru Kenyatta. The Global partnership for Education facilitated the event and the purpose was to raise a $5 billion rolling […]

17 Jul

PSJ UK Submits Evidence to UK Inquiry on Nigeria

The Foreign Affairs Select Committee in The House of Commons at Westminster recently launchedan Inquiry and called for submissions of evidence from organisations and individuals with expertiseand interest on Nigeria as it seeks to dive deeper on the Nigeria – UK relationship, particularly inlight of ‘The Integrated Review’. The newly merged Foreign, Commonwealth and Development […]

7 Jul

The G7 was a great chance for the West to stop Islamic State, time is running out

Faced with the imminent return of IS, and having failed to adequately consider them at the recent G7 summit, world leaders must attempt to restore global peace based on practical initiatives rather than empty slogans.

12 Jun

PSJUK statement on recent events in Nigeria and the state of the Nation.

PSJUK is disappointed by the Nigerian Government’s recent suspension of social media ‘platform’ Twitter. This action, which effectively amounts to nationwide sanctions on the people of Nigeria is yet another demonstration of the Nigerian Government’s nonchalant attitude towards upholding the Human Rights of the people they are called to serve. The suspension of Twitter usage […]

31 Mar

The New Daily Croissant

2 Mar

Mass abductions of children in Nigeria – children should not be used as disposable pawns.

Mass abductions of children in Nigeria – children should not be used as disposable pawns. On Thursday 25th February 2021, at least 300 students were abducted in the latest of recent escalating incidents as terrorist gunmen attacked a government school in the North-Western Zamfara state of Nigeria. According to the BBC, Local officials have confirmed […]

11 Jul

UK Government must show that ‘Black Lives Matter’ in it’s ex-colonies

Image Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/11806575/anthony-joshua-tackling-racism-in-local-community/ A lot has been made in recent weeks of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ campaign to root out racism, and remove symbols that embrace Britain’s involvement in the African Slave Trade. Yet for all the uproar, little has been made of the injustice faced in Britain’s ex- colonies, much of which are a […]

22 Jun

Let’s use our foreign aid to bring security and peace to terrorist outposts

Ayo Adedoyin As the UK head of a Nigeria-focused charity working to improve the lives of millions in Africa’s largest economy, I welcome the recent news that the Foreign Office is taking over the Department for International Development (DFID). The much-anticipated merger, set to be completed by September, is a fantastic sign that this Government cares […]

11 Mar

Defeating ISIS in West Africa is Britain’s moral imperative

Ayo Adedoyin Two weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to be invited to attend a private conference sponsored by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office focusing on social cohesion in Nigeria. At the event, which featured a number of Nigerians from Nigeria, a number of civil servants and parliamentarians as well as representatives from the Nigerian-diaspora […]