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Radda Unveils AI Schools, Backs Safe Education for Vulnerable Children Governor Dikko Radda speaking on child welfare and education initiatives in Katsina State

Governor Dikko Radda speaking on child welfare and education initiatives in Katsina State

Radda Unveils AI Schools, Backs Safe Education for Vulnerable Children

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius May 27, 2026

KATSINA, Nigeria – Governor Dikko Radda says the Katsina State Government is intensifying efforts to improve child...

Children’s Day in Nigeria: The Painful Reality Behind the Celebration Nigerian school children celebrating Children’s Day amid concerns over education and child welfare challenges.

Nigerian school children celebrating Children’s Day amid concerns over education and child welfare challenges.

Children’s Day in Nigeria: The Painful Reality Behind the Celebration

Mirian Gom May 27, 2026

(By Otamere Gladness, Oluwatobi Adu, and Oluwafunbi Bello) ABUJA, Nigeria – Every May 27, Nigeria celebrates Children’s...

Children of the Dry Taps: How Kano’s Water Crisis Is Stealing Classrooms, Health Children carrying jerrycans while searching for water before school in Kano.

Children carrying jerrycans while searching for water before school in Kano.

Children of the Dry Taps: How Kano’s Water Crisis Is Stealing Classrooms, Health

Hussaini Ibrahim May 25, 2026

KANO, Nigeria — Before sunrise each day across Kano metropolis, thousands of children begin exhausting journeys not...

The Day the Pots Went Cold: Inside Nigeria’s School Feeding Breakdown After Years of Scandal and Silence Schoolchildren waiting in an empty feeding area after the suspension of Nigeria’s school feeding programme.

Schoolchildren waiting in an empty feeding area after the suspension of Nigeria’s school feeding programme.

The Day the Pots Went Cold: Inside Nigeria’s School Feeding Breakdown After Years of Scandal and Silence

Juliet Jacob December 5, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – When the lunch bell rang at Ansarudeen Elementary School in Osogbo on a warm...

Nigeria, UNICEF Begin Preparations for MICS7 Survey Nigeria’s economy grows 4.23% in Q2 2025, says NBS

Nigeria, UNICEF Begin Preparations for MICS7 Survey

Korede Abdullah December 3, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in partnership with UNICEF, has begun preparatory work...

Nigeria’s First Lady Urges Adults to Listen to Children’s Voices on World Children’s Day First Lady Oluremi Tinubu addressing children at World Children’s Day event

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu addressing children at World Children’s Day event

Nigeria’s First Lady Urges Adults to Listen to Children’s Voices on World Children’s Day

Chukwu Obinna November 20, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has highlighted the importance of listening to children,...

UNICEF, FG Boost Child Welfare, Social Protection Efforts UNICEF representatives interacting with children at a community programme.

UNICEF, FG Boost Child Welfare, Social Protection Efforts

Otamere Gladness November 10, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reaffirmed its partnership with the Nigerian government...

Foundation Launches School Support, Inmate Empowerment Across Nigeria Volunteers presenting classroom desks and educational materials to pupils in Makoko.

Volunteers presenting classroom desks and educational materials to pupils in Makoko.

Foundation Launches School Support, Inmate Empowerment Across Nigeria

Mirian Gom November 8, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Harvesters Africa Empowerment Foundation (HAEF) has launched a nationwide Back-to-School Initiative designed to...

UNICEF Calls for Child-Centred AfCFTA to Drive Inclusive Growth UNICEF officials and Faji residents at NTD town hall in Osun

UNICEF Calls for Child-Centred AfCFTA to Drive Inclusive Growth

Otamere Gladness November 5, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged African governments to embed child-centred policies...

Child Welfare

Radda Unveils AI Schools, Backs Safe Education for Vulnerable Children

Children’s Day in Nigeria: The Painful Reality Behind the Celebration

Children of the Dry Taps: How Kano’s Water Crisis Is Stealing Classrooms, Health

Nigeria, UNICEF Begin Preparations for MICS7 Survey

Nigeria’s First Lady Urges Adults to Listen to Children’s Voices on World Children’s Day

Foundation Launches School Support, Inmate Empowerment Across Nigeria

UNICEF Calls for Child-Centred AfCFTA to Drive Inclusive Growth

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