Zamfara Boosts Sexual Assault Centre, Pledges Tougher Crackdown On GBV
GUSAU, Nigeria – The Zamfara State Government renews its commitment to combating gender-based violence by strengthening support for the Huriyya Dauda Lawal Sexual Assault…
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UNICEF Raises Alarm Over Out-of-School Children in North
KANO, Nigeria – The United Nations Children’s Fund warns that millions of children in Northern Nigeria remain out of school, with girls disproportionately excluded…
Nigeria’s Classroom Emergency: Who Should Pay for the North’s Out-of-School Children Crisis?
ABUJA, Nigeria – A child who is not in school is not just missing lessons — they are missing language, logic, protection, and possibility.…
Streets Instead of Schoolyards: How Nigeria’s Poverty Trap Is Stealing Childhoods, Endangering Public Health
ABUJA, Nigeria – On the scorching asphalt of Nigeria’s capital, childhood begins not with school bells or playground laughter, but with the roar of…
Lagos Launches Urgent Nutrition Rescue Plan for Vulnerable Children
LAGOS, Nigeria – Lagos State is rolling out a 90-day therapeutic nutrition rescue programme targeting 150 vulnerable children across eight local government areas, as…
Media Leaders, Others Push Action to Protect Children Nationwide
ABUJA, Nigeria – Journalists, policymakers, and development leaders converge in Lagos for the World Children’s Day Media Symposium, calling for a stronger national commitment…
Held Down by Tradition: Nigeria’s Unfinished War Against Female Genital Mutilation
LAGOS, Nigeria – Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains one of Nigeria’s most persistent and painful cultural legacies. Despite global and national efforts to end…
Broken Promises, Empty Classrooms: Why Northern Nigeria’s Schools Remain Unsafe
ZAMFARA, Nigeria – Eleven years after the world was jolted by the abduction of over 270 schoolgirls from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, in…
Toilets, Dignity, and Learning: FCT’s Hidden School Sanitation Crisis
ABUJA, Nigeria – At first glance, Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), projects modernity — broad highways, manicured boulevards, and gleaming government complexes. Yet…
Nasarawa to Vaccinate 1.3m Children Against Measles, Rubella
LAFIA, Nigeria – The Nasarawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has launched a mass vaccination campaign targeting more than 1.3 million children against measles…