November 27, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Children Risk Death Over Poor Vaccination - UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, has warned that with only 36 percent of children aged 12-23 months receiving all recommended vaccines, a substantial number of Nigerian… Read more »
November 25, 2022
Nigeria: Child Rights Act Now Domesticated in 34 States - Govt
-Says only Kano, Zamfara yet to domesticate it Read more »
October 22, 2022
Nigeria: Two More Chibok Girls Rescued in Borno - Army
Two more Chibok girls have been rescued by the military in Borno. Read more »
October 14, 2022
Nigeria: Children in Borno Demand Implementation of 2022 Child Rights Act Signed Into Law
The Borno State Children's Parliament (BOCP) has demanded for the implementation of the 2022 Child Rights Act to secure their future. Read more »
October 04, 2022
Nigeria: Exodus of the Next Generation - Time for Real Concern
Forced migration and its concomitant enslavement of the African was a blight on the world's collective conscience between the 1500s and 1800s. It is paradoxical that the ships of… Read more »
October 03, 2022
Nigeria: Kano, UNICEF Moves to Ensure Sustainability of GEP 3 Project, Transition of Girl Child Education
As part of an effort to ensure the sustainability of the Girls'Education Project, GEP 3 Interventions in Kano State, the State Government in collaboration with the United Nations… Read more »
September 25, 2022
West Africa: How Flood Affected 75,000 Childrens in Nigeria, Niger Republic - Save the Children International
As 2022 flood continues to sack communities, Save the Children International, SCI, disclosed how flood crisis has affected 75,000 children in Nigeria and Niger Republic. Read more »
September 15, 2022
Nigeria: Unqualified Persons Don't Participate in NYSC Scheme, Says DG
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Muhammad Fadah, says the scheme will not relent efforts in preventing unqualified persons from participating… Read more »
September 09, 2022
Nigeria: Enugu Govt Approves Fund to Check Child Under-Nutrition
The Enugu State Government says it has approved a counterpart fund for value-added foods to treat and check under-nutrition and stunted growth in all children in the state. Read more »
September 07, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Arrests Woman with 15 Trafficked Children
Fifteen suspected trafficked children were rescued by operatives of the Rivers State Police Command from the residence of one Maureen Wechinwu, who claimed to be a Reverend Sister,… Read more »
September 01, 2022
Nigeria: USAID Learn Donates $48.8m to 3.5m Nigerian Children
United State Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Leveraging Education Assistance Resources in Nigeria (LEARN) to improve early grade reading in the country… Read more »
August 30, 2022
Nigeria: Red Cross Raises Alarm Over 14,000 Missing Children in Nigeria
The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, yesterday, said that the whereabouts of no fewer than 14,000 children in Nigeria remained unknown. Read more »
August 19, 2022
Nigeria: SCI Hails Zamfara Assembly Over Bold Initiative to Pass the Child Protection Bill Into Law
With children facing different kind of abuses, an international non-profit organization, Save the Children International, SCI, Thursday, hailed the Zamfara State House of Assembly… Read more »
July 27, 2022
Nigeria: Bagudu Signs Bills Into Law Prohibiting Violence Against Individuals, Child's Rights Protection
Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has on signed two crucial bills into law. Read more »
July 20, 2022
Nigeria: Maternal, Child Health - Enugu Targets 1m Children, 280,000 Pregnant Women
The Enugu State Government has targeted some one million children for free drugs, medical consumable and other routine services in its going Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health… Read more »
July 06, 2022
Nigeria: 60m Youths, 9 NGOs Honour New Horizons CEO for Youth Empowerment
In recognition of his relentless commitment and passion for youth empowerment, the CEO of a digital training institute, New Horizons Nigeria, Mr. Tim Akano has been honoured by… Read more »
July 05, 2022
Nigeria: Buhari's Govt, Most Youth Unfriendly, Oppressive - Coseyl
The President Muhammadu Buhari -led Federal Government has been described as the most youth-unfriendly and youth-oppressive government in the history of Nigeria. Read more »
June 30, 2022
Nigeria: Govt, ILO, Employers Step Up Fight Against Child Labour
Stakeholders in the industrial relations practice in Nigeria, comprising the Federal Government, private sector employers and International Labour Organisation, ILO, have stepped… Read more »
June 29, 2022
Nigeria: Regina Daniels, Ned Nwoko Welcome Second Child On 1st Son's Birthday
It is a double celebration for the Nwoko family as Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels, and her husband, Ned Nwoko welcome their second child. Read more »
Nigeria: Atiku Led Nigeria to Sustainable Economic Growth - Group Replies Obasanjo
A group of Nigerian Youths and women, on Tuesday, said that the presidential flag bearer of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, had 1999-2007 led a remarkable period of sustainable… Read more »
June 23, 2022
Nigeria: 20 Chibok Girls Still in Sambisa Forest - Rescued Girls
Mary Dauda and Hauwa Joseph, the two rescued girls abducted from GGSS Chibok, Borno State, in 2014, have revealed that more than 20 missing others are still in Gazuwa camp in… Read more »
Nigeria: ActionAid Empowers 2000 Youths to Check Illegal Migration in Edo State
ActionAid Nigeria on Wednesday said it has trained and empowered not less than 2000 youths in the last two years in Edo State to check instances of illegal migration. Read more »
June 21, 2022
Nigeria: Child Labour Day - Fida Urges Kano Govt to Domesticate Child Right Act
As the world marks International Child Labour day, the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Kano State branch, has called on the state government to expedite action at… Read more »
June 08, 2022
Nigeria: How Online Jewelry Merchant Becomes Most Influential Young Leader in Nigeria
Business comes to her naturally. She does not struggle to keep balance between family and business because multi-tasking is on auto-pilot in her business brain. Aisha Ochuwa-Tella… Read more »
May 27, 2022
Nigeria: Future of Every Nation Lies On Their Children, Obidike Tasks Govt On Pro-Children Policies
As Nigeria celebrates her 2022 Children's Day, Obidike Chukwuebuka who is a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential Steering Committee and the Director General of… Read more »