June 01, 2023
Africa: Africa Month - African Youths Divided Over AfCFTA - Report
The Ichikowitz Family Foundation's African Youth Survey reports have revealed that 46 per cent of young Africans had limited knowledge of the African Continental Free Trade Area,… Read more »
May 14, 2023
Nigeria: Group Urges Tinubu to Appoint More Youths Into Govt
Niger Delta Youth Council, NDYC, has urged President Elect, Chief Bola Tinubu to appoint more youths into his government when he assumes office from May 29. Read more »
May 10, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria' Beauty Queen, Ada Eme, Explains Passion for Girl-Child Education
Reigning beauty queen, Ada Agwu Eme, who was crowned the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, MBGN, last year, has reiterated her commitment towards empowering the girl-child in the… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Beauty Queen, Ada Eme, Explains Passion for Girl-Child Education
Reigning beauty queen, Ada Agwu Eme, who was crowned the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, MBGN, last year, has reiterated her commitment towards empowering the girl-child in the… Read more »
April 24, 2023
Nigeria: Two More Chibok Schoolgirls Rescued From Sambisa Forest
Two more Chibok schoolgirls who had remained in captivity were rescued last Sunday following massive troops operations in some parts of Sambisa forest. Read more »
April 08, 2023
Nigeria: Give Youth 40 Per Cent Cabinet Slots - - National Youth Council Urges Adeleke
Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Read more »
March 30, 2023
Nigeria: Unicef, UK Govt Intervene to Protect Children in N/East Nigeria
A humanitarian intervention focused on providing integrated food, nutrition sanitation and protection services in Nigeria's north-east region will empower over 300,000 mothers and… Read more »
March 28, 2023
Nigeria: Arewa Youths Forum Endorses Lalong, Urges APC to Recognize Commitment, Loyalty
THE Arewa Youths Forum (AYF) worldwide Tuesday endorsed Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State for the position of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF. Read more »
March 27, 2023
Nigeria: The Value of a Good Education
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul -- Joseph Addison, 1711. Read more »
February 10, 2023
Nigeria: NESG, UNICEF Sign MOU to Fight Child Poverty, Protect Child Rights
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF to cage the menace of child poverty and… Read more »
January 31, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria's More Than 10m Out-of-School Children
More than 10 million Nigerian children do not have the opportunity to attend school, and that is the highest rate in the world. Even at that, many of the children who are lucky to… Read more »
January 30, 2023
Nigeria: UNICEF Lists Priority Areas for Service Providers to Anambra Flood Victims
A month-long child protection response service delivery exercise for the 2022 flood-ravaged seven local government areas of Anambra State has begun, with the United Nations… Read more »
December 30, 2022
Nigeria: Insecurity - About 800,000 Benue's Forgotten Children Languish in Squalor
They have no idea of what happens in real life. That is because these children have become used to the makeshift condition they have been subjected to in the last four years. Read more »
December 27, 2022
Nigeria: Childhood Pneumonia - Speed Up Completion of Medical Oxygen Plants, Sci Tasks FG
Towards addressing the menace of childhood pneumonia in Nigeria, the Federal government has been tasked to expedite action on the completion of medical oxygen plants across the 36… Read more »
December 06, 2022
Nigeria: Eight Years After, French Artist Recaptures Chibok Girls Ordeal
An exhibition of sculptures representing the Chibok school girls who were abducted in 2014 in Nigeria, opened recently at Art Twenty-one, Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos. Read more »
December 05, 2022
Nigeria: Youths and the 2023 General Elections
YOUTHS, the world over, are noted for a plethora of positive qualities. Youths are vibrant. They are virile. They are industrious. They are zestful. They are productive. And they… Read more »
Nigeria: Fear Mustn't Lead Our Youths to 'Japa' - Osinbajo
Vice president Yemi Osinbajo, has urged the Nigerians youths to be hopeful, and not be pressured to leave the country out fear of the unknown. Read more »
December 02, 2022
Nigeria: 74% of Children in Jigawa Multi-Dimensionally Poor - UNICEF
The United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) has said about 74 per cent of children in Jigawa State were multi-dimentionally poor. Read more »
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 »