May 30, 2023
Nigeria: AIICO, ActionAid Nigeria Partner to Cater for Less-Privileged Children
AIICO Insurance Plc and ActionAid Nigeria have partnered to organise an event in Abuja at the weekend to mark this year's Children Day celebration with less privileged children… Read more »
May 05, 2023
Nigeria: 24 Days to Go - Northern Youths Allege Plot to Stop Tinubu's Inauguration
Northern youths under the auspices of Arewa Youths Assembly (AYA) have asked the inspector general of police and the director-general of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) to… Read more »
March 28, 2023
Nigeria: ILO to Release New Data On Nigeria's Child, Forced Labour
22 years after the last official national data on child labour in Nigeria, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) is set to release data on its already concluded survey on… Read more »
March 10, 2023
Nigeria: 17 Years After Child Rights Law Adoption, Nasarawa Gets Family Court
Nasarawa State government has established a family court to mitigate the high rate of abuses and violations involving women and children. Read more »
January 30, 2023
Nigeria: Diphtheria - Why Childhood Immunisation Is Crucial
Diphtheria, a serious bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium species has been reported in about four states across the country. Read more »
January 05, 2023
Nigeria: Students' Organisation Warns Against Varsity Fees Hike
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said that the recent 200 percent increase of school fees by the Nigerian universities especially, in the North-East region is a… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Nigeria: Don Task Govt to Improve Funding in Tertiary System
The former Dean of Students Affairs, and the current acting Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Professor Patrick Osarenmwinda Igbinaduwa, tasked government to improve… Read more »
December 15, 2022
Nigeria: Cislac Urges Youths to Pay Attention to Extractive Sector
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has appealed to the Youths to engage themselves in creating awareness on how to invest more in extractive industries. Read more »
Nigeria: Every Child Will Have Access to Education Under My Presidency - Atiku
Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has pledged that his administration will ensure that every child has access to education in Nigeria. Read more »
November 30, 2022
Nigeria: 20 Million Out-of-School Children
It is estimated that Nigeria now has about 20 million out-of-school children, if the latest global data on the subject by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural… Read more »
Nigeria: HIV - UN Women Lament Continued Mother-to-Child Transmission
United Nations (UN) Women and Association of Women Living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (ASWHAN) have decried poor investments in community systems to drive and prevent… Read more »
Nigeria: Federal Govt Targets 57,500 Children, Youths for At-Risk Children Programme
Federal government has targeted 57,500 vulnerable children and youth in the implementation of At-Risk-Children Programme (ARC-P) in Sokoto State. Read more »
November 26, 2022
Nigeria: Out-of-School-Children - Communal Violence, Child Labour Behind Rising Numbers
In spite of federal and state laws protecting the rights of children and making their enrolment compulsory in some states, the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria keeps… Read more »
November 23, 2022
Nigeria: 20 Million Out-of-School Children a Time Bomb - Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday warned that the almost 20 million out-of-school children remain a fertile ground for breeding another insurgency in the country in the… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Nigeria: Cross River to Deworm 800,000 School Children
All is now set by the Cross River State government to deworm about 800,000 children in the school-based deworming exercise. Read more »
October 13, 2022
Nigeria: 8 Years After, Chibok Leaders Lament Non-Rescue of 110 Schoolgirls
The Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA) also known as Chibok Community has decried neglect of the over 100 schoolgirls abducted in 2014. Read more »
October 11, 2022
Nigeria: IDGC - AHF Seeks More Protection for the Girl-Child
As the world celebrates the International Day of the Girl-child (IDGC), Aids Health Foundation - Nigeria has called on governments and stakeholders to do more for the protection of… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Nigeria: [editorial] Amber Alert Against Child Trafficking
Child trafficking is a notorious international phenomenon that has continued to attract attention at the highest level of public discourse. There are efforts to stop the horrendous… Read more »
August 27, 2022
Nigeria: Mothers Step Up Fight Against Out-of-School Children
Education is undoubtedly critical to human development. Sadly, the scourge of out of school children has remained seemingly intractable in spite of several intervention programmes… Read more »
September 08, 2022
Nigeria: 20,000 Nigerian Girls 'Saved' From Child Marriage in 3 Years - UNFPA
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has disclosed that over 20,000 adolescent girls have been retained in schools and safe places, while over 5,500 women and girls are living… Read more »
August 31, 2022
Nigeria: 51% of Sokoto Children Not Vaccinated Against Childhood Illnesses - Report
A report, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) 2021 has revealed that Sokoto State has the highest percentage of children who did not receive any vaccination with 51 percent… Read more »
August 29, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Enrols Boko Haram Child Victims to School
Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, traveled to Monguno on Sunday, where he led the enrolment of 4,229 school-aged children, including orphans, whose parents were… Read more »
August 24, 2022
Nigeria: 9 Million Children Out of School in North - UNICEF
New statistics has shown that the northern part of Nigeria accounts for 9 million out of school children, representing 69 percent of the 13.2 million out of school children in the… Read more »
June 26, 2022
Nigeria: 2023 - Don't Sell Your Votes, EU Urges Youths
The European Union has urged Nigerian youths to avoid selling their votes to enable them vote in the 2023 general elections. Read more »
June 19, 2022
Nigeria: Central Bank Charges Banks to Cut Charges to Attract Millennials, Gen-Z
To attract millennials and Gen-Z, who form the larger part of the country's population, into the financial sector, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) urged banks to reduce bank… Read more »