Out-of-school children COESU hails FG for exempting tertiary institutions from IPPIS, warns against sabotage Stakeholders in the education sector met, yesterday, in Abuja to adopt strategies to tackle the over 20 million out-of-school children in Nigeria. The meeting was held as the College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) warned President Bola Tinubu of elements […]
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The Federal Government has expressed its commitment to return 15 million out-of-school children to the classroom by 2027. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at a one-day retreat on Quick Wins in the ministerial deliverables (2023–2027). Mamman explained that the learning crisis had also been a major issue […]
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Children enjoying views from Laptop When Mr. Omolaja Adebukola and his wife decided to buy Bimbo, their 14-year-old-daughter an Internet-enabled mobile smartphone, it was to enable her to communicate seamlessly with other members of the family, whenever the need arose. According to Bimbo’s mother, the mobile phone was also to enable them (parents) to keep […]
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As the world marks World Breastfeeding Week, the Women Empowerment and Media Advocacy Initiative (WEMAI), has called on the federal and state governments and employers to put measures in place that ensure healthy nutrition for lactating women for healthy breast milk production. In a statement issued by its Program Manager, Bukola Afeni, in commemoration of […]
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“African children have the worst life chances in the world,” according to a former Organisation of African Unity Secretary-General Salim Ahmed Salim, who spoke at a Pan-African Forum for Children in May 2001. “And the gap between the survival rates, the education, and the development of Africa’s children and the children of other continents is […]
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By Godfrey George It is not unusual to see plus-sized children waddle alongside their parents in a mart or at a cinema. Medical experts say childhood obesity is now one of the most serious challenges of public health in the 21st century, particularly in urban areas. The World Health Organisation defines the condition as abnormal […]
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The Senate on Wednesday passed the bill seeking to mandate the teaching of sexual and gender-based violence in secondary schools across the country. While passing the bill, it said compulsory inclusion of the SGBV in the school curriculum will expose secondary students to the dangers involved in committing such acts. The bill was sponsored by […]
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A child receiving injectible polio vaccine immunisation at Dala Primary Health Care (PHC) centre in Kano The Kano State Assembly passed the long-awaited Free Maternal and Child Healthcare (FMNCH) Bill into law on May 3, 2023. This made Kano the first state in Nigeria to enact the law. It is therefore not surprising that civil […]
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says Ondo invests in Education, Health, Infrastructure Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has said his administration is committed to programs and policies that will secure the lives and future of children in the State. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, said that in his 2023 Children’s Day message, the governor said deliberate […]
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Ronke Oshodi Oke, a movie star, shared on her Instagram page that her daughter was rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night after drinking hypo. She urged parents to be cautious of their children and warned the school to prevent such incidents from occurring. Ronke suspected that her daughter’s roommate might have […]
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