Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, and other notable women on Saturday in Abuja, reechoed the need to educate the girl-child, among other needs of the female gender. This was made known when the First Lady alongside 47 women, received awards for outstanding performances from Women of Worth, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO). She noted that […]
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Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar (left); Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, representing the Minister of Education at the opening ceremony of the 4th International Conference on Safe Schools Declaration in Abuja…yesterday. Credit: NAN • 1,436 pupils, 17 teachers abducted from schools between […]
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The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the first against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly African children. The decision followed a review of a pilot programme deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi where more than two million doses were given of the […]
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From Left: Board Member, Hon Akeem Oladeji; SA Intervention, Mrs Aderonke Adedayo; Dr Nureni Adeniran, with microphone; Prof Adelabu; and Hon Sunday Adeyanju Oyo State Government has resolved all teething challenges impeding the smooth implementation of Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) in the pacesetter State, the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education […]
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Parents of abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School sit inside the school premises to pray for the return of their children whom were abducted by gunmen in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria on July 14, 2021. – The girls are just two of the more than 100 Nigerian children […]
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Scene of reunion of some abducted school children with their parents after they were freed ‘Over 1,000 children abducted between January and August 2021’ 31 Bethel students still in captivity, CAN cries out FG: Lack of funds hampering implementation of Safe School Initiative Mobilise hunters, vigilance groups, retired military and paramilitary officers to protect schools, […]
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U.S. Charge d’Affaires Kathleen FitzGibbon (center) and USAID Deputy Mission Director Katie Donohoe (left) present a plaque of appreciation to Abdulkadir Ibrahim, National Coordinator for the Nigerian Network of People Living with HIV (right) for contributing to the success of the 10-year $448 million SIDHAS activity managed by USAID Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services […]
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A young child suffering from severe malnutrition lies on a bed in the ICU ward at the In-Patient Therapeutic Feeding Centre in the Gwangwe district of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. Credit: Stefan Heunis /AFP/Getty Images) Kaduna approves N500m for malnourished children The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that malnutrition […]
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First-year pupils arrive at a primary school for the new semester in Shenyang in China’s northeastern Liaoning province on August 30, 2021. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT Beijing on Monday banned written exams for six- and seven-year-olds, as part of sweeping education reforms aimed at relieving pressure on pupils and parents in […]
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“This may sound strange, but your child needs some boredom. It is a very important aspect of a child’s development and it should not be avoided completely. What is required is a healthy balance of activities and boredom,” says parenting coach and founder, Le Poshe School, Ikoyi, Mrs. Ronke Adeniyi. After visiting a family whose […]
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