GUARDIAN French man accuses Netflix of racism over Islamist slur Fight rages over anti-racism teaching in US schools Nigeria on suicide slide, may not see another June 12, Soyinka warns Inflation, devaluation push millennials away from N20 trillion stock market COVID-19 shortens Africa’s blood banks by 17% AFN crisis lingers as Okowa, Gusau emerge factional […]
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A study by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) put the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria to 13.5 million – as of 2018. An unimpressive mass of this number comes from Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, and other northern states. In December 2019, Jigawa state government announced it would open a bidding […]
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…it is difficult to ignore the unavailability of a strong voice in the north championing the cause of the innocent out-of-school children in the region. Granted that cattle are of economic value to herders, children are actually the future of this country. If Nigeria gives half the attention it has been giving to cattle in […]
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BUSINESSDAY Employment Scam: Okonjo Iweala’s signature forger jailed- EFCC Army accuses UNICEF of training spies, supporting terrorists Nigeria largest recipient of Afreximbank’s facilities of $17bn, says Oramah Afreximbank launches $1bn programme to promote Nigeria-Africa trade Nigeria’s balance of payment swings into US$4.5bn deficit Delay in the release of fund hampered our 2018 performance’- Agric perm […]
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BUSINESSDAY AfDB targets 14m people with $258m intervention projects in North East NASS workers threaten to stall 2019 budget presentation over unpaid allowances Signing Electoral amendment bill may disrupt 2019 general elections, says Buhari National Sports Festival kicks off with 11,000 athletes Nigeria government remains complacent about malnutrition’- Experts Polaris is temporary intervention prior to […]
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The United Nations has temporarily suspended aid deliveries in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Borno, the former stronghold of jihadists Boko Haram, after a humanitarian convoy was attacked. Unicef said in a statement that unknown assailants attacked the convoy on Thursday as it returned to Maiduguri from delivering aid in Bama, injuring a Unicef employee and […]
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By Vitalis Ugoh, Calabar: The three tiers of government have been advised to prosecute violators of Children’s rights in the country so as to serve as deterant to parents /guidance throughout the country. The advice was made by the Principal of Community Secondary school, Ikot Ewa in Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River state, […]
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As the battle against insurgency continues in Nigeria, United Nations Children Emergency Fund, UNICEF, has disclosed that between 2,000- 7,000 women and girls are still living in abduction and sex slavery in the North East region of the country. In a release to mark the two years from the abduction of 219 Chibok school girls, […]
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Jean Gough, Country Director, United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that no fewer than 10.5 million Nigerian children are out of school. Gough stated this on Tuesday in Bauchi while exchanging views with Gov. Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State at the Government House. She said that UNICEF was collaborating with some stakeholders to […]
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