Giving adolescent girls ‘second chance’ for education
The second chance education program is an informal system of education targeting adolescent girls aged between 13 and 17 and who never had the opportunity to attend school or dropped …
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Reporter: Adam Alqali
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OP-ED: Obsession with ending poverty is where development is going wrong, By Efosa Ojomo
How can we alleviate extreme poverty? It’s the question that underpins the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs), and almost all development projects. Because poverty almost always shows itself as …
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Kano CSOs honour health commissioner
A group of civil society organisations working in Kano state have conferred an award of excellence on the state’s commissioner for health, Kabir Getso, for his outstanding effort towards ensuring …
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Op-Ed: Science Journalism and Africa’s sustainable development
More than ever, as a development journalist, I now don’t harbor the slightest of doubts as to the ability of science journalism to meaningfully contribute to the advancement of the …
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EDITORIAL: A healthy nation is a wealthy nation
The healthy wellbeing of a people is doubtlessly a basic human right, guaranteed by the constitutions of their countries, and the healthy wellbeing of a people is hinged on …
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Global Handwashing Day: Over 300 children died of diarrhea in 2015
October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable …
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As remediation of Shikira begins, over 15 months after lead poisoning incident
Until May 2015, courtesy of an artisanal mining disaster that claimed the lives of scores of children and badly affected the health of hundreds of others, very little if anything, …
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Shikira: Follow the Money applauds Nigerian government over commencement of remediation
The Follow the Money Campaign Team has said it is “extremely excited” that the Nigerian government has “finally bowed to public pressure” and began the cleanup of Shikira, the small …
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Shikira: Global Rights urge Nigeria, Niger state to speed up intervention
Global Rights, the international human rights NGO, has again called for the immediate intervention of the Nigerian government in Shikira, a remote rural mining community affected by lead poisoning as …
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Follow The Money express shock over failure of remediation of Shikira community to commence
Follow The Money, a nonprofit advocating for judicious utilisation of public funds by tracking aid meant for local communities in Nigeria, has expressed shock over the failure of the Nigerian …
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