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Kano education stakeholders have called for transparency and accountability in the management of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) matching grant by informing citizens of how the funds are being spent as well as involving them in the processes. The stakeholders spoke at a one-day consultative forum on transparency and accountability…

The 90-90-90 target of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) ) is seeking to ensure that across the world, 90% of people living with HIV are diagnosed by 2020; 90% of diagnosed people are on antiretroviral treatment by 2020 and that 90% of people on treatment…

By Adam Alqali The Government of Norway has donated $11.5 million, (approximately 3.6 billion Naira) to improve basic education and support girls and women who have been victims of sexual violence by Boko Haram in the conflict-affected northeast Nigerian states of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Gombe. The funding is part…

By Adam Alqali In a bid to strengthen its fight against severe acute malnutrition, Kano state, which has one of the highest figures of stunted children in Nigeria, is planning to scale up the number of its Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) centres. This statement was made by the…

Isiyaku Ahmed is the secretary of the Kano State Budget Working Group, a coalition of NGOs working to promote active citizens participation in budget processes. He speaks on how their efforts is making people in rural parts of Kano, Nigeria’s most populous state, aware of budget processes towards entrenching transparency…

By Adam Alqali Nigerian youth have been cautioned against using  social media platforms to promote hate and dangerous speech, which is capable of inciting violence and breaching peace in the society. The word of caution was sounded to the youth by hate speech expert Abdulganiyu Rufai while speaking on hate…

  The Africa Youth Day is an annual event aimed at recognizing and promoting the role of young people as key drivers for socio-economic change, inclusive growth and sustainable development of the African continent By Adam Alqali The 1st day of November was proclaimed and instituted as Africa Youth Day…

  Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), the Society for Family Health (SFH) and Population Services International (PSI) are set to share the results of FPwatch survey at a planned dissemination event, taking place on Tuesday at Abuja’s Transcorp Hilton. FPwatch is a multi-country research project designed to generate evidence…

By Adam Alqali eHealth Africa in partnership with Connected Development (CODE) has hosted a 2-day open data party for journalists, data enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, civic activists and students. The party which was held November 22-23 in Kano, Nigeria’s second city was aimed at promoting the “use of open data for advocacy…

Despite enormous progress realized for children since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, the rights of millions of children are being violated every day, UNICEF said today as it marks ongoing celebrations following Universal Children’s Day on Sunday. “With conflicts, crises, and crushing…