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The Centre for Information Technology and Development, CITAD, an NGO which has been monitoring efforts to rehabilitate and resettle IDPs affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in northern Nigeria has said it was “horrified by the callous way the IDPs were treated” as well as “the culpable silence of governments”…

Despite millions of dollars being spent as humanitarian aid a huge number of  the over 2 million displaced victims of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeastern Nigeria  continue to grapple with hunger and severe malnutrition     Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yobe state continue to suffer appalling poverty, despite the enormous resources…

By Adam Alqali The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, one of the implementing NGOs of the Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health, PACFaH, has sued for the implementation of the 2001 Abuja Declaration, by the federal and state governments in Nigeria. The Abuja Declarations and Frameworks for…

The one-day women leadership summit themed: “Bridging the Gap for Women Leadership and Accountability in Kano State” was aimed at mainstreaming and strengthening women’s participation in politics, governance and leadership processes in Kano state, towards achieving gender inclusion   Women’s participation in politics, leadership and governance processes has always been…

The E-Green Nigeria project aims to facilitate the planting of a total of 10,000 trees across Nigeria, per annum, as well as deploy remote sensing, mobile app and data visualization technologies to ensure the maintenance of the planted trees Digital Development Hub, DD-Hub, a social enterprise, in collaboration with the…

The Kano state government has validated its proposed Free Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Service, FMNCH charter, which aims to empower Kano citizens to be able to demand for accountability in the delivery of the government’s free maternal, newborn and child health programme.

The Mobilising for Development’s one-day learning and reflection workshop afforded community-based organisations, CBOs, in Garun Mallam local government area of Kano state the opportunity to share knowledge, experiences and best practices about effective CBO management   “We can’t quantify the immense benefits M4D has brought to our organization as before…

The sobering news that two children have been paralyzed by wild polio virus in northeastern Nigeria underscores the urgency of eradicating the disease in conflict-affected areas, the UNICEF has said.

Today is the 2016 International Youth Day, and this year’s theme is “Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production. The theme is informed by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) number 1 and 12.

The Kano State Contributory Healthcare Scheme and Free Maternal and Child Health Service Charter are both aimed at improving access to quality and affordable healthcare services to all the citizens of Nigeria’s most populous state including pregnant mothers and under-fives children