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Kano CSOs advocate for child protection, inclusive education
Kano Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, working with UKaid/DFID’s Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria, ESSPIN, on Tuesday, hosted a one-day state level advocacy dialogue with policymakers on child protection and inclusive education in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kano.
Read More »“Why Nigerian Red Cross must earn people’s trust and confidence” – President
Elder Bolaji Akpan Anani is the National President of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, NCRS. In a chat with African Newspage, he speaks on his effort to reposition the Society
Read More »NEITI applauds Buhari’s pledge to disclose owners of companies in the extractive industries
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, has applauded the pronouncement by the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, last week Thursday that Nigeria would establish a transparent central register of foreign companies bidding on public contracts and buying property.
Read More »Khuraira Musa: The Beauty of Giving Back to Society
Khuraira Musa, the CEO of Khuraira Cosmetics, is a US based internationally renowned makeup entrepreneur and celebrity makeup artist. Her story is typical of the saying from grass to grace: She lost her mother at birth and grew up as an orphan in a house made up of mud shacks…
Read More »Hauwa Aliyu: Providing succor to nomadic women and children
Hauwa Umar Aliyu is a nomadic Fulani woman who has helped built many schools for children of nomads in her native community of Birniwa in northern Nigeria as well as helped empowered several women by providing them soft loans for petty businesses. In an exclusive interview with African Newspage, the…
Read More »Youth, poor education and insecurity in Nigeria
Delegates at the conference blamed the various social vices youth engage in, including restive agitations and terrorism, on poor and wrong education
Read More »Mercy Corps push for CRA’s implementation in Nigeria’s capital
Mercy Corps, the Portland-headquartered NGO working to promote sustainable development through conflict mitigation and economic development, with particular focus on protecting and empowering women and adolescent girls, has organized a one-day policy dialogue on the effective implementation of the Child Rights Act, CRA, in Nigeria’s federal capital territory.
Read More »“Political, economic factors fueling crises on the Plateau”
Clement Iornongu is the Executive Director of the Jos-based International Centre for Peace, Charities and Human Development, INTERCEP, working to ensure peaceful coexistence between the inhabitants of conflict-prone Plateau State in northcentral Nigeria. He speaks to African Newspage about their efforts
Read More »“Inclusiveness, the best panacea to violence in Plateau state”
Fatima Suleiman is executive director of the Jos, Nigeria-based Islamic Counseling Initiatives of Nigeria, ICIN, an NGO working in the area of gender issues including women empowerment, girl-child education and community peace building. She speaks to African Newspage on her organization’s efforts to assist the needy and less-privileged, especially women and…
Read More »“Religion should play the biggest role in attaining world peace”
Prince Henry Ezike is the Nigeria country representative of the Sant’Egidio community; an ecumenical movement working with the poor as well as building bridges of understanding among the followers of all the religions of the world. He speaks to African Newspage about the community’s activities in Nigeria including feeding program…
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