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The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in collaboration with Kano State Universal Basic Education Commission (SUBEB), on Wednesday officially flagged off the 2019 community-level school Enrolment Drive Campaign (EDC) at Tatsan village of Tsanyawa Local Government Area of Kano state. The campaign which was themed: “Education of our children is…

The Educating Nigerian Girls in New Enterprises (ENGINE) II under Mercy Corps – an international not-for-profit organization working to promote sustainable development through addressing barriers to girls` education and gender inequalities among marginalized girls across four states in Nigeria – Monday hosted a one-day media event on Gender Based Violence…

The Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development (SCDDD), with support from MacArthur Foundation and as part of its Leadership Effectiveness and Accountability Dialogue (LEAD) project on Monday hosted a townhall meeting with critical non-state actors and stakeholders aimed at promoting open and accountable governance in Kano state. LEAD is…

The Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL) this week hosted Kano media managers to a two-day learning session in Kano, aimed at improving knowledge of education matters among media stakeholders as well as improving education content in the media. PERL is a flagship five-year public sector accountability and governance…

The third edition of the Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB), Nigeria chapter’s annual media awards dedicated to celebrating Nigerian journalists and their efforts in promoting science including agricultural biotechnologies is scheduled for Friday, November 8, 2019 in Abuja. “The main aim of the award is to recognize…

The Kano High-Level Women Advocates (HiLWA), a network of influential women focused on high-level advocacy for gender-responsive change in the educational sector, in collaboration with the Kano State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), on Monday commenced a 2-day training workshop on leadership and advocacy skills for 96 female school administrators…

About 300 women entrepreneurs from across West Africa converged in Lagos, Nigeria, last week, on the occasion of the first-ever Women in Business, Export and Finance (WIBEF) Summit, convened by New Faces New Voices (NFNV) Nigeria; it was aimed at skilling West African women entrepreneurs towards improving their access to…

Maulid Warfa, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF’s) Chief of Field Office in Kano, has described behavioural change as key to achieving progress in all spheres of human and social development; be it in the areas of health, nutrition, or water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).   Warfa stated this Tuesday while…

Scientists and journalists from across the Nigerian federation gathered in Abuja, last week, for a 2-day workshop themed: “Boosting science communication for the development of science in Africa,” aimed at fostering a close working relationship between scientists and journalists, so as to enhance the Nigerian public’s understanding of science.  …