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By creating a platform where young people can brainstorm and develop advocacy messages targeting policymakers, UNICEF Nigeria hopes to empower Nigerian youths to be able to effectively hold  government officials at all levels accountable for their campaign promises for education.     The fourth of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals…

The Kano State Ministry of Education via World Bank’s five-year Global Partnership for Education-Nigeria Partnership for Education Project (GPE-NIPEP) on Sunday hosted a sensitization training for respective Social Mobilisation Officers (SMOs) of the forty four Local Government Areas of the state on child safety and protection, aimed at addressing barriers…

As one of the first states to have fulfilled the major preconditions for access to the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), Kano state is on the verge of commencement of the operationalization of the BHCPF The Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), a subset of the 2014 National Health…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Thursday commenced a 4-day training workshop for over 100 select Kano youths focused on empowering them to effectively advocate for gender responsive, sensitive and inclusive education policies in Kano State, towards improved demand and supply for free, safe, and quality education for especially girls…

It was in a bid to strengthen the Kano State Contributory Healthcare Scheme (KSCHS) by ensuring the availability and accessibility of efficient services for enrollees under its various programmes that the Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (KSCHMA) is developing a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) strategy for the KSCHS. The…

As a sequel to the local study tour of Niger state, members of study group five of the Senior Executive Couse (SEC) 41 at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) were in Lagos  state (May 13th  to 18th) where they understudied the state’s model healthcare system, in…

As Governor Abdullahi Ganduje is sworn in for a second term as governor of Kano state Wednesday, Kano Media Advocacy Group (KaMAG), a cluster of concerned journalists dedicated to advocacy for accountability, good governance, and improved service delivery, has called on the governor to, amongst others, ensure the implementation of…

The maiden conference of the faculty of natural sciences at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai, Niger state, themed: “Commercialization of Research Output for National Development,” was aimed at alleviating poverty through effective commercialization of research findings in Nigeria. The application of scientific knowledge and research findings in the development…

Between May 6 and 11, members of study group five of the Senior Executive Couse (SEC) 41 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) were in Niger state to understudy its healthcare financing model, in partial fulfillment of their Presidential Mandate of researching and advising the Nigerian…

Project PINK BLUE, a non-profit focused on creating awareness about cancer and providing support as well as hosting fundraising activities for cancer patients in Nigeria, Thursday, presented research findings from its ‘Men on Blue’ project titled: “Prostate Cancer Awareness, Health Behaviors and Attitudes in Nigeria.” According to the World Health…