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The Community Health and Research Initiative (CHR) under the Strengthening Accountability for Maternal health in Nigeria (SAMiN) programme has trained a select group of Nigerian health reporters on fistula. The 2-day training which took place in Kano between September 8 and 9 was aimed at achieving collaboration with the media…

The Tanzania and Nigeria chapters of the nonprofit New Faces New Voices (NFNV) in collaboration with Tanzania Women CEOs Roundtable (TWRC) will on October 16 host 50 African women CEOs to a business roundtable under the theme: “Driving Sustainable Entrepreneurship through Active Dialogue” in Abuja, Nigeria. The roundtable is taking…

Sequel to the commencement of the second phase of its project on “Raising Voices for Women Cross Border Trades in West Africa,” the Nigeria country chapter of the nonprofit New Faces New Voices (NFNV Nigeria) is set to hold a two-day regional roundtable with stakeholders on women cross-border trade in…

The Kano state government in collaboration with The Challenge Initiative (TCI) Thursday inaugurated a Social and Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC) committee for child birth spacing (CBS) in the state. The Challenge Initiative (TCI) is a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded program working in the area of improving access to family…

By Alli Abiola As part of efforts aimed at raising awareness about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria, the Nigeria Youths SDGs Network, a coalition of youth-led organisations focused on the implementation of the SDGs in Nigeria, is set to host the second edition of its National #SDGsStory Summit…

Nigeria’s vice president Yemi Osinbajo Tuesday charged Nigerian university students to work towards the fulfillment of their dreams through the vehicles of entrepreneurship and innovation. “The journey to the fulfillment of your dreams has started and you should take the opportunity available to you. The university is one of the…

Dr Uzochukwu Amakom is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and budget consultant for the UK-DFID Partnernership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL) programme. He speaks about factors hindering budget preparation and implementation in Nigeria including lack of punishment against violators of budget…

By ‘Seyifunmi Adebote Edeh Catherine, founder of the Voice of Disabilities, a disability-focused nonprofit, who is also Nigeria’s first female deaf lawyer and ex Mandela Washington Fellow, Thursday called on individuals, groups and international agencies to always consider the inclusivity of people living with disabilities (PWDs) in whatsoever development projects…

  By Zainab Usman Ambassador of the Royal Kingdom of Netherlands in Nigeria, Robert J. Petri on Thursday hosted a group of young people under the platform of the Nigeria Youths SDGs Network to a SDGs Story hangout at the Netherlands embassy in Abuja. The SDGs Story hangout is a…

In commemoration of the 2018 World Breastfeeding Week, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Thursday hosted in Jos a sensitization event for particularly women of the force on the importance of exclusive breastfeeding in the growth and development of babies, towards achieving a healthy society. The theme of this year’s World…