Why We Are Yet to Pass Kaduna Child Protection Bill to Law – Lawmaker
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna The long awaited domestication of the Child Rights Act, otherwise called Child Protection Bill pending in Kaduna State House of Assembly,...
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Family Planning: How NURHI’s Intervention Transformed Medical Facilities in Kafanchan
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna Family Planning (FP), Units of the two major health facilities in Kafanchan, Jama’a local Government Area in Southern part of Kaduna...
Outrage, as Kano Police Records 15 Rape Cases Daily
Police in Kano are recording 10 to 15 cases of rape every day, and are concerned. Their biggest concern is most of the victims are...
Woman Throws Stepdaughters Into Well in Nasarawa
Agency Report The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested a 20-year-old Housewife, Aisha Isah, for allegedly throwing into a well her two stepdaughters, Zainab...
Microsoft: Tech4Dev to Train over 7000 Girls in ICT
Tech4Dev is planning to train 7200 young women across 12 states in Nigeria. Announcing this in Akure, Peace Odili, the programme manager of the Nigerian Women Techsters...
Cholera Outbreak in North East Nigeria: 350,000 Children in Danger – UNICEF
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna Following the growing concern for the health and wellbeing of in the North Eastern part of Nigeria, United Nations Children’s Fund...
450,000 Nigerian Children are Malnourished – NRC
The Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Mr. Jan Egeland has disclosed that about 800,000 children are severely malnourished in Africa.In a statement yesterday, Egeland...
Child Survival, Development: UNICEF Signs MoU with Sokoto Govt, Sultanate, Religious leaders, NUJ
By Alex Uangbaoje, Sokoto United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ,with Government, Sultanate, Religious leaders and the Nigeria Union...
Woman Threatens to Abort Four-month Pregnancy Unless her Demand is met
A woman has threatened to abort her four-month pregnancy unless her demand is met. The woman had posted her threat on Twitter, asking that if...
Landlord, Tennant Allegedly Defile 13-year-old Housemaid
The police on Tuesday brought before a Lagos State Magistrate’s Court in Ikeja a 51-year-old landlord, Ishola Idris, and his 35-year-old tenant, Linus Okonkwo, for...