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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as the new Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). This was announced in a statement signed by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to…
By Ijeoma Ukazu | The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) has said that almost 15 percent of global AIDS-related deaths in children and adolescents globally occur in Nigeria. In a report released to mark the 2020 World AIDS Day, UNICEF…
The World Health Organization (WHO) and immunization experts in the African Region have called on countries and health stakeholders to prioritize immunization services – which have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic – in order to protect children and communities…
By Ijeoma UKAZU | To commemorate the International Day on Eliminating Violence Against Women, the Mothers and Marginalised Advocacy Centre, MAMA Centre has called for stringent and holistic policy actions to address recurring violence, abuses against women in public as…
Save the Children International Nigeria commends the Katsina State House of Assembly for passing the Child Protection Bill on 25th November 2020, almost 17 years after the Child Rights Act (2003) was first presented to the House to be domesticated. The…
By Ijeoma Ukazu | As the Network of Reproductive Health Journalists, Nigeria marks its 10 years of existence, it is calling on all stakeholders to ensure quality sexual reproductive health care services among all Nigerians especially women and young girls.…
Chidiogo Lilian Ezejelue’s new novel, Far From The End, highlights the challenges of teenage pregnancy, and the social stigma surrounding it. It tells the story of Ada, a model teenager with her life mapped out, who gives in to her…
The Federal Government Thursday formally launched the Group, Individual and Family Social Health Insurance Programme (GIFSHIP), which offers citizens an opportunity to participate and benefit from health insurance, especially for those not currently captured under any form of health insurance…
“More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high levels of water shortages and scarcity, the UN agriculture agency said in a new report launched on Wednesday. “ The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2020, the Food…
Ayoade Olatokewa | Flipping through my Instagram in search of a farmer mentioned by a friend, on his profile was… PhD farmer, Ogbole Samson, and I was curious with his caption, “food production should not be seasonal, because hunger is not…
