girl child education
19 Feb
First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu, has joined other African first ladies to affirm that closing the gender gap is not an act of charity but of justice.
3 Feb
A social impact organisation, Aid for Rural Education Access Initiative (AREAi) has emerged as one of the winners at the 2023 Unleash Rwanda Dragons’ Den Pitch with its FastTrack solution.
3 Feb
The Deputy Rector (Academics) of Kaduna Polytechnic, Dr Grace Jamila Bila-Jolaosho, the former Senator representing Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate, Senator Shehu Sani and the National Association of Seadogs
1 Dec
As part of the efforts to ensure increasing girl-child education in Nasarawa State, stakeholders in collaboration with the state’s Ministry of Education, have inaugurated a committee on full implementation of girl-child education policy.
30 Nov
Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal, has reiterated his administration's commitment to invest massively in girl-child education across the area. He spoke on Thursday when he attended a public awareness lecture on gender-based violence, organized by the office of the Zamfara State First Lady, Hajiya Huriyya Dauda Lawal, as part of a 16-day activism. In a…
12 Oct 2023
Governor of Benue State has disclosed a robust plan to enhance the education of girls in the state.
27 Sep 2023
A Professor of French and Applied Linguistics, Mufutau Tijani, has disclosed that population expansion is a liability to girl-child education.
30 Jul 2023
The governor’s wife made the declaration on Saturday at the launching of new programmes at Nana Babajo College of Nursing Sciences And Satellite, Malunfashi.
22 Jul 2023
Pakistani education activist, Nobel laureate and Malala Fund co-founder, Malala Yousafzai has been in the forefront of advocacy of the right to education for women and girls, beginning from her country, which has now become a global struggle. In her native land, Swat, Pakistan, the Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school and…
6 Jun 2023
Worried by the increasing number of out-of-school children in the country, stakeholders have called on policy makers to look into financial bottlenecks limiting girls from accessing quality education in Nigeria. They identified adequate funding as a veritable factor for creating inclusive education and empowering learning environments for girls. They made the call in Abuja at…
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The Kaduna State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, set up a 13-man adhoc committee to investigate financial transactions, loans, grants, and project execution under the immediate-past Governor of the State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. Specifically, Yusuf Mugu, a member representing Kaura constituency, moved the motion on a matter of public importance that the loans borrowed by…
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Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives have issued President Bola Tinubu a three three-month ultimatum to resolve the worsening insecurity across the country or face mass from Nigerians. The minority lawmakers said they remained united, indivisible, and committed to acting as a watchdog on behalf of the Nigerian…
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