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Underage marriage: 13 parents convicted
Thirteen parents in Niger State have been prosecuted for withdrawing their children from schools and forcing them into early marriage. Daily Trust reports that, the Commissioner for Education, Fatima Madugu, told journalists in Minna yesterday that the state government had initiated a legislation to make forcing a girl child of…
Read More »Senate wants planned increase in tariff on alcoholic beverages suspended
Senators in the Federal Republic of Nigeria want the planned increase on alcoholic beverages and tobacco products suspended. The federal government had proposed a 500 per cent hike in excise tariff on alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, but the senate on Wednesday directed the government to suspend the implementation. It…
Read More »N30m spent on maternal mortality surveillance in northern Nigeria
An estimated N30m was spent on maternal mortality surveillance across northern Nigeria in 2017. Coordinator of Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development (SFPD), Alhaji Samaila Muhammad Mera, made the revelation Tuesday in Abuja. Alhaji Samaila Muhammad Mera who is also the Emir of Argungu, said this in a one day…
Read More »Delta APC dares Oshiomhole
The threat by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Party (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to sanction members of the party who dragged the APC to court without exhausting internal mechanism, has fallen in deaf ears. According to Punch, as a result, the Delta State faction of the party, led…
Read More »How early marriage, long distance, others push girls to top out of school children group in Northern Nigeria
The recent report by the Universal Basic Education Board (UBEC) of increase in the number of Out of School Children in Nigeria from 10.5 million to 13.2 million is worrisome to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and some other stakeholders in the country. Concerned by the development, UNICEF…
Read More »I was pressed to reject 2015 election result- Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed how he was pressured not to accept defeat in the 2015 election. Jonathan said despite the irregularities that marred that the election including the difficulty he faced before he could vote in his native Otuoke, Bayelsa State home, he conceded defeat principally because it…
Read More »INEC removes 1,931 dead persons’ names from register
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has detected and removed the names of 1,931 dead persons from the voters’ register in Kaduna State, ahead of the 2019 elections. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Abdurahim Kasugama, said this on Tuesday when he received the Senate Committee…
Read More »Keyamo reacts to campaign logo plagiarism allegation
Buhari’s Campaign Organisation Spokesman, Festus Keyamo has reacted to the #Nextlevel campaign logo plagiarism claim against the ruling All Progressives Party (APC), The Guardian has said. The APC had been accused of plagiarizing Rex institute’s education program logo which shares semblance with the party’s #Nextlevel campaign logo. But, Keyamo, Tuesday…
Read More »Female farmers wants the return of Jonathan’s GES Scheme
Women farmers under the umbrella of Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) have called for restoration of scrapped Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) scheme. They made the call at the end of a two-day annual national farmers forum for smallholder women farmers organised by Actionaid Nigeria, an NGO. According to…
Read More »UNICEF, others express concern over rising rate of out of school children in Nigeria
The need to check the increasing rate of out of school children in Nigeria was brought to the fore during a recent field trip organized by the United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) and the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. The issue was extensively discussed during a two days…
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