Tag: girls
UNICEF to keep 8,000 girls in school in Katsina
The Katsina State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) says UNICEF’s donation of N160 million to the board would put 8,…
Preety Mike arrested for putting chain around girls necks
30-year-old club owner, Mike Eze-Nwalie Nwogu popularly known as ‘Pretty Mike’, has been arrested for dehumanizing young girls by turning…
Boys outnumber girls in the world — UN report
Countries are urged to invest in girls as the majority of the world’s 10-year-olds live in developing countries, while girls…
NDDC unveils empowerment project for girls in science
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has concluded plans to renovate dilapidated schools in nine states within the…
IWD: IPC tasks media on women, girls’ issues
The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos, Nigeria, has joined global voices tasking the media to step up reports that advance…
16mn girls will never get a chance to read, write – UNESCO
The UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics (UIS) says 16 million girls, below age 11, will not get basic education, compared to…
4 abducted girls rescued, gangsters arrested
Femi Adi/Kaduna The Kaduna State Government’s Joint Special Anti-kidnapping Squad comprising military and police personnel have rescued four young girls…
200 million girls and women living with Female Genital Mutilation – UNICEF
At least 200 million girls and women worldwide have been subjected to female genital mutilation with half of those living…
UNICEF to enroll one million Nigerian girls in school
The UNICEF has set a target of attracting additional one million girls to school in five northern states under the…
Nobel laureate resigns over ‘girls’ comment
A top British scientist has resigned from his post at University College London after he was accused of sexism for…
Welfare of ‘rescued’ women and girls is paramount – Amnesty
The ‘rescue’ of almost 300 women and girls by Nigeria’s military from Boko Haram is an encouraging development but only…
Over 60 women, girls escape from Boko Haram
Over 60 women and girls abducted last month by suspected Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria have escaped their captors,…
Boko Haram kidnaps 60 women, girls in Borno
Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and girls, some as young as three, in the latest…
Between Girls And ICT
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Without doubt, the Information and Communication Technology, ICT, sector remains a fast growing area with limitless possibilities…
Abducted schoolgirls still in Nigeria, says Jonathan
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday he believed 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants last month in an attack…