Girls

The Kano State Ministry of Education, through the Adolescent Girls’ Initiative and Empowerment (AGILE) project, has engaged journalists to develop key messages on girls' education and to inaudate them about the project's objectives. …
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By Fa'izatu Aliyu Doma Violence against women and girls is fast assuming the magnitude of a global pandemic. In other words,  it is a crisis that transcends borders, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds.  According to the United…
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A Non-Governmental Organization, the Participatory Communication for Gender Development (PAGED) Initiative, has called on parents to support girls’ enrollment and retention in schools. PAGED Initiative Program Director, Ummi Bukar made…
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Kano state Governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf has flagged-off the distribution of ATM cards for conditional cash transfer totalling N917m to 45,850 girls under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) program.…
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Bauchi State on Saturday moved to vaccinate girls in the state against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). It plans to target girls between the ages of nine years and 14 years as HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection. The…
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The Katsina State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Badamasi Lawal, has said that female students performed better than their male counterpart in the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.…
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Seven girls have been confirmed dead in a boat accident that happened in Jigawa State Thursday night. Local sources who spoke to BBC Hausa said the accident occurred while the boat ferrying the women back from Gasanya to Gafasa.…
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The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) on Monday raised an alarm over increasing cases of violence against women and girls in the country calling for a collective prompt approach to address the issue. The alarm was raised…
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