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FG Inaugurates Intervention Committee For Out-Of-School Children

Tolani Giwa 27/01/2021

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to coordinate the deployment of a national plan to address the issue of out-of-school children in the country. The President gave the directive while inaugurating the 18-member Presidential Steering Committee on Alternate School Programme, ASP, co-chaired by the Ministers […]Read More

Buhari Urges End To Violence Against Children

Tolani Giwa 16/06/2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged the Federal Government’s commitment to protecting children from sexual violence, domestic abuse and exploitation. Buhari’s pledge in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Monday comes as Nigeria joins the international community to celebrate the Day of the African Child. The President also reiterated that the […]Read More

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FG To Limit Number Of Children Per Mother

Ayomide Oyewole 24/10/2018

The Federal Government on Tuesday declared that it was working hard to come out with a policy that would limit the number of children that a mother could have in Nigeria. It stated that traditional rulers and other leaders across the country were being engaged as regards this, adding that the move was aimed at […]Read More

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Nigeria To Be Polio Free By August – WHO

Tolani Giwa 05/07/2018

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Coordinator in Cross River, Dr Thompson Igbu, says Nigeria will be polio free by August 2018. Dr Igbu made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of a workshop on integrated disease surveillance and response on Wednesday in Calabar. “Nigeria would have been 24 months […]Read More