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30 years of pain. Sometimes, I feel like ending it all - Victim of Lymphatic Filariasis
As flourishing as her business was, Madam Bilikis Asimiu, a hard-working woman, would have gone farther in life but for her condition- Lymphatic Filariasis, one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases, she had to depend on people to get by daily.
Relics of #EndSARS protests in FCT
All over the world, issues of police brutality have become worrisome with the subject often times attracting wide spread protest and sometimes and opportunity to discuss established societal ills.
In Lagos, wasting, stunting among under 5 children, a time bomb
As a matter of urgency, the Lagos state government needs to scale up nutrition interventions in order to save under-five children in the state from stunting and wasting.
Sustaining UNICEF’s GEP3 legacies in Katsina
Over 1,000 teachers from 12 local governments received training on Reading and Numeracy Activities, RANA; while 292 schools in 9 local governments witnessed improved girls’ enrolment under G4G, and over 1,000 [...]
Katsina, UNICEF and GEP3 legacy of improved enrolment
Eight years, 2012 – 2020, after the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, commenced implementation of the Girls Education Programme, GEP3, in [...]
How UNICEF’s G4G is transforming girls’ education in Katsina
So far, 292 schools have witnessed astounding surge in girls’ enrolment and over 10,000 girls and 3700 members of Mothers Association received series of training on leadership and life skills in 9 local governments under UNICEF’s G4G programme. As the project winds down in December 202 [...]
Malnutrition: Need to address Nigeria’s food shortage
Recently, the Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, has said that by June and August this year about seven million Nigerians would experience food shortage.
The food crisis according to FAO would be experienced in the FCT and 15 northern states; Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Gombe, Benu [...]
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