An estimated ₦22 billion investment in girls’ education could prevent over 327,000 child marriages, avert more than 35,000 adolescent pregnancies, and save thousands of young lives in Northern Nigeria, experts revealed during a high-level stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja. Education specialists, government officials, and development advocates warned that failing to protect adolescent girls from dropping out …
First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu has launched the “Flow With Confidence” nationwide initiative to distribute menstrual hygiene packs to schoolgirls. Speaking at the launch in Gombe State, Mrs. Tinubu said the programme would empower young girls by promoting knowledge, dignity, and confidence through safe menstrual hygiene. She stressed that no girl should miss school because …
For years, students at LEA Pilot Science Primary School and LEA Primary School Phase Three in Gwagwalada, Abuja, faced the daily struggle of carrying their books in one hand and shame in the other. With the school’s toilets abandoned, children had no choice but to memorize lessons while also memorizing the paths to the bush, …
