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IWD: IPAS Nigeria Seeks Investments To Empower Women, Girls

IWD: IPAS Nigeria Seeks Target Investments To Empower Women, Girls

In commemoration of International Women's Day, Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation has called on all stakeholders to target investments that empower women and girls to make decisions about their lives and health, enabling them to achieve bodily autonomy and reach their full potential. In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, that IPAS In alignment with the theme - "Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress". ''Ipas Nigeria joins her voice to […]

March 13, 2024

Plan International Urges Security Forces Secure Safe Release of Students And Teachers

Education

Nigeria: Plan International Expresses Concern Over Mass Kidnapping Of School Children

Plan International Urges Security Forces To Secure Safe Release of Students And Teachers Plan International Nigeria has described the news of the mass kidnapping of school children in Kaduna and Sokoto states as a sad reminder of the precarious situation of education in Nigeria and that of children and girls. The Plan International Nigeria Country Director, Charles Usie, in a statement, condemns the act in totality. According to him, ''Taking […]

March 13, 2024

Rise-Up Nigeria's intensive Advocacy and Leadership Accelerator training.

Health

Rise Up Nigeria Moves To Advance Social Justice Impact For Women, Girls

Twenty-four visionary leaders have completed Rise-Up Nigeria's intensive Advocacy and Leadership Accelerator training. The participants were selected from the Federal Capital Territory, Rivers, Anambra, Nasarawa, and Kaduna states. At the event in Abuja, the Country Director, Rise Up Nigeria, Theresa Kaka Effa, said the training was to enable the leaders to strengthen their organizations, lead change in their communities, and advance national and local-level impact for women and girls. Theresa […]

March 10, 2024

Journalists, Experts Seek Improved Coverage, Visibility For MMS In Nigeria

Health

Journalists, Experts Advocate Improved Coverage, Visibility For MMS In Nigeria

Participants at a two-day capacity strengthening of journalists for improved coverage and visibility of multiple micro-nutrient supplements, MMS in Nigeria have called on government at all levels to prioritize MMS funding to reduce anemia among pregnant women. In a communique signed by the Executive Secretary- CS-SUNN, Sunday Okoronkwo also stressed the need for state governments to commit to counterpart funding for MMS through the UNICEF Child Nutrition Fund. The communique […]

March 1, 2024

News

Cricket: Nigeria Claim Third Win At NCF T20i

Nigeria’s senior women’s cricket team, the Female Yellow Greens, continued their stride in defending their title at the Nigeria Cricket Federation Women’s T20i invitational tournament, with another five-wicket win against Sierra Leone at the Tafawa Balewa Cricket Oval on Thursday, The PUNCH reports. Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bat first, but their innings was met by Nigeria’s superb bowling, as they posted 91 runs for the loss of nine […]

March 1, 2024

Africa

Nigeria Receives Landmark Trade and Investment Boost by the UK

The UK has signed an Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership (ETIP) with Nigeria to boost trade and investment between the two countries and unlock new opportunities for UK and Nigerian businesses. Secretary of State Kemi Badenoch signed the ETIP alongside her Nigerian counterpart Nigerian Trade Minister Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite today in Abuja. The Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership (ETIP) is the first the UK has signed with an African country and […]

February 13, 2024

National

Nig Can Solve Lingering Food Crisis – Okezie

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Benjamin Kalu has expressed confidence that Nigeria can solve the lingering food crisis and transform its agricultural sector into an engine of economic growth, food security, and environmental sustainability. Kalu who stated this in Abuja during the Implementation of Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CADAP), a high-level strategic engagement on climate change, food systems, and resource mobilisation, explained that food security could […]

February 12, 2024

Featured

Nigeria needs a Constitutional Settlement, Odinkalu

Human Rights, freedom, Peace, Safety, Justice, good governance, unity, progress, peace and development are synonymous with a developed society. How much of these are found in our clime? Does the mere fact that we talk about unity mean we are not united as a country. How can Nigerians advance unity among the values that underpin our coexistence? How have we casualized the Nigerian courts? In this conversation with Alu Azege, […]

February 11, 2024

Economy

FG, GAIN Launch Cost Of Healthy Diet Indicator To Address Food Insecurity

To help make healthy diets affordable for all people at all times, and track progress towards global goals at the national, and sub-national levels, the federal government and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) have launched a Cost of Healthy Diet (CoHD), indicator. The indicator is a Tracking and monitoring publication that shows the cost of a healthy diet and offers valuable insights for policymakers, researchers, as well as […]

January 31, 2024

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