The Coca-Cola Foundation has awarded a grant to Whitefield Foundation, a registered non-profit social enterprise, to launch E.Q.U.I.P – an initiative to drive women’s empowerment and...
The BBC has released their selection of 100 inspiring and influential women from across the world for 2021. The list also covers a varied spectrum of...
On most days, Lawal Silifat Tola, hawks her moin-moin on the streets of Lagos with a smile on her face. Calm, soft-spoken and warm, her legion...
In 1995, at the World Conference on Women in Beijing, the need for an event focused on young and vulnerable girls was identified, and it was...
According to a recent report from UNESCO, an estimated 13.2 million children are currently out of school in Nigeria. This year, Slum2School Africa has identified more...
International advocacy organization, Global Citizen, has announced that more than US$1.1 billion, 157 million trees, and more than 60 million COVID-19 vaccines have been pledged by...
Nigerian artist Davido continues to prove that he is not just a talented musician, but also a style icon. In a recent shoot styled by the...
After encountering teenagers in her neighbourhood who could not read or write, Kangyang Deborah Gana decided to turn her family home outside of Jos into a...
Nicholas Kristof‘s essay in the New York Times tells the story of 4-year-old Abdo Sayid who, eerily calm, apathetic and expressionless, dies of starvation in Yemen. In...
Episode 7 of ‘They Said I Couldn’t’ features the story of an Author, Orator and Poet – Maryam Bukar. ‘They said I Couldn’t’ is a docu-series...
When I was pregnant with my first child, I knew I was going to exclusively breastfeed my baby after the first few antenatal visits and lectures;...
Developed in partnership with the Maison Dior, a pioneer in New Information and Communication Technologies Huawei and the investment bank Lazard, the WIA Young Leaders programme’s...
In describing tech in Nigeria, Jake Brunch for Tech Crunch wrote: “Nigeria has become a magnet for venture capital, a hotbed for startup formation and a...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has supported the distribution of supplementary Hausa reading materials, Ina Son Karatu! (I Want to Read! in Hausa), to...
It’s that time of the year again; it’s Children’s Day! Children are blessings to the world; they carry the hopes and dreams for a brighter and...
According to UNICEF, one in every five of the world’s out-of-school children is in Nigeria and over 80 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty. A quick...
As the number of rape cases identified and unreported in the country continues to rise, Lamboginny lends his voice to the cause with a Fela-inspired brash-toned...
As the global rollout of vaccines accelerates, the first COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in Africa using COVAX doses began March 1 2021, in Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire....
On Wednesday, Ghana received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine, making them the first African country to receive AstraZeneca vaccines via the WHO’s COVAX program, followed...
On Friday, the 26th of February, 317 girls were reportedly abducted in a midnight raid from the Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe town, Zamfara State,...
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