'North cannot afford to lose another generation' - Northern governors warn

Nigeria, Dec. 3 -- Northern Nigerian governors have declared early childhood development the region's most urgent priority, endorsing a coordinated investment plan for the "first 2,000 days" of a chil... Read More

Insecurity: Northern governors demand state police as experts warn of 'Rivers Trap'

Nigeria, Dec. 2 -- The Council Chamber of the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House was unusually tense on Monday. Gathered around its long mahogany table were the 19 Northern state governors, the Sultan of Sokoto... Read More

Four schoolchildren die, many injured as truck plunges into river in Kogi

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- At least four schoolchildren were confirmed dead and several others injured on Monday morning in Egbolo, Igalamela-Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State, after a truck conveying... Read More

Insecurity: Northern governors, monarchs demand state police; warn region facing 'existential threat'

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- The Northern States Governors' Forum (NSGF), in collaboration with the Northern Traditional Rulers Council, has warned that the region may lose its future to escalating terrorism an... Read More

ANALYSIS: As Tinubu orders aerial siege, confusion, fresh abductions mar rescue successes

Nigeria, Nov. 29 -- The Nigerian government scripted this week as a victory lap. The safe return of the 24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi State and the 38 worshippers seized from a church in Kwara St... Read More

Katsina targets 2.8 million children in November immunisation drive

Nigeria, Nov. 29 -- Katsina State has announced an ambitious plan to vaccinate about 2.8 million children under the age of five during a statewide immunisation campaign scheduled for November. The ex... Read More

Security coordination in Zamfara 'won't work without me' - Defence Minister Matawalle

Nigeria, Nov. 26 -- The rift between the federal government and Zamfara State over security strategy has taken on fresh dimensions, as the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, accused the s... Read More

Katsina pupils learn in collapsed classrooms despite billions spent on education

Nigeria, Nov. 26 -- A portion of Tsintsiya Primary School in Danja Local Government Area of Katsina State has collapsed, leaving hundreds of pupils learning under severely cracked structures that coul... Read More

"Why I prefer marriage to school": 17-year-old bride speaks as Zamfara govt sponsors 200 weddings

Nigeria, Nov. 26 -- Surrounded by a stack of new mattresses, polished furniture, and kitchen utensils, 17-year-old Zainab Mohammed has made up her mind. In a region where education is often promoted ... Read More

Police arrest 22-year-old for stabbing teenager to death, bust theft syndicate

Nigeria, Nov. 25 -- The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly stabbing a 17-year-old boy to death following a minor disagreement in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital. ... Read More

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