Tag: girl child education
Pastor impregnates JSS 3 student
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Sunday Adelaja for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 16-year-old Junior Secondary...
Kano to make law barring girls from marrying until after secondary...
As part of efforts to boost girl-child education, the Kano State government is planning to make a law ensuring that girls don't...
Education likely to reduce maternal mortality
A scholar at the Lagos State University (LASU) has linked the rate of maternal mortality to the level of education among women.
Training females in self-defence can combat sexual harassment in schools –...
A professor at the Lagos State University (LASU), Tinuke Fapohunda has called for the inclusion of self-defence trainings as part of measures...
Nigerian govt to subsidise sanitary pads for schoolgirls
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said it had embarked on a policy to subsidise the cost of sanitary pads and commence...
38% of out-of-school children in Nigeria are girls
38% of Nigeria's out of school children are girls. This represents 3.85 million of the 10.19 million children out-of-school in the country.
Schoolgirls develop app to tackle traffic gridlock in Lagos
Four secondary schoolgirls have developed an innovative application called Frostbits to address obstructive parking that results in traffic gridlock in the country.
Nigerian schoolgirls develop app to help underprivileged children get education funding
A group of five Nigerian schoolgirls working as team ‘Brain Squad’ have developed an app that would help finance the education of poor children...
P&G’s Always partners Mercy Corps on menstrual hygiene for school...
Procter and Gamble, makers of the leading Feminine Care brand, Always Sanitary Pads, recently held a close out ceremony for one of...
Pregnant girls shouldn’t be expelled from school anymore – Fayemi
Wife of Ekiti State governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, on Thursday, 11th July, 2019 decried the practice of expelling pregnant schoolgirls while allowing...