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Supporting Nigerian Returnees Through Startups And Jobs

As of 2024, 1.4 million Nigerians live abroad, and 1 in 3 say they hope to migrate—driven largely by the ...

December 16, 2025
Education

Confronting two crises: Girl-child education and school abductions

Seated on a wooden chair in her family compound, 19-year-old Jamie Adamu, a single mother of two, recounts how she ...

December 13, 2025
Alhaji Muhammed Saba, Council Secretary of Gwagwalada Area Council addressing the audience
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Climate Accelerator Program Pushes Participatory Budgeting to Strengthen Local Climate Adaptation

As climate shocks intensify across sub-Saharan Africa, smallholder farmers remain among the most vulnerable. Nigeria, home to over 38 million ...

December 12, 2025
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CSOs Urge FG to Declare National Emergency on Gender-Based Violence

Rhoda Serene Care Foundation and Arise for Girls Initiative have called on the Nigerian government to take urgent and coordinated ...

December 12, 2025
L-R: Blessing Oladunjoye, Project Officer, Journalists for Christ; Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, Executive Secretary, Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency; and Adigun Ibrahim Olalekan, the Lagos State Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria at the launch of the Lagos State Policy Framework on Technology-Facilitated Sexual and Gender-Based Violence on December 10, 2025.
Human Rights

JFC Joins TWG To Implement Policy to Counter Online GBV

Journalists for Christ International Outreach (JFC) has joined 34 other organisations that were inaugurated into the Technical Working Group (TWG) ...

December 11, 2025
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News

With Digital Skills, Refugees Build Careers And Launch New Enterprises

In 2016, Jean‑Marie Ndikumana made the painful decision to flee from home. He abandoned his promising university studies in banking ...

December 11, 2025
News

111 Journalists Killed Worldwide in 2025 – IFJ

One hundred and eleven journalists, including seven women, have been killed in 2025, according to the International Federation of Journalists' ...

December 10, 2025
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Disability

Only Four Out of 96 Deafblind Persons Employed in Nigeria – LALIF

The Lionheart Ability Leaders International Foundation has revealed that only four out of 96 deafblind persons documented in Nigeria are ...

December 10, 2025
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Features

When the Lights Go Out: How Nigeria’s PHCs Struggle Without Power

When the lights went out during a dental extraction at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, on October 27, 2025, the ...

December 10, 2025
Comrade Oumar BA, General Secretary of the Autonomous Union of Water Workers of Senegal (SATES)
Human Rights

Global Rights Groups Condemn Harassment of Senegalese Water Union Leader 

A coalition of African and international rights groups has raised alarm over what it describes as escalating repression within Senegal’s ...

December 10, 2025
News

2025 Womanity Index: Invictus Africa Decries Poor Funding for GBV Prevention and Response

With three in five Nigerians experiencing gender-based violence (GBV) or knowing someone who has, the 2025 Womanity Index report has ...

December 10, 2025
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News

Para-athletics: Nigeria Paravolley Captain Calls for Investment in Disabled Sports Industry

The captain of the Nigerian Men's Paravolley Team, Muritala Mohammed, has called for increased investment in the disabled sports industry ...

December 10, 2025
News

JFC Warns of Rising Digital Violence Against Women, Calls for Collective Action

As the world commemorates the 2025 edition of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence under the theme “Unite ...

December 8, 2025
Human Rights

AIHRFF 2025: 151 Entries From 71 Nations Reveal Alarming Trends in Global Rights Violations 

The 4th Edition of the Africa International Human Rights Film Festival (AIHRFF) officially opened in Lagos with 74 films selected ...

December 8, 2025
The Bestina Charity Foundation holds a community outreach in Ishaga on December 5th, 2025.
Health

Bestina Charity Foundation Provides Free Healthcare, Food to Indigent Families

The Bestina Charity Foundation has provided free healthcare services, medications, and distributed essential items to residents of Iju Ishaga and ...

December 8, 2025
Girls

Ogun CJ, Headfort Foundation Push for Stronger Legal Justice for SGBV Survivors

The Chief Judge of Ogun State, Hon. Justice M.A. Dipeolu, has called for improved legal structures to protect survivors of ...

December 4, 2025
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Disability

2025 IDPD: NCPWD Calls for Renewed Commitment to Eliminate Barriers Facing PWDs

As Nigeria joins the global community to mark the 2025 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), the National Commission ...

December 4, 2025
Entertainment

AIHRFF Announces 2025 Edition to End Global Rights Abuses

Organisers of the Africa International Human Rights Film Festival (AIHRFF) have announced that the fourth edition of the annual event ...

December 4, 2025
Disability

IDPD 2025: Voice PwD CoP Network Calls For Stronger Disability-Inclusive Policie

The Voice Persons with Disabilities Community of Practice Network (Voice PwD CoP Network) has joined the global community to commemorate ...

December 3, 2025
News

JONAPWD Lagos Calls for Stronger Disability Agencies Beyond Cash Distribution

The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities, Lagos State Chapter, has called on disability agencies across Nigeria to move ...

December 3, 2025
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Supporting Nigerian Returnees Through Startups And Jobs December 16, 2025
Confronting two crises: Girl-child education and school abductions December 13, 2025
Climate Accelerator Program Pushes Participatory Budgeting to Strengthen Local Climate Adaptation December 12, 2025
CSOs Urge FG to Declare National Emergency on Gender-Based Violence December 12, 2025
JFC Joins TWG To Implement Policy to Counter Online GBV December 11, 2025
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