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Religion, gender major factors for high rate of out-of-school-children in the North – UNICEF

The North has the highest number of children out of school in Nigeria, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said.

Osinbajo’s got something to say about forced marriages in Nigeria’s north

There’s a connection between forced marriages and rising maternal mortality.

What?! “Ahmed, 28, just married this 10-year-old girl in Kano!”

We refuse to believe this is happening in 2016.

Finding English difficult, Nigerian Almajiris abandon school, return to begging

There are at least 10 million Almajiris scattered across northern Nigeria.