44,000 deaths and $10 billion: Study quantifies annual cost of child marriage in Nigeria
A study authored by Xiangming Fang, a research associate professor in the Georgia State University School of Public Health, ...
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COAS Lagbaja’s death a colossal loss to Nigeria — GOC
The General Officer Commanding 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Farouk Minjiyawa, has described the death of the ...
Nigeria reports 15,000 AIDS-related deaths annually: official
Nigeria records at least 15,000 deaths related to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) every year despite efforts by the government to curb the spread of the deadly disease in the most populous ...
Nigerian government forced to drop treason charges carrying death penalty against 119 cost-of-living protesters
Despite the release of the protesters, the Nigerian government has made clear there will be no retreat from its relentless ...
Nigeria court frees 119 protesters, some facing death penalty, after government drops charges
One of the charges carried the death penalty. President Bola Tinubu on Monday ordered the release of all minors detained ...
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Nigeria Records 174 Lassa Fever Deaths, 361 from Meningitis, Says NCDCO
The centre said Nigeria recorded 8,569 suspected cases, 1,035 confirmed cases, and 174 deaths across 28 states and 129 Local ...
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29 Nigerian children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis
Twenty-nine minors in Nigeria could be facing the death penalty. The children were among 76 protesters arraigned Friday for ...
Four out of five people in Africa use wood for cooking: a transition to clean fuels would cut emissions and save lives, a model for Nigeria shows
If Nigeria doesn’t roll out clean fuels fast, its carbon dioxide emissions from cooking on firewood will triple by 2060, new ...
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Nigeria releases 29 children who potentially faced death penalty for alleged involvement in protests
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Children who had faced the death penalty for allegedly protesting ...
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Nigeria's president orders the release of 29 children facing death penalty over protests
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Monday ordered the immediate release of 29 children facing the death ...
Nigeria offers free Caesareans to poorer women
Nigeria has announced that free emergency Caesarean sections will be made available to "poor and vulnerable" women in an ...
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29 Nigerian children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis
ABUJA, Nigeria — Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country’s record cost-of-living ...