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Katsina Confirms N18. 27m NELFUND Student Loan Disbursement For 309 Beneficiaries
8+ hour, 4+ min ago (253+ words) Katsina confirms N18. 27 million NELFUND loan disbursement to 309 students, boosting access to technical education in Katsina State. The Katsina State Institute of Technology and Management (KSITM) has confirmed the receipt of student loan funds from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, totaling…...
Action Aid Raises Alarm Over School Bullying, Child Protection Failures
3+ week, 5+ day ago (387+ words) Action Aid condemns alleged bullying at Igbinedion school, warns of systemic child protection failures and calls for urgent reforms nationwide. Fresh concerns over the safety of schoolchildren in Nigeria have emerged following allegations of violence and bullying at Igbinedion Education…...
College Students Protest Poor Facilities, Alleged Extortion In Ondo
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (392+ words) Students of Ondo State College of Health Technology barricaded the campus, protesting poor facilities, lack of amenities and alleged extortion by management. Scores of students of the Ondo State'owned College of Health Technology, Akure, on Monday barricaded the institution's main…...
Gaza Children Resume Classes After Nearly Two Years Without Formal Schooling
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (660+ words) Children in Gaza return to learning through tent classrooms, as ceasefire enables limited schooling after prolonged conflict and displacement. In Gaza City, the sound of children reciting lessons is heard again for the first time in nearly two years, as…...
Australia Moves To Enforce Under-16 Social Media Ban As Meta Begins Shutting Teen Accounts
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (453+ words) Australia has started deactivating Meta accounts for under-16s as a new law limits youth access to major social platforms. Younger Australian teenagers using Instagram, Facebook and Threads are being warned their accounts will soon be deactivated, ahead of the country's…...
Over 800 Indonesian Students Suffer Food Poisoning From Government-Sponsored Free School Meals
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (318+ words) Over 800 Indonesian students were hit by food poisoning after eating government-sponsored free school meals, raising safety concerns. More than 800 students across Indonesia have fallen sick this week in two separate cases of mass food poisoning linked to the government's free…...
UNICEF: Childhood Obesity Now More Prevalent Than Underweight Globally
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (312+ words) UNICEF has warned that childhood obesity now surpasses underweight globally, affecting 188 million children and fuelled by unhealthy food environments. Childhood obesity has overtaken underweight as the more prevalent nutritional challenge worldwide among school-aged children and adolescents, according to a new…...
Uganda Strikes Deal With US to Accept Deported Migrants Without Criminal Records
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (186+ words) Uganda has agreed to accept migrants deported from the US, provided they have no criminal records. Uganda has reached an agreement with the United States to accept deported migrants, provided they have no criminal records and are not unaccompanied minors,…...
ARISE News Director, Shelimitless Founder Urge Urgent Action On Youth Drug Abuse, Prostitution, School Dropouts
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (595+ words) Sumner Sambo and Blessing Shemiye call for urgent youth reforms in rural areas to combat social vices The Director of News (Abuja) at Arise News, Sumner Shagari Sambo, and the Founder of the Shelimitless Mentoring and Empowerment Foundation, Blessing Shemiye…...
UK Unveils "500 Million Fund To Support 200, 000 Vulnerable Children
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (274+ words) Britain has announced a 500 million pound fund intended to help up to 200, 000 vulnerable children. The British government has announced a new "500 million initiative aimed at supporting up to 200, 000 vulnerable children across the country over the next decade. Unveiled on Sunday,…...