The Street to Scholars Foundation in collaboration with the Kaduna State government is to support 187,000 out-of-school children within one year. The Commissioner for Finance, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, stated this at the official flag-off of the foundation’s Kaduna programme, aimed at returning vulnerable children to school and equipping them with skills for self-reliance. “The state government was making efforts to ensure that children excluded from formal education returned to the classroom as soon as possible....

The independent ministerial committee investigating the deaths of 33 persons in the custody of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna, Niger State, has recommended N1.4 billion as compensation to the victims’ families and survivors. Chairman of the committee, Jonathan Kure who presented the report to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Tuesday in Abuja, also recommended the dismissal of personnel whose actions directly led to the deaths, describing the incident...

The Nigerian Senate has approved recommendations to strengthen anti-trafficking laws, investigate suspected trafficking networks, increase funding for relevant agencies and establish a national reintegration programme for Nigerians rescued from human trafficking and exploitation abroad. The recommendations followed the consideration of a joint report by the Senate Committees on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Foreign Affairs, and Special Duties on the urgent need to protect Nigerians from trafficking, slavery and human...