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Number of out-of-school children in Sokoto ‘drops by half’

Muhammad Muhuiddin, a UNICEF officer, says the number of out-of-school children in Sokoto has dropped to 37 percent. It was 69 percent in 2015 — the highest in the country.

Atiku advocates support for out-of-school children

Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar has appealed to Nigerians to help give formal education to out-of-school children. In a statement on Friday, Atiku said nothing is too much to give in

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FACT CHECK: Does Nigeria have the highest number of out-of-school girls as Malala claimed?

As part of a global Girl Power Trip, Malala Yousafzai, Nobel laureate and celebrated girls’ rights activist, recently visited Nigeria where she pressed Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to declare a state

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Saraki: 1.5m out-of-school children could be next generation of suicide bombers

Bukola Saraki, senate president, has described as “alarming and a ticking time bomb” the no fewer than 10.5 million children in the country believed to be out of school. He

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