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EU launches scheme on out-of-school children in northern Nigerian states

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EU launches scheme on out-of-school children in northern Nigerian states

The European Union (EU) has launched an educational intervention programme targeting out-of-school children in Kano, Jigawa and Sokoto states. The programme, to be implemented by Save the Children, Plan International and DAG, is aimed at emancipating the poorest, underserved anaqd most marginalised population groups. At the flagging off of the programme on Wednesday in Jigawa, … Read more

INTERVIEW: Northern elites, emirs, are against my father’s biopic

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INTERVIEW: Northern elites, emirs, are against my father’s biopic

Zainab Ado Bayero, the daughter of a former Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, who ruled from 1963 to 2014, has opened up about her unconventional journey into filmmaking. Her father was the longest-serving emir in Kano’s history. Her recent biopic, ‘My Father, the Emir: A Portrait of Ado Bayero,’ chronicles the life and times of … Read more