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FACT CHECK: Are there 13.2 million out-of-school children in Nigeria as claimed by UBEC?

LAST week, the Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Ahmed Boboyi, stated that the population of out-of-school children in Nigeria...
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Nigeria out-of-school children population increases to 13.2m- UBEC

THE population of out-of-school children in Nigeria has increased from 10.5million to 13.2million, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC)...
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Groping in the dark: More than four million Nigerian children are unaccounted for each year

Each year, more than seven million babies – equal to the population of Sierra Leone – are born in...
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SHOCKING: In Sokoto, more girls are going to school – but under poor conditions

EACH morning, from Monday to Friday, eight- year- old Farida Sanusi is filled with enthusiasm while going  to school....
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SPECIAL REPORT: When girls are singled out, boys lose out in school

  EVIDENCE has shown that when parents are specifically empowered to send girls to school, they gain an advantage over...
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Ekiti has 72 percent cases of female genital mutilation – UNICEF

  The United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) says female genital mutilation (FGM) is on the increase in Ekiti State...
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