Kaduna
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Bridging the Family Planning Gap in Kaduna, an Interview with the State Commissioner of Health
Nov 29, 2018KADUNA, NIGERIA – The FP2020 report was released at the recently concluded International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in Rwanda and Nigeria did fairly well in the report. One of the few successes recorded for the... -
Diary Of A Commuter: Traveling From Kaduna To Abuja By Train
Nov 10, 2017I stood quietly in the queue, awaiting my turn to buy a ticket for the journey from Kaduna to Abuja, the Federal capital territory. There were about 15 people ahead of me in the queue. A... -
Community Watch : Should Maternal Health Matter In Chikaji-Rohuki?
Nov 2, 2017Chikaji-Rohuki, Nigeria – Talatu Bamaiyi, 35, has been married for seven years. She recently gave birth to her fourth child. All her children were delivered at home without support from trained traditional birth attendants or nurses.... -
Community Watch: Kaduna’s Mishigi In Need Of Social Amenities
Oct 23, 2017Mishigi, Nigeria – Most residents of Mishigi villages located in Igabi local government area of Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, are subsistence farmers living by a riverbank that separates them from other communities. Despite thriving in... -
Kaduna: An Afternoon With The Street Beggars’ Spokesperson
Aug 4, 2016By Happiness Titus @happy_zirra, Nigeria If you have read Aminata’s “The Beggars’ Strike,” then this might not sound surprising to you. Except that the story that I am about to tell you is not fictitious... -
NGO Trains Young People To Advocate For Increased Access To Female Condoms
Jul 16, 2015Few months ago, I visited a general hospital in Kaduna South, Sabon/Tasha, to see a midwife . While in the office, there was a young woman in her early twenties who came with... -
Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) Workshop on Business and Entrepreneurship with Paul Swider
Jun 29, 2015By Happy Zirra The workshop was hosted by the Public Affairs Section of the U.S Embassy Abuja in collaboration with Kaduna State University (KASU) for young people, some of who are members of the YALI Network, to... -
Nigerians Speak: Why Today’s Presidential Election Matters To Me
Mar 28, 2015Some Nigerians in Kaduna state share their experience, expectations and views during the presidential elections that took place today: “I am here to get accredited and then to cast my vote. My expectation on the whole... -
I Drank Salt-Water To Survive Ebola – A Nigerian Recounts
Sep 22, 2014I drank salt water as a protective measure against Ebola. It sounds really funny but when people are faced with a matter of life and death, they can do anything without stopping to think. My family... -
Community Champion: Cleaning Up Kaduna Amidst Fear Of Boko Haram
Sep 16, 2014Kaduna is one of the well-known states in Northern Nigeria. It is also affected by the Boko Haram insurgency. Many of the citizens in this region live in fear; some uneducated parents have stopped their children...