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Plan International condemns attacks on female voters

Plan International Nigeria condemns attacks on voters and calls for security during the ongoing general elections.

Plan International donates 800 desks to schools in Borno and…

Plan International Nigeria has donated desks and improved the sanitation facilities at schools in Borno and Yobe.

Abuja hosts Global Girls’ Summit 2022

Plan Interntional Nigeria hosted the fifth Global Girls' Summit in Abuja to bring youth activists together to call for equal political power for girls.

Adolescents shine at girls in ICT debates

To encourage girls' participation in information and communication technology, Plan International held a quiz and debate on tech to mark International Women's Day.

Plan International unveils Usie Charles as new Country Director…

Plan International has announced the appointment of a new Country Director, Mr. Usie Charles Emmamuzou, for its Nigeria programme office.

Nigerian activists seek laws and education to end online violence…

Girls' rights activists and campaigners came together in Nigeria on International Women's Day to call for an end to online violence.

Concern over Kagara school abduction

Plan International Nigeria has raised concern over the kidnap of dozens of students and staff from a boarding school in Kagara, Niger state.

#EndSars: Unacceptable force suppresses peaceful protest in…

The use of brute force against young people peacefully protesting to improve human rights in Nigeria is unacceptable and a huge setback for the country.

#GirlsTakeOver: Girls’ right to education must be protected…

Plan International Nigeria’s teen rights campaigner, Favour, recently took control of the Swedish embassy in Nigeria for a day to advocate for child rights, especially girls' rights to an…

Hussaini Abdu steps down as Plan International Nigeria Country…

Plan International Nigeria's Country Director, Dr. Hussaini Abdu, will be leaving his role at the end of February 2021 after 6 years.

10 million reasons for equality in Nigeria

Plan International Nigeria recently hosted a double public presentation to launch its new strategy and to kick off the Girls Get Equal campaign in the country.

Nigerian teens launch petition to ban child marriage

Girls in Nigeria are speaking out against child marriage and demanding the government increases marriage age by law.