Nigeria cannot secure its future without early childhood investment, By Hope Lekwa & Omei Bongos

Nigeria’s spending of less than ₦500 per child per day investment is not a minor budget line. It captures a deeper contradiction between long-term growth ambition and underinvestment in the foundation of that growth. The consequence is not immediate collapse, but sustained underperformance: lower productivity, weaker human capital formation, and a growing gap between demographic […]

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Children’s Day: Tinubu pledges intensified rescue efforts for abducted pupils in Oyo, Borno

President Bola Tinubu

In a statement on Wednesday marking the 2026 Children’s Day celebration, Mr Tinubu said children abducted in Oyo and Borno states remained a priority for his administration, noting that the government would not abandon affected families.

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