Despite the official ban on child labour in Lagos, many children still toil at construction sites and engage in other perilous jobs in the shadows of the city’s dangerous streets just to support their ...

Nigeria has 18.5 million out-of-school children, with Kano State accounting for 1.9 million, the highest rate in the country, ...

Most of the time, people rush past them without a second glance. Street children have been called a menace, eyesore, and unending problem and despite interventions by the government, NGOs and ...

3. In Yobe state, Nigeria, an estimated 1.6 million people – nearly 40% of the population – don't know where their next meal will come from. 4. Cholera is creating an added danger for children, with ...

Nigeria’s criminal code prohibits accusing ... The Lemna dump is home to a few hundred skolombo - street children - like Charity. Many share a similar story - they were either thrown out ...