Kano, Nigeria — Authorities in northern Nigeria's largest city have begun evacuating more than 5,000 street children seen as a "security threat" and a growing concern as an economic crisis ...

The Federal Government has unveiled a new initiative known as the Lumina Programme to address the alarming number of out-of-school ...

One of the girls who were force into prostitution in Ghana but rescued by the Nigerians Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, have narrated her experience.

As the world marked the 2025 International Day for Street Children, this year’s observance in Calabar took a poignant turn, with street children themselves recounting the daily dangers they face ...

First Lady Monica Chakwera has called on individuals and organisations to join forces in safeguarding the rights and welfare of street-connected children. She said this yesterday at Kamuzu Palace in ...

Children and Social Protection (MGCSP), which is aggressively tackling the long-standing issue of children living on the streets across the country. In Montserrado County, where a pilot phase of the ...

According to the Consortium For Street Children (CSC), a street child is defined as "one for whom the street has become his/her abode and/or source of livelihood; and who is inadequately protected ...

Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Faruk-E-Azam has said there will be no street children in society, so the term "street children" will not exist. "Every child has the right to a safe home and a ...

The statue perhaps represents a romanticised view of street children. It was only when I went to Nigeria as a missionary that I first came in contact with the harsh reality of street children.