by Kaseina Dashe | Apr 18, 2018 | Nigeria, TCI News
In Bauchi State, Nigeria, The Challenge Initiative has identified three influential family planning champions, including the wife of Bauchi State’s Governor, Hajiya Hadiza M.A. Abubakar; the wife of Bauchi State’s Deputy Governor, Hajiya Fatima Nuhu Gidado; and a...
by Kaseina Dashe | Apr 4, 2018 | Nigeria, TCI News
The Challenge Initiative (the Initiative) made headlines last month in Nigeria when Her Royal Highness the Omu of Asaba, Dr. Ada Biosah, agreed to serve as family planning champion in Delta State. As a traditional ruler with international standing, Biosah will help...
by Kaseina Dashe | Mar 14, 2018 | Nigeria, TCI News
The Lisabi Festival is one of the most celebrated and well-attended festivals in Ogun State, Nigeria. It is held in remembrance of Lisabi, a warrior who rescued the Egba people from oppression in the 18th century. The Challenge Initiative’s family planning...
by Kaseina Dashe | Jan 13, 2018 | Nigeria, TCI News
Delta State First Lady Dame Edith Okowa has emerged as one of the Challenge Initiative’s first major champions in Nigeria. Okowa became interested back in October 2017, when the Nigeria team visited her office in Asaba, the Delta state capital, during the...
by Kaseina Dashe | Oct 13, 2017 | Nigeria, TCI News
The Challenge Initiative and the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) participated in the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent, Health & Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) meeting convened by Nigeria’s First Lady Aisha Buhari. Buhari is the...
