Tag: Malala
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Nobel winner Malala visits hometown in Pakistan for first time
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai visited her hometown in Pakistan’s Swat Valley on Saturday for the first time since she was shot by a Taliban gunman as a teenager in 2012. Roads leading to the 20-year-old education activist’s childhood home in Mingora were blocked earlier in the day, and a helicopter was seen…
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Malala advocates declaration of state of emergency in Nigeria’s education sector
Nobel Peace Prize winner and Pakistani rights activist for girl-child education Malala Yousafzai on Monday during a state visit to Nigeria advocated for the declaration of state of emergency in the nation’s education sector. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the 20-year-old Malala, who was accompanied by her father Yousafzai and other members of the Malala Foundation, arrived…
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Children rights activist, Malala conferred with highest UN honour
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, has designated children rights activist and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, as a UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on girls’ education. Guterres, at a ceremony at UN headquarters in New York on Monday, praised Malala for her contributions to girls’ education even in the most difficult places.…
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Buhari replies Malala, says FG can’t disclose details of negotiations with Boko Haram
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Federal Government cannot reveal details of the ongoing negotiations with Boko Haram to secure the release of the remaining girls abducted from Chibok, Borno State. Buhari however assured that the military, the State Security Service and other security agencies were intensifying their efforts to ensure freedom for all those…