The latest In-Depth and Special Report of the UNESCO REF Media Centre is now open to the public. It documents how the UNESCO REF Nigeria Police Youths Summit brought the Nigeria Police Force and the young people of Nigeria into a shared commitment to national security, and what was promised on the record when they met.
The Government of Osun State and the Read and Earn Federation for UNESCO have opened nominations for three thousand indigenes of the State to undertake ARDAI TIER I, a fully funded artificial intelligence programme commencing in December 2026.
Osun becomes the first sub-national government in Nigeria to implement the professional advancement programme for women with disabilities, a model set to scale to 120,000 women nationally and to all 54 African nations by 2030.
Away from the cameras, the founder of the National Youth Service Corps and the President of UNESCO REF considered how the institution General Gowon created more than half a century ago could be called to a new national purpose. The full account appears in the February 2027 edition of the UNESCO REF Exclusive Reports.
UNESCO REF and the National Library of Nigeria finalise the framework for Anchored in Evidence: Digital Voices for a Stable Society, a fully sponsored programme training 600 young bloggers, content creators and online journalists to anchor public communication in verified fact.
Dr Safiyyah Hassan Shaibu, 25th President of the Nigerian Army Officers' Wives Association (NAOWA), brings six decades of grassroots presence into the UNESCO REF Strategic Intervention Programmes for Accelerated Learning and Productive Human Asset (SIP-ALPHA), aligned with the 2030 Agenda and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.