Adeife and Akinola Twenty years after, two young and promising children were snatched away by the cold hands of death, the family said they might have died, but not forgotten. On April 20, 2003, Adeife, 14, and Akinola Sodipo-Akindeko, 10, were killed during an attack on the convoy of Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello. During their short […]
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98 Chibok school girls abducted by Boko Haram remain in captivity; More than 61 children are still being held in captivity two years after they were abducted by gunmen; Lack of accountability for crimes against children emboldens impunity. Nine years after Boko Haram abducted 276 students from a girls’ school in Chibok, 98 girls are […]
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New reports have shown that the global number of maternal deaths fell from around 446, 000 in 2000 to around 287,000 in 2020, which represents a 36 percent decrease. However, in Nigeria, it is estimated that eight million children are born every year with seven million pregnant women at any moment, with the country’s poor […]
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A sleeping 24-day-old baby cradled by his mother – UNICEF-UN0188884-Njiokiktjien VII Photo Lagos State accounts for about 2,000 children with stunted growth due to malnutrition, Mrs Ada Ezeogu, United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Nutrition Specialist, said on Saturday. Consequently, Ezeogu said that it was imperative to ensure that the numbers didn’t continue to increase because […]
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The escalating cases of domestic child abuse of which children have sometimes been faced with near death situations are sad spectacles of man’s inhumanity to man. Virtually every week, gory images of abused children fill the media space leaving many to wonder whether humanity is beginning to run out of patience for children. Indeed, at […]
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Child labour Alerts on traffickers’ method in FCT The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has rescued three children hired for N3,000 daily from their parents. Director General, NAPTIP, Professor Fatima Waziri-Azi, disclosed in a press release, that the suspects specialised in collecting babies in connivance with other members of the […]
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The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the rescue of the remaining four abducted pupils of Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) Primary School Alwaza, Doma Local Government Area. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state made the confirmation to newsmen on Friday in Lafia. Six pupils of LGEA Primary School […]
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Members of the Children’s Parliament have raised the alarm over the betrothal of under-aged girls to old men for economic reasons. The parliament raised the alarm, yesterday, in Abuja at a media roundtable organised by Save the Children International (SCI) to commemorate the 10th anniversary of International Day of the Girl Child. A girl champion […]
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A-teacher-guiding-a-child-on-how-to-use-a-laptop;-Photo-Alamy With the increasing rate of moral decadence and indiscipline among children, an author, Dola Nancy Bankole, has equipped parents with strategies to raise wholesome children. Contained in her new book, entitled, ‘The S.E.E.D Strategy; Revolutionise your Child’s Future with These Proven Tips and Parental Pointers’, she said parenting strategy and the prevalent digital era […]
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In the following touching story, Olamide Famuwagun captures the anguish of parents in a Lagos slum over the unknown whereabouts of their children: Hot tears rolled down the distraught face of 57-year-old tyre repairer, Oriyomi Onikoyi, while recounting the agony of his four-year-old daughter, Alimot’s disappearance in the Otto Ilogbo community in Ebute Metta, Lagos. […]
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