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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The Executive Chairman of Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB), Wahab Olawale Alawiye-King, has said that the issue of out-of-school children in the state is a major challenge and requires the support of all and sundry. He, therefore, sought organisations and individuals’ support to check the trend. Alawiye-King, spoke, yesterday, during the distribution of […]
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike Rivers State Government has dispatched a fact-finding team to the communities affected by the recent outbreak of measles in the state. As reported by The Punch, about 50 children have been confirmed dead following an outbreak of measles in Kugbo Clan of Abua/Odual Local Government Area. The Federal Ministry of […]
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About 50 children are feared dead following a measles outbreak in Kugbo Clan of Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was learnt that the disease first reported in Amurouttoru-Kugbo Community has now spread to Emago-Kugbo and Akani-Kugbo communities leading to the death of several children in the three communities. The Community Development Committee […]
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The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says 85 per cent of Nigerian children between the ages of 1 and 14 experience violent discipline in schools, with nearly 1 in 3 children experiencing severe physical punishment. Its Chief of Education, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, at a two-day National Awareness Creation Meeting on […]
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Northern Nigeria residents are becoming poorer, food insecure and more vulnerable to the vicissitude of fortune as a result of worsening insecurity ravaging the region, according to a study conducted by Save the Children International (SCI). In the report entitled “Addressing Food Insecurity and Livelihood, the SCI said that from its work in the North […]
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Scores of children were allegedly found in an underground apartment of a church in the Valentino Area of Ondo City, Ondo State, on Friday evening. It was gathered that the children were allegedly kidnapped and kept in the underground apartment of the church. A source said victims were over 50 while the police had rescued […]
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Street boys in Calabar; Photos: Tina Agosi Todo The growing population of street children in Cross River State has worsened, with primary and secondary school dropouts joining the league. Some of these street children left their homes at a very tender age, ranging from six to 12 and have never seen the four walls of […]
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Chrisland School breaks silence on sex scandal involving pupils Authorities of Chrisland School in Lagos have finally reacted to the sex tape scandal involving its students in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A woman had earlier claimed that her 10-year-old daughter was raped during a trip to Dubai which was organised by the Lagos school. Pupils […]
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My 10-year-old daughter was raped during Chrisland School trip to Dubai, mother claims A woman has claimed that her 10-year-old daughter was raped during a trip to Dubai which was organised by Chrisland School. Pupils from the private school located in Victoria Garden City were in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to participate in […]
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