No pupil was raped under our watch — Chrisland reacts to sex scandal

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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How my daughter was drugged, assaulted – Chrisland school pupil’s mum

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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Chrisland: Police begin probe as school, parent disagree over alleged rape

L-R: Pupil’s mother, The school Chrisland Schools, Lagos State, has denied allegations that a 10-year-old primary six pupil was raped during the school’s participation in the World School Games at Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The female pupil was among 76 pupils that represented the school at the event, which was held between March 8 and […]

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UK apologises for hospital scandal over 200 baby deaths

More than 200 babies could have survived had they been given better care at birth, a damning report into Britain’s biggest maternity scandal said on Wednesday, prompting a government apology. The report listed a catalogue of repeated failings at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust over a 20-year period from 2000 to 2019. Babies […]

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Say anything about me but stay off my children, Davido warns critics

Multiple award-winning Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has warned critics against talking down on his children. This is as the Aye crooner took to his Twitter page on Monday evening to lash out at a critic who threw shade at his son, Ifeanyi. The Twitter user had faulted the singer for using […]

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BESDA: Oyo inaugurates environmental safeguard team for out-of-school children

Oyo State Government has inaugurated Environmental and Social Safeguard teams in the State to ensure that out-of-school children captured and re-enrolled in the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme are taught in child-friendly environments without any form of threat. Speaking at a two-day orientation training for the newly constituted local environmental and social […]

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Insecurity frustrating Fed Govt’s out-of-school programme, says Sani Bello

• Govt woos pupils, parents with feeding, cash Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has said the prevailing insecurity in the North is taking its toll on Federal Government’s out-of-school programme. He said the programme may not achieve its objectives unless the current security challenges are tackled. The governor spoke in Minna, the state capital, […]

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Hanifa my only child was killed by her protector who got ransom after

Hanifa, a five-year-old pupil of Nobel Kids School at Kwanar Dakata in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State, was recently allegedly kidnapped and killed by the proprietor of the school and two others. In this interview with Ted Odogwu, the father of the victim, Abubakar Abdulsalam, narrates the ordeal and trauma the family […]

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Christmas is like any other day to us, we don’t wear new clothes, eat special meals – Indigent children, parents

As 10-year-old Miriam Chuwkwu and her parents would dress today in radiant attires specially made for the celebration of the Yuletide and make merry, Miracle Nana, a nine-year-old kid and his three siblings who reside in Boola, a slum in the Ikosi Isheri Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, would be confined to their […]

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U.S. launches mother-to-child HIV prevention programme in Lagos

The United States (U.S.) Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Community Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission (cPMTCT) programme in Lagos to support a healthier population in Nigeria. Speaking at the launch of the programme in Lagos, U.S.-CDC Country Director, Dr. Mary Adetinuke Boyd, highlighted the U.S. mission’s goal of […]

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