Disease single biggest infectious killer of adults 2.5m adults, 672,000 children killed in 2019 globally Experts blame high mortality on low immunsation, malnutrition, pollution UN agencies warn COVID-19 could add 1.9m to death toll this year Pneumonia and other childhood diseases are preventable and treatable but are still killing children in large numbers. This year’s […]
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The Church of England’s spiritual leader on Wednesday said it was disgraceful that the institution for decades failed to protect children from sexual predators within its ranks and shown lack of care for victims. From the 1940s to 2018, 390 clergy and people in positions of trust with the Church were convicted of sexual offences […]
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By Kunle Adesida Sexual assault (an act of any form directed at person’s sexuality using coercion) though is a universal occurrence, unfortunately became one of predominant concerns across Nigerian society especially in the year 2019. Nonetheless, the year 2020 is just far from safer. In fact, child rape took an unfortunate surge on the books […]
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A new born baby wrapped in a polythene bag was found dead in a gutter near Aku Village, Mararaba, in Karu area of Nasarawa state. Residents were shocked to discover the baby in the gutter. The incident which happened on Tuesday, drew a large crowd to the scene after a young man entered the gutter […]
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A 25-year-old Zimbabwean man Lonias Jojo has allegedly axed his 72-year-old father and dumped the body in a disused mine shaft to save his marriage which his dead father was against. Jojo allegedly hatched a plan to kill his father, Luke Robert Jojo with his 18-year-old wife, Brenda Dube of Village 4 Greenspan, Chief Bvute […]
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Children in Nigeria spend more time than others in over 10 countries watching videos and listening to music online, the latest report by a global cybersecurity company, Kaspersky Lab, has shown. However, children from other African countries like South Africa, Egypt, and Algeria, were among the frontrunners in their visits to sites for music and […]
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Gadgets are small mechanical or electronic devices or tools. They are popular among children just as they are with adults, and we can’t keep these away from children as these come with their generation, but then what we should deal with is the obsession that may arise with them. Parenting blogger and enthusiast, Ese Umoh […]
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Friends and members of Dapchi community in Yobe on Tuesday gathered at the home of Leah Sharibu, who was abducted exactly a year ago by Boko Haram terrorists with other girls at Government Girls Science Technical College. They demanded for the release of Leah, the only Christian girl left in captivity for refusing to deny […]
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About 60,989 children under five years have been immunised against polio in Maiadua Local Government Area of Katsina State. The council’s Director of Primary Health Care, Malam Alhassan Danjuma, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiadua on Tuesday. He said the exercise was conducted as an outbreak response […]
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The Executive Secretary, Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe,said on Tuesday that 70 per cent of children born in Kaduna state were not registered. She made this known at the opening of a One-day Stakeholders Meeting on Birth Registration in Kaduna state, organised by the National Population Commission (NPC) with support […]
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