Children
Four Children found alive, 40 days after surviving a plane crash in the Amazon jungle
As the search progressed, soldiers found small clues in the jungle that led them to believe the children were still living, including a...
Tragedy hits Lagos coastal town of Badagry as eight children allegedly suffocate inside abandoned car
Badagry, a coastal town in Lagos State, was enveloped by grief on Sunday as the lifeless bodies of eight children were evacuated...
School children kidnapping most thriving, lucrative industry in Nigeria, fast impoverishing ransom-paying parents
Amid a rash of abductions in the Northwest Nigeria put at 1,000 students and pupils since December 2020, parents of abductees have...
Nigeria, With Over 10m Out-of-School Children, Highest ln Africa — Minister
Nigeria has the highest number of Out-of-School Children in sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 10. 1 million Out-of-School children, so declared the Minister...
Poor mum sells two daughters for N300,000
Dirt-poor 35-year-old mother, Blessing Ebuneku Agoro, has been apprehended by the Ogun State police for allegedly selling off her two biological underage...
SERAP wants UN Security Council to treat students’ abductions in Nigeria as a breach of UN Charter
Indignant about spate of kidnappings in the country particularly abductions of students, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the...
Battered, malnourished children seized by octogenarian woman ritualist, rescued by police
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Three children battered beyond recognition have been rescued by Police in Anambra from a room where they were...
10-year-old boy tied, tortured for 18 months by father, stepmother for being ‘possessed’
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 10-year-old old boy in Ikot Udota, Eket, Akwa Ibom State, has been rescued by the...
Coronavirus pushing up child marriage in Afghanistan
Aatifa, 16, had dreamt of becoming an accountant, but that dream was cut short nearly a month ago when she got pregnant...
FG committed to improving the lives of children in Nigeria – Agba
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has pledged federal government’s support to the save-the-children initiative. ...
Head of Service Warns Parents of Internet, Social Media Dangers
The Head of Service of the Federation, HoS, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita on Monday said that the modern-day attachment to computers can interfere with...
