Tag: children
Gov. advises parents to guard children against drug abuse
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has advised parents to guard against instances that could lure their children indulging drug abuse.
Agency To Immunise 3m Children In 6 Days
The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency, says it plans to immunise three million children age 0-5 against poliomyelitis…
Parents tasked on inculcating reading culture in children
Ms Amina Aboje, an author, has called on parents in Nigeria to inculcate reading culture in their children as a…
Parents should be held responsible if their children are Wayward – Cleric
A top Nigerian Muslim cleric, Sheikh Muyideen Ajani Bello, has warned parents to be mindful of how they bring up…
Greater hope lies ahead for our children – Ambode’s wife
As Lagos joined the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s edition of the International Day of the African…
3 women, 4 children burnt to death in Abuja Tanker fire
Tragedy struck in Abuja, the nation's capital as three women and four children were burnt to death in a tanker…
2 Children Killed, Others Injured In Adamawa Blast
The Chairman of Hong Local Government in Adamawa, Alhaji Haliru Lala, has confirmed the death of two children in a…
Okorocha Advises Children To Work Hard To Succeed
Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has advised children to work hard in their academic pursuits in order to be successful…
FG Urged To Pay Attention To Children
Sen. Ahmed Makarfi-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on the federal and state governments to pay more attention to…
Children’s Day : 1.3Million Children Die Annually — FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that about 1.3 million children die annually nationwide in road crashes.
Breaking: Mother, 3 children burnt to death in Lagos fire
Tragedy struck at Surulere area of Lagos at the early hours of Thursday as fire burnt a mother and her…
Parents advised to imbibe good values in children
An Ilorin based legal practitioner, Mr Victor Olaiya has advised parents to inculcate good moral value in their children in…
Children’s Education, Everybody’s Responsibility-Educationist
An educationist, Mr Dare Owoyemi, has said Children education should not be left in the hands of teachers alone saying…
NGO Empowers 40,000 HIV Affected Children
The AIDS Preventive Initiative In Nigeria (APIN), on Thursday, said it had trained 40,000 children, who were either infected or…
Children’s Government wants children removed from IDP camps
The Nigerian Children’s Government on Wednesday called for the removal of children from all Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in…
Diarrhoea Still Kills Children In Africa – Expert
Mrs Doreen Wandera, Chairperson, African Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation says diarrhoea remains a major killer of children…
Office of Public Defender releases 250 underage children from prison
The Office of the Public Defender (OPD) under the Lagos State Ministry of Justice on Monday said that it had…
My wife encourages my children to steal, man tells court
A 56-year-old driver, Olusegun Agogo, on Wednesday asked an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his 19-year-old marriage because…
Dep. Gov. urges parents to play a major role in child upbringing
The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat, on Tuesday said parents should not to leave the responsibility of child upbringing…
Capri-Sonne Excites Children with Fun Alarm Promo
In an effort to reinforce its leadership of the fruit juice market for children, Capri-Sonne, the fruit juice mothers all…
Children suffer grave atrocities in Sudan’s conflict – UN
Some children who have been recruited to fight in parts of Sudan are being killed and injured in violence in…
Children die in China primary school stampede
A stampede at a primary school in central China has left two children dead and 20 injured, state media said.
South Sudan gunmen kill 28 Ethiopians, kidnap 43 children
Gunmen from South Sudan have killed 28 people and kidnapped 43 children in neighbouring Ethiopia, a government official said on…
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Hundreds, including, babies, children, women killed in Myanmar crackdown
Myanmar’s security forces have committed mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burned down villages since October in…
NGO mobilises 300 children back to school
The Niger State Coordinator of Habitation Hope, an NGO, Queen Nike Ajagbe, said her organisation had facilitated the return of…
Borno residents decry homosexuals abusing children
Some residents of Maiduguri have decried the increasing cases of child abuses by unscrupulous homosexual persons. The residents said in…
Paediatrician cautions public on wrong use of antibiotics
Dr Dennis Shettima, a Paediatrician with the National Hospital Abuja, on Monday cautioned Nigerians against indiscriminate use of antibiotics in…
Ensure children drink more water — Expert advises parents
Dr Safiya Ojo, General Practitioner, Wuse General Hospital, Abuja, has advised parents to ensure their children and wards drink more…
Unaccompanied child migrants in Mediterranean doubles
The number of child migrants who crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Italy without family more than doubled to 25,800 in…
Cleric warns parents against pampering their children
Pastor Tunde Rotimi of the Salvation Church of Christ, Fate, Ilorin, Kwara, has warned parents not to pamper their children…