Tag: children
Ambode commissions children hospital, emergency centre
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has commissioned the renovated Agbala Pediatric Centre in Ikorodu as well as a newly…
Teen Saxophonist, TJ Sax, supports children living with cancer
Funsho Arogundade Nigeria’s soulful and skillful Teen Saxophonist TJ Emore, popularly known as TJ Sax, has shown that age does…
Troops rescue more women, children from Boko Haram camps
The Nigerian Army said on Tuesday that scores of women and children held captive by Boko Haram insurgents have been…
Jigawa LG targets 85,000 children for immunisation
At least 85,000 children have been targeted for immunisation in ongoing exercise against polio and other child-killer diseases in Kafin-Hausa…
Polio: LG to immunise 81,000 children in Jigawa
The Jahu Local Government Council of Jigawa has said that it is targeting at least 81,000 children for vaccination against…
Boko Haram kills 26 in Borno, including children
(AP) — Witnesses say 26 people were killed in northeastern Borno state by attackers on horseback believed to be rebels…
UNICEF seeks more media attention to violence against children issues
The UN children fund (UNICEF) has appealed to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to give adequate attention to the issue…
Wanted: More Protection For Children
Children everywhere in the world are the most vulnerable segment of the society. They can’t help themselves when faced with…
Parents Of Successful Kids Have These 9 Things In Common
Any good parent wants their kids to stay out of trouble, do well in school, and go on to do…
Cameroon releases 84 children held in custody for 6 months
Mijiyawa Bakary, a Cameroon Regional Governor, on Wednesday, said the government had released 84 children who had been held in…
SAP Africa Holds Code Week For Children
By Daniels Ekugo SAP Africa has announced a software coding pilot project at the Ojodu Grammar School in Lagos, western…
129 children dead in South Sudan violence – UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Friday, said horrific details have emerged that the three weeks of violence in South…
Military hands over 275 children, women to NEMA
The Nigerian Military on Saturday formally handed over 275 women and children rescued from the terrorists’ stronghold– Sambisa forest– to…
PICTURES: Women, children rescued by Nigerian troops
Nigerian troops just rescued 234 women and children from Sambisa Forest the stronghold of Boko Haram. Here are some pictures…
Nigerian troops rescue another 234 women, children
A fresh set of 234 women and children held captive by the terrorist group Boko Haram, inside the Sambisa forest…
Boko Haram kills 68, including children, in Borno
Boko Haram gunmen killed 68 people, including many children, in a massacre in the northeast Nigeria village of Njaba, two…
Rafael Nadal visits Buenos Aires children
Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal visited a poor neighborhood in Buenos Aires Thursday and exchanged a few volleys with excited…
Catholic Bishop decries impact of Nollywood on children’s education
The Catholic Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Rt. Rev. Godfrey Onah, has expressed worry over the impact of Nollywood on the…
Children At The Mercy Of Malnutrition
By Odimegwu Onwumere The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition had accounted that at least 10 million children are affected by…
Eight children found dead at Australian property
Eight children ranging from babies to teenagers were found dead at a home in the Australian city of Cairns Friday,…
Over 15 million children affected by violence in 2014 – UNICEF
Millions of children suffered under extreme violence, destruction and forced displacement in 2014, the UN Children’s Fund said in a…
School bombing kills 30 children in Syria
At least 30 Syrian children aged under 12 were killed Wednesday in a double bombing by a lone assailant at…
Fashola, Amosun want more protection for women, children
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos and his Ogun counterpart, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Monday called for the institutionalisation of policies…
Three dead children abandoned in Benin
By Jethro Ibileke Dead bodies of three children were this morning discovered abandoned at two points along 2nd East Circular…
India train hits school bus, at least 11 children dead
A passenger train rammed into a school bus in southern India on Thursday killing at least 11 children, with fears…
Women, children among 38 killed, as Israel pounds Gaza
Eleven women and children were among 17 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza Wednesday, hiking the overall death toll…
Prince Harry meets children on Chile trip
Britain’s Prince Harry, on the last day of a three-day official visit to Chile, joked and played with handicapped children…
UNICEF: 200,000 Kids May Starve To Death In Somalia
The United Nation’s children’s agency said Tuesday that 200,000 children may die of starvation this year in war-ravaged Somalia if…
Fish intake boost brain development – Expert
A consultant nutritionist, Prof. Tola Atinmo, has urged parents to increase the consumption of fish by their children in order…
Dame Jonathan pays for 800 heart surgeries for children
More than 800 Nigerian children with heart related problems have been sponsored to India for treatment by A. Aruera Reachout…