Tag: Children
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Abubakar Shekau: Untold story of how ISWAP recruited over 300 Libya-trained women, teenagers to ‘bring down’ Boko Haram’s strongman
More information have emerged on how Boko Haram strongman, Abubakar Shekau was attacked and killed by 300 fighters loyal to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). According to reports, the fighters trained in Libya and other countries joined their colleagues in a long battle that led to the final fall of Boko Haram leader,…
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TNG Health Tips: Risk factors of bedwetting in adults, children; prevention and medical treatment
By Emman Ovuakporie Bedwetting, or nocturnal enuresis, refers to the unintentional passage of urine during sleep. Enuresis is the medical term for wetting, whether in the clothing during the day or in bed at night. Another name for enuresis is urinary incontinence. For infants and young children, urination is involuntary. Wetting is normal for…
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16 kindergarten children, two teachers injured in knife-stabbing incident
Authorities on Wednesday reported that 16 kindergarten children and two teachers were injured in a knife-stabbing incident. The unpleasant episode happened in Beiliu City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The city’s publicity department also said that the incident took place in a kindergarten in Xinfeng Town at around 2 p.m. The wounded, including two…
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Buhari’s government not interested in children’s education – Ezekwesili
Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili on Friday said the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government is not interested in the education of schoolchildren. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Ezekwesili is speaking on the sidelines of the seventh year anniversary of the kidnap of over 276 girls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok…
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Generational Tension And Children Up In Arms – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene I was visiting a senior over the weekend when our conversation devolved into the soul of the Nigerian banter: how is the country going, I asked? He paused. After a moment of reflection, he took a deep breath and said, “There is tension.” I thought that was obvious and required no special gift…
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Over 1.2 million children yet to be immunized in Nigeria -UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 1.2 million children in Nigeria are yet to be immunized. The figure accounts for about six per cent of 20 million children globally who are yet to be vaccinated. Mrs Folashade Adebayo, UNICEF’s Communication Officer, made the disclosure in Yola on Wednesday, at an ongoing…
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Love gone sour: Man burns ex-lover, two children to death in Ibadan
A man, Ahmed Saka, on Wednesday in Ibadan, Oyo State carried out his threat to kill his ex-lover and end his own life for ending relationship with him. He set his ex-lover’s room ablaze at about 1:50am, killing the mother and two children. Four others sustained severe burns. But Saka himself was not spared, as…
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Gunmen abduct couple, three children returning from Easter holidays in Kogi
Daredevil gunmen on Sunday kidnapped a family of five (father, mother and three children) returning from the Easter holidays. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered that the family originally from Ajowa Akoko in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State were kidnapped at the Ayere community in Kogi State on Sunday. The victims were said to…
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Marriage and intestacy law – Ozioma Onyenweaku
By Ozioma Onyenweaku I got a call. It was not a number that I knew. The caller introduced himself. On hearing the name, I thought the call was to thank me on behalf of his late brother’s wife and children for successfully obtaining the Letters of Administration for the late brother’s estate. The appreciation call…
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JUST IN: OAU staff hangs self after sending suicide text to mother, wife, children
Tragedy struct on Thursday at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, after a staff of the institution named Fisayo Oyeniyi, hanged himself in his residence after sending suicide text to his mother, wife and children. According to report by The Nation, Oyeniyi who was one of the armed guards in the security department…