Tag: Children
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Duties of a mother to her children – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido A mother’s duties to her children start from conception. There are certain foods recommended for pregnant women at each stage of the development of the foetus for the proper formation and health of the baby. These foods include sweet potatoes, lean meat, berries, avocados, dairy products, fish liver oil, dried fruits, amongst…
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Bandits kill 30, abduct women, girls in Katsina
At Least, 30 persons including four security personnel, have been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits at Diskiru village in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State. The attack occurred in the early hours of Thursday when bandits invaded the community, killed and abducted residents. Some of the survivors suggested that the incident…
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The protest, violence, trauma and children’s mental health – Ozioma Onyenweaku
Ozioma Onyenweaku The protest started with the dances and the songs. The children feared nothing; even the very young ones were even chanting ‘enshash’. Then off went the gun and things went awry! Then follows the fright and the trauma! I recall reading and seeing many adults who got seriously traumatized by the violence that…
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Court orders Atiku to hand over custody of children to divorced wife
The Upper Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja on Tuesday ordered Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to hand over their three sons to his divorced wife and their mother, Maryam Sherif, with immediate effect. Sherif had, last year, instituted a case against Abubakar, at the Upper Area Court, Gudu with number CV/41/2019, which was later transferred to the Upper…
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![[Video] Children swimming, youths playing inside Oba Akiolu’s palace after looting](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Oba-of-Lagos.jpg)
[Video] Children swimming, youths playing inside Oba Akiolu’s palace after looting
Rampaging youths yesterday besieged the palace of Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu after they successfully burnt Ebute Ero police post. A recent video has surfaced online showing how some angry youth seized the palace for pleasure sake after looting the properties therein. In the video, some of the aggrieved youths were seen drinking alcohol while…
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Duties of the father to his children – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido Fatherhood goes beyond the ability to get a woman (wife) pregnant. Fatherhood goes with continuous and enormous responsibilities. One, the father is the leader of his household. To be an effective leader, there are three domains of leadership in which every father must play. They are the ability to lead self, the…
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Man goes berserck kills own mother, two children in Anambra
A 47-year-old man has reportedly killed his two children and his 85-year-old mother in Anambra State. The incident happened in Nnewi, in the Nnewi Local Government Area of the state on Thursday night. He also injured three of his children who were said to be in critical state in a hospital. The suspect reportedly attacked…
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Flood sweeps away two children in Lagos
Residents of Alapere area of Lagos on Saturday evening recorded another tragedy as two yet-to-be-identified children were swept away as people battled flood after a downpour that lasted for hours and submerged many parts of the area. The incident occurred at about 8:00 pm at Oyebanjo Street, Ketu. While the rain forced some residents to…
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Children in richest countries face obesity, lack of skills –UNICEF
Many children in the world’s richest countries lack basic mathematics and reading skills, and suffer from poor mental well-being and obesity, according to a UNICEF report made available on Thursday. The report ranks 41 European Union and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries on children’s health, skills, and happiness. Denmark, the Netherlands,…
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Two children killed, houses, farmlands destroyed in Jigawa flood
Alhaji Wada Faka, Chairman of the local government, said on Tuesday in Dutse that the two children died when building collapsed on them during the rains while many others sustained various degrees of injuries. He explained that one of the children, a 10-year-old boy, died in a collapsed building in Kiyako village, while a seven-year-old…