Tag: Children
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LASG rescues 24 children from illegal orphanage home
The Lagos State Government, on Monday, shut down an alleged illegal orphanage, Pro Labore Der (labour for God), at Agemowo village, Badagry, and rescued 24 children. Officials of the Ministry of Youth and Social Development said the existence of the illegal home came to the notice of the research department of the ministry through a…
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Four children, three adults found dead with gunshot wounds
Four children and three adults were found dead with gunshot wounds on Friday in a rural home in south-western Australia, in an incident that has sent shockwaves through the small community. Police are treating it as a murder-suicide and said they are not looking for any suspects. West Australian Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said officers…
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Panic as stray dogs kill 6 children
Police on Monday said packs of stray dogs have mauled six children to death in Northern India in recent days, sparking panic among villagers, who are afraid to go their farms and are keeping their children at home. District police chief Anand Kulkarni said by phone that the victims, aged between five and 12 years,…
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7.6m children feed daily from FG’s school feeding programme – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, said that about 7.6 million children in 22 states across the country were being fed daily under the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). Osinbajo made this known in Akure during an interactive session with beneficiaries of the NHGSFP and inspection of the N-Power Programme at Alagbaka Estate…
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Atiku’s son drags ex-wife to court over children’s custody
…Rejects N250,000:00 monthly upkeep Aminu Atiku, son of former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, on Thursday asked a Lagos High Court in Igbosere to upturn a Magistrates’ Court decision awarding custody of his two children to his ex-wife, Unmi Fatima Bolori. Aminu told Justice Kazeem Alogba that the lower court disregarded his right to fair hearing…
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Gov. Obaseki gives ear to Street Children
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government has robust policies and laws to cater for the needs of children to ensure that none of them is left unattended to on the street. The governor said this in commemoration of International Day for Street Children marked every April 12, by the…
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Our children will acquire western education despite Boko Haram’s threat – Dapchi girls’ parents insists
Some parents of the just released Dapchi school girls have reiterated that their children will continue to acquire western education despite Boko Haram’s threat of not doing so to avoid risking another abduction. The members of the sect who returned the girls to Dapchi on Wednesday were said to have left a strong warning to…
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11m Nigerian children enrolled for early child education in two years – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says no fewer than 11.06 million kids enrolled for early childcare development education in the country from 2014 to 2016. The NBS disclosed this figures in its “Education Statistics (2014 – 2016)’’ report posted on its website. The data realized on Monday in Abuja, indicated that the figures were…
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Gunmen abduct Rep’s two children, kill three villagers
Police in Zamfara have confirmed the abduction of two children of Yahaya Chado, the member representing Maradun/Bakura Federal Constituency. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Shehu, told journalists in Gusau on Monday that the children were abducted after the gunmen invaded the lawmaker’s home village at Gora in Maradun Local Government. He said three persons…
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Out of school children drops to 8.6 per cent in three years – Adamu
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Friday said out-of-school children in the country has dropped from 10.5 per cent to 8.6 per cent in the last three years. Mr. Adamu, represented by the Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, Ajiboye Josiah, said this on Friday in Bauchi at the flag-off of 2017/2018 National Enrolment…