Tag: Children
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Children should drink more water, not carbonated drinks – Medical Expert
Dr Safiya Ojo, General Practitioner, Wuse General Hospital, Abuja, has advised parents to ensure their children and wards drink more water instead of carbonated drinks to avoid dehydration. She gave the advice on Friday in Abuja in an interview with the newsmen. She said that dehydration is loss of body fluids mostly water. She added…
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4.7 million Northeast children receive measles vaccination
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says a major vaccination campaign against a measles outbreak in northeast Nigeria is reaching 4.7 million children. Mohamed Fall, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, stated this in a statement according to the Office of the UN Secretary-General. “Security has improved in some areas so we have acted quickly to access places…
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There’s no going back on my prophecy, Funke Akindele won’t bear children, prophet insists
Founder of the Mountain of Blessing and Miracle Church of Christ, Dr. Olagorioye Faleyimu, has said he does not regret his prophecies on popular actress, Funke Akindele Bello, about not having children. Olagorioye had revealed shocking prophecies for 2017, in which he said the death of Nigeria’s renowned prophet, TB Joshua was near and…
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Malnutrition kills 2,300 Nigerian children daily – NGO
Mr.Ubah Nnaemeka, the Project Officer, Civil Society Scaling-up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), on Tuesday said malnutrition accounts for the death of 2,300 Nigerian children daily. Nnaemeka made this known on Tuesday in Ilorin at a two-day Advocacy Skills and Strategic training organised for members of the organisation in Kwara. Quoting the National Demographic and Health…
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He removed my womb to stop me from having more children, aggrieved wife tells court
…he also impregnated my sister twice A 55-year-old trader, Mrs Saidat Abu, on Thursday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that her husband was a flirt who impregnated her junior sister on two occasions. She said this while responding to a suit filed by her husband, Momodu, alleging threat to his life by his…
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Over 50% children suffer physical violence in school– UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that over 50 per cent of Nigerian children suffered physical violence in schools. Ms Ladi Alabi, the Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Bauchi Field Office, made the disclosure on Thursday at the ongoing Child Protection System Strengthening (CPSS) meeting in Gombe. The meeting was at the instance…