Tag: Children
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Why I stoned my children to death – Adamawa Man
The 25-year-old man who was arrested by the police for stoning his two children to death in Adamawa State has explained why he committed the heinous crime.
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Five books and authors that shaped children’s literature in Nigeria
Some books are simply classics and will remain evergreen. While it is impossible for TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) to list all the amazing indigenous books that have shaped Nigerian children’s literature over the past few decades, we can discuss our top five books and their authors.
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Court bars newsmen from covering late Osinachi children’s testimony
A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, on Friday barred journalists from covering and witnessing the late gospel singer, Osinachi children’s testimony. The move was as a result of the court granting the three oral applications made by Aderonke Imana, the prosecution counsel, on June 22. The counsel filed the applications during…
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[Video] Police rescue over 50 kidnapped children from church in Ondo
The Nigerian police have rescued over 50 children from a church’s basement on Friday evening. It was reported that the children were allegedly kidnapped The incidents took place at the Valentino Area of Ondo town, Ondo West LGA of Ondo State. Several children allegedly kidnapped have been discovered in a church’s basement in the Valentino…
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FFK’s wife, Precious Chikwendu reunites with children after long battle for custody
Precious Chikwendu, the wife of the former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode a.k.a FFK, has reunited with her children after months of intense battle. The duo has been in an intense fight in and out of the court over the custody of the kids who have been in the care of their father ever since.
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Why children misbehave, disobey – Psychiatrist
The Head, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCH, Ibadan, Dr Tolulope Bella-Awusah, says that the upstairs brain, that controls action and behaviour is not yet matured or still developing in children. Bella-Awusah made the observation in an interview with NAN on the sidelines of a scientific conference organised by the Association of Resident
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Why you should not put kids in vehicles’ front seats
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Command, has warned parents and motorists in the state to stop putting children below 12 years in the front seat of vehicles. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Uche Chukwurah, gave the warning during the Children’s Day celebration organised by the command at its office in…
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Children orphaned by insurgency are mine – Sultan
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has declared that the orphans of insurgency are his children.
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Parenting: No democracy in my home – By Hope Nwawolo
While visiting at my younger sister’s home outside the country some years back, l was impressed with how she disciplined her little children who ordinarily would have reached for the phone to call up 911 on their mum. But no, they dared not because her slogan was, ‘’there is no democracy in my home’’. According…
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Sad! Niger Govt confirms NAF jet killed four kids of same parent
The Secretary to the Niger State Government, Ibrahim Matane, has confirmed the killing of six children by a NAF fighter jet in the state. Matane said four of the children were of the same family, and the incident which occurred last week, is being investigated He stated that the children were killed during a raid…