Monthly Archives: January 2015

18
Jan

Teen jailed for killing stepmother’s fowl

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE No Comments
A 14-year-old boy has spent five months in a Kano remand home for allegedly killing a chicken belonging to his step-mother. The boy (name withheld) had a dispute with his step-mum in Wudil local government area of Kano State five months ago, a legal counsel Audu Bulama Bukarti, said. “He was taken to the police station by the step-mum over her chicken …
18
Jan

Pregnant woman, two others killed in Taraba

Joe Igbwe Right to life No Comments
 A pregnant woman and two others were reportedly killed in the early hours of yester­day when gunmen attacked Igoh village in Donga Local Government area of Taraba State. Two of the women from the same husband were killed while working on their farm at the outskirts of Igoh village, while the other was gunned down while attempting to flee on sighting …
17
Jan

10 million Nigerian kids out of school — Unicef Report

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With 10 million children out of school, Nigeria currently has the highest number of kids in the world without education, the United Nations Children’s Fund has said. According to UNICEF, almost one of three primary-school aged children and one in four secondary-school aged children is not enrolled. UNICEF, in its statement, said recent kidnappings …
17
Jan

CHILDREN IN BOKO HARAM AFFECTED AREAS NEED URGENT PROTECTION – SAYS UN OFFICIAL

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VISITING Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, has called for urgent steps to protect children from Boko Haram and what she described as ‘relentless violence’. Zerrougui, who is in Nigeria on a week-long fact-finding mission, lamented how children growing up in Nigeria’s …
17
Jan

17 – YEAR OLD GIRL IMPREGNATED AND DUMPED IN OGUN STATE

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE No Comments
The fate of a lady, identified simply as Ifeoma, who is believed to be between 16 and 17 years old, has been giving residents of Ilaro, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, a cause for concern. It was said that she had been beaten and impregnated before being dumped in Ilaro, where she had been living beside a building on Upper Leslie …
16
Jan

HOW EACH OF US CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

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  BY JOSEPH IGWE PROVIDE ANSWERS, NOT QUESTIONS There are so many questions lingering in the world today without answers, yet people keep on asking more questions. Isn’t it better for us to suspend further questions in order to have time to seek answers to the so many questions already hanging everywhere without answers? It is these unanswered questions …
15
Jan

FATHER USES DAUGHTER AS COLLATERAL FOR N600,000 LOAN

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE No Comments
Mary BY TEMITAYO FAMUTIMI Twelve-year-old Mary Okon was washing a heap of dirty clothes when she sighted her refugee father some 100 metres away. She abandoned the laundry and welcomed her father with a warm embrace. Mary was seeing her father for the first time in the New Year. For two consecutive years running, Mary, a Junior Secondary School drop-out, …
15
Jan

Teach your children money management skills

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BY IFE ADEDAPO One of the essential duties of parents to their children is to provide for their immediate needs. Professionals say these needs include basics for survival including food, shelter, and clothing; they may also include other nice things like toys. In addition to providing for their children’s immediate needs, parents need to provide for …