Despite N100trn budgets, out-of-school children surge from 10.4m to 18m – MacArthur
The number of out-of-school children in Nigeria has increased from 10.5m to 18m in 23 years despite over N100 trillion ...
Tag: children
Ritual killings
The abductions, especially of children where ransom is not demanded and taken just as a case of missing children are ...
Court remands man for allegedly defiling nine-year-old girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna State has ordered that a bricklayer, Ahmed Usman, who allegedly defiled a nine-year-old girl, ...
Malaria killed 169,290 Nigerians in 2020 – WHO
At least 169,290 people, mostly children, died of Malaria in Nigeria in 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. ...
UNICEF: 20,695 Nigerian children infected with HIV in 2020
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 20,695 children aged zero to nine years were newly infected with HIV in ...
Niger: Terrorists forcing parents to withdraw children from schools
Boko Haram terrorists in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State have been forcing parents to withdraw their children from ...
REVEALED: 25 schools attacked, 1,440 students kidnapped in 2021 – UNICEF
At least 25 schools in Nigeria have been attacked and 1,440 students abducted in 2021, the United Nations Children’s Fund ...
Children killed in Rivers jetty fire outbreak
Two children are among many other people that have been killed in a fire outbreak at Nembe-Bonny Jetty Waterfront in ...
Omo-Agege: Children affected by insecurity requires trauma-informed education
Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege on Tuesday said trauma-informed education will help children recover from the menace of insurgency, banditry, ...
84 countries detain 261,000 children – UNICEF
An estimated 261,000 children in conflict with the law – those who have been alleged, accused or recognised as having ...