•Bandits Senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, Sunday Marshall Katung, has expressed concern over the recent attack by bandits and abduction of 22 locals, mostly women and children, in Southern Kaduna. He, however, sought the collaboration of the military and the Kaduna State Government to establish a Forward Operation Base (F...
•Dr Priscilia Imade Children rely on their eyes to explore the world, learn in school and play with friends. However, many children experience eye problems that can make it difficult for them to see clearly. In some cases, children may not even realise they have a vision problem because they assume everyone sees the way […]
The National Coordinator, National Cancer Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Uchechukwu Nwokwu, says 7.2 percent out of 127,000 cancer cases recorded annually in Nigeria are children. Nwokwu said this at the sideline of a public enlightenment on Childhood cancer commemorating 2025 International Childhood Cance...
•Bovi Popular Nigerian actor/comedian, Bovi Ugboma, simply referred to as Bovi, has said his children will not school in Nigeria. The top entertainer said although he wanted his children to attend boarding school like he did back home, the bullying situation is scary. While speaking in a podcast, Bovi said Nigerian boarding school has a [&hell...
•Fire outbreak Tragedy struck in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, as a fire outbreak at an Islamiya school claimed the lives of at least 17 Almajiri students. Eyewitnesses say the fire started late last night and raged for about three hours, leaving 17 students dead and 16 others injured, reports Channels TV. […]...
•Fire outbreak Vice Principal of Dugja Bayan Tasha Junior Secondary School in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, his wife and three children have been killed in a fire outbreak in their home. Details are still sketchy on the cause of the fire which occurred yesterday, but neighbours narrated how the deceased family struggled […]...
The World Bank has revealed that 45 per cent of girls in Nigeria give birth before the age of 18. This was disclosed by the World Bank Country Director, Ndiame Diop, at the National Conference on Girls’ Education and Empowerment held in Abuja today, reports The PUNCH. Speaking at the conference themed “Effective Partnership on […]
•Tanker explosion Tragedy struck today in Enugu when a petrol tanker exploded along the Ugwu Onyeama section of the Enugu -Onitsha Expressway, killing at least 15 people, including three children. The explosion, which occurred around 11:30am, caused widespread panic, affecting another petrol tanker and razing six other vehicles, reports The Na...
•Fire Two children, Jeila and Jersy, have been roasted to death after fire engulfed their apartment at Church Street, Oluwatuyi quarters, Akure, the Ondo State capital. Their father whose name was not given as of press time, was said to have collapsed and rushed to the hospital, reports The Nation. The deceased were aged three […]
•Colonel Nasiru Salami A Nigerian Civil War veteran, Col Nasiru Salami (retd), has lamented what he described as the poor treatment of retirees of the Nigerian Army by military authorities. The 76-year-old civil war veteran was a guest on Channels Television today on the occasion of the 2025 Armed Forces’ Remembrance Day. In a touching [&helli...