Following a nationwide investigation, operatives of the Anambra State Police Command attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Gender Section, successfully rescued two missing children, namely: Sunday Aliya (14 years) and Ebenezer Emmanuel (12 years), after nine months of intensive and intelligence-led investigation that e...
•Snapchat, Apple and YouTube The European Union today demanded digital giants, including Snapchat and YouTube, to explain how they are protecting children from online harm, as all but two member states signalled openness to restricting social media access for minors. The European Union has stringent rules regulating the digital space, includin...
E-cigarettes are fuelling an “alarming” new wave of nicotine addiction, with millions of children now hooked on vaping, the World Health Organisation warned today. In countries that have the data, children are on average nine times more likely than adults to vape, the WHO said. The UN health agency said the industry was promoting vapes [&helli...
•Bandits Bandits have abducted a woman and her two children in Kogi State and have imposed multi-million-naira levies on farming communities in Niger State as conditions for peace. In Kogi State, bandits invaded the house of one Tokpe Gody at Bareke-Egbe in Yagba West Local Government Area around 2am yesterday, abducting his wife and two [&hel...
•Bandits Armed bandits stormed Bareke in Egbe, Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, kidnapping a woman and her two children in a brazen early morning assault around 2 a.m. today. The woman’s husband managed to flee but sustained injuries during the escape. Local sources reported the attack occurred near the home of Senator […...
•Sad Nigerian children and Tinubu On Wednesday, October 1, 2025, Nigerians will be celebrating the country’s 65th independence anniversary. Despite the abundant human and natural resources, the country has continued to struggle to realise the dream of its founding fathers. Nigerian children, who are the leaders of tomorrow, spoke on the countr...
•European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen EU chief Ursula von der Leyen today threw her support behind growing calls to ban social media use for children, promising to weigh action at the European level in coming months. “Many member states believe the time has come for a ‘digital majority age’ for access to social […]
•Flood A torrential downpour on Thursday and Friday unleashed devastating floods in Zaria, Kaduna State, displacing more than 470 children and destroying over 270 households across several communities. A coordinated assessment team, which included the Nigerian Red Cross Society, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Kaduna State...
•FRSC officials at scene of accident A gas tanker truck has collided with a bus in Imo State, killing 12 people on the Owerri/Onitsha Expressway. The incident that occurred yesterday affected four children and eight adults. Confirming the incident today, a spokesperson for the Imo State Police Command, Henry Okoye, said eight others sustained ...
•Mourners become emotional as they embrace during a vigil at Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, Minnesota Investigators were seeking to find out why a heavily armed shooter opened fire on children at a church service in Minneapolis yesterday, killing two pupils and wounding 17 people in the latest violent tragedy to jolt the United […...

