•Displaced persons A nonprofit organization, Save the Children International, SCI, yesterday, raised the alarm over escalation of violence in Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, displacing 78,000 children and ripping thousands of families apart. According to SCI in a statement made available to the press, at least 78,000 children have flee thei...
•Prophet Joseph Apata with his three wives General Overseer of Vineyard of Deliverance Ministry, Prophet Joseph Apata, speaks to VICTORIA EDEME about how he manages his ministry and his three wives, reports Sunday PUNCH. Can you briefly tell the story of your childhood? I am Ebira from Kogi State. My mother is from Benin, Edo […]
•Bandits Parents and relatives of the kidnapped pupils and teachers of the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, have cried out for government to help in rescuing the victims being held hostage by gunmen. The gunmen had on Monday ambushed the school bus conveying the pupils and staff to Eporo-Ekiti, a suburb of […]...
•Femi Falana A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, and an early childhood education specialist, for themselves and on behalf of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, Hauwa Mustapha, have sued the federal government (through the Attorney General of the Federation), the Minister of education, the Universal Basic Education Commissio...
•A school bus, photo for illustration purposes only An unspecified number of school children have been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen in Emure Local Government of Ekiti State. Though the details are still very hazy, it was learned that the abducted children were said to be students of a yet- to-be disclosed school, reports Vanguard. [&h...
•Explosion No fewer than 10 children have reportedly been injured in an explosion in Kidandan, Giwa Council Area of Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria. Witnesses say the explosion was caused by a strange object which the children were playing with it, reports Sunday Sun. The object, according to eyewitness was found in a nearby bush by […...
•Boat mishap At least 10 people, including nine children, drowned when a boat capsized Thursday in western India, officials said, with a search on to find more of the missing. The incident happened in Gujarat state as students were travelling to a picnic organised by their school, reports AFP. Dozens of people joined a frantic […]
•Fire outbreak A tragedy struck in the early hours of today when seven members of the same family lost their lives to an outbreak of fire that occurred in Tudun Wada, Nassarawa Local Government area of Kano State. An eyewitness who disclosed this while speaking to the press, said that the incident occurred as a […]
•Kidnapped Akwa Ibom NYSC members Distraught parents of seven Akwa Ibom prospective National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members kidnapped in Zamfara State are losing hope on the fate of their children still in kidnappers’ den over four months after they were abducted. Recall that on August 17 2023, an 11-seater Akwa Ibom State Transport Compan...
•Boat mishap Pastor Promise Festus, a father residing in Ngo Town within the Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, has expressed distress, revealing that his five children were among the casualties of the boat accident along the Andoni-Bonny waterways. He described his world as shattered and appealed to the state governor, Siminalayi F...