The pain and trauma of the recent violence in Benue came into sharp focus as survivors of the Yelewata massacre shared harrowing experiences before a sombre audience. Some survivors who spoke at the News Central Town Hall held in Makurdi, yesterday, narrated how their relations and loved ones were murdered in cold blood, reports Daily [&hellip...
•Floods Two children, a nine-year-old girl and an unidentified boy, have been confirmed dead after they were swept away by floodwaters during a heavy downpour in Minna, the Niger State capital, on Monday afternoon. The tragedy occurred in the Tunga community following hours of persistent rainfall that overwhelmed drainage systems, submerged ro...
•JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede Registrar and Chief ExÂecutive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has hinted of plans to begin proseÂcution of parents who aid their ward or children in examination malpractices. Oloyede gave the hints while monitoring the Unified TertiaÂry Matriculation Exam...
For hundreds of years, measles has been one of the most contagious and lethal viruses known to humans. It poses a significant risk to individuals, especially children under five years of age who lack vaccination, as their immune systems and organ systems are still developing, reports Saturday Tribune. Measles disease, caused by the measles vir...
•Benue massacre The founder of the Women Environmental Programme who has been working at the heart of numerous violent conflicts in Benue since 2001, Dr. Priscilla Achakpa, has said that women and children are the demographic hit hardest by the recent spate of killings in the state. While speaking in an interview with Arise TV […]
Nearly 138 million children were engaged in child labour in 2024, including 54 million in hazardous work that endangers their health, safety and development. This is according to a report released today by the International Labour Organisation and the United Nations Children’s Fund, ahead of World Day Against Child Labour, as the world mark th...
It was the first major rainfall in Mokwa and its environ. Before the devastating downpour, the sky was enveloped in total darkness signifying an inevitable rainstorm. And, by the time the hailstorm descended like a firestorm, all hell had been let loose. Nobody could predict the magnitude, duration or the intensity of the downpour. Thus, [&hel...
•Amaechi and Wike The former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that he will not stoop to the level of a child by exchanging insults with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. This response came after Wike mocked the former Rivers State governor, alleging that Amaechi was not hungry for food, […...
Seven more bodies of children have been recovered, six days after a devastating flood swept through Mokwa town, the headquarters of Mokwa Local Government Area in Niger State. According to the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), four bodies were retrieved on Monday evening, while three more were found yesterday, bringing the offic...
Ten children conceived using the sperm of a single donor in Europe have been diagnosed with cancer. This development has sparked urgent calls for tighter fertility regulations and international limits on donor usage, reports CNN. Between 2008 and 2015, sperm from one man was used to conceive 67 children from 46 families across eight European [...
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