•Students march past Some students in Benin were rushed to the Edo Specialist Hospital yesterday after they collapsed at the Children’s Day celebration held at the Dr Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium. Those who collapsed were said to have inhaled tear gas fired by security personnel. The security agent is currently in detention, reports The Nation. No...
A Child Development Consultant, Dr Enifome Ogbimi, has linked late speech development in children to excessive screen time. While appearing as a guest on Channels Television today, in celebration of the 2026 Children’s Day, Dr Ogimi advised parents to limit screen time for their children to a maximum of one hour per day, to guard […]
•Obiageli Ezekwesili Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has issued a strongly worded message to President Bola Tinubu and Nigeria’s political leadership, urging them not to issue Children’s Day messages while, according to her, millions of children remain exposed to insecurity, poverty and poor access to education. In a statement re...
•National Art Theatre, Lagos The National Theatre’s Main Bowl will open on May 30, for “I Wish I Wish: Battle of The Winds,” a large-scale musical theatre production centred on African mythology, original music, and immersive stagecraft in commemoration of the 2026 Children’s Day. Created by the children’s theatre company Proud African Roots, ...
The ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED), and presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, have called for strategic approaches to ameliorate the plights of almajiri and other children in the country. They made the call in separate statements yesterday on t...
•Professor Florence Obi In a heartfelt celebration of Children’s Day, Professor Florence Obi, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), shared inspiring life lessons, childhood memories, and career guidance with students of Florence Obi Academy and UNICAL Demonstration Secondary School. Speaking during an interactive session o...
•Children’s Day celebration in Nigeria As Nigeria marks this year’s Children’s Day, prominent voices across academia, civil society, and government have, in conversations with our correspondents, raised the alarm over the country’s worsening out-of-school children crisis, calling for urgent, coordinated interventions to rescue the nation...
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