Enugu State Government today said that it has taken measures to nullify the underage marriage between a teenager and a man at Enugu Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Local Government of the state. The social media had been abuzz with the stories of the forced marriage. Enugu State Commissioner for Gender, Women and Children Affairs, Ngozi Eni, […]
•Empty bunk beds inside a student dormitory at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State Parents of dozens of children kidnapped last week from a Catholic school in Nigeria are desperate for their release, with one father crying out that his son is so young he has not yet learned to speak. Armed gangs […]
Families evacuated their children from the Federal Government Girls’ College (FGGC) Bwari, on the outskirts of Abuja, as security concerns in the area grew yesterday. Many students, some still in uniform, packed belongings into vehicles while others helped classmates gather their items. The directive was contained in a circular signed by the D...
Parents of student beneficiaries of the federal government’s Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholarship programme have staged a protest at the the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja over the non-payment of 16 months of arrears of living allowances. They occupied the entrance of the ministry with placards, reports Channels TV. The federa...
•Service of Songs and late Somtochukwu Relatives, friends and other sympathisers could not hold back their tears yesterday during the Service of Songs organised for the deceased Arise TV anchor, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, who died when armed robbers stormed her apartment in Abuja. The service of songs, which attracted many mourners in black attire ...
•Students driven away from class for owing school fees A few years back, parents enrolled their children of one to three years of age in ‘Jeleosimi’ day care centres, since they sleep throughout the day learning little or nothing. Jeleosimi is a Yoruba term meaning, ‘let the household have peace’. It describes a school meant […]...
•Students in a classroom Primary and secondary schools in Lagos State resumed today for the first term of the 2025/2026 academic session, recording a moderate turnout of pupils after the long holiday. While many schools kicked off with lessons, resumption tests, and revisions, some parents expressed frustration over fresh financial burdens, in...
•Some of the parents (L) and the pastor (R) An official of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Rivers State, Nwamaka Ikediashi, has said that parents of some minors who were brutally flogged by a pastor during a “spiritual cleansing” exercise need counselling. Ikediashi stated this on Channels Televisi...
•JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has hinted of plans to begin prosecution of parents who aid their ward or children in examination malpractices. Oloyede gave the hints while monitoring the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam...
•Stanley Nwabali The family of Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, has announced the burial arrangements for his late parents, Chief Nwabali Godspower Onyekamu and Mrs. Grace Nwabali (née Mmai), describing the moment as one of unimaginable grief. In a message shared alongside the burial poster on his Instagram today, Nwabali expressed th...
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