Tag: CHILDREN
Taraba Govt targets 639, 713 children for measles, meningitis vaccination
Taraba Government says it has targeted 639,713 children in its campaign against measles and meningitis slated for between November 16 and November 23, across...
Gas cylinder blast kills 5 children in Bangladesh
At least five children were killed after a gas cylinder being used to inflate toy balloons exploded in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Wednesday,...
Teacher drags ex-husband to court for refusing to pay children’s school...
A teacher, Amina Ismail on Wednesday, dragged her former husband, Abdulaziz Jimo before a Sharia Court ll, sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, for...
UNICEF solicits traditional, religious leaders’ support to end child marriage
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday, called on religious and traditional leaders in Kaduna state to support the campaign against child marriage...
Kano State targets 2.7m children in measles campaign
The Kano State Government says it has targeted 2.7 million children aged between nine and 15 months in the measles vaccination campaign scheduled for...
Aisha Buhari joins forces to fight malnutrition among children
The First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has called on stakeholders, especially parents, to ensure their children eat nutritious food to nurture their body...
Expert blames rise in Type 2 diabetes in children on poor...
A Diabetologist (a specialist in the treatment of diabetes), Mr Chima Adindu, of the Apex Diabetics Center, Jos, has blamed the rise in Type...
Family loses five children in Lagos fire
Five children of the same family have died in a fire incident at
Abagbo Village, Takwa-Bay area of Lagos, police said on Sunday.
Lagos police spokesman,...
Man abandons children in car after crashing into ambulance
A drunk driver fled leaving his children behind after slamming into an ambulance along Forest Road, Walthamstow, United Kingdom.
An officer simply named Collett
who is...
Man arrested in Abuja over beheading of four children
Police in Abuja have arrested a 22-year-old man,
Mustapha Aliyu, for allegedly beheading four children.
The children – three boys and one girl – were said...