Bandits invaded Zamfara State College of Agriculture and Animal Science on Sunday and kidnapped 15 students, four staff and killed others. Published are the names of 19 people kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara State College of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Bakura, in a Sunday night attack. It was reported how the bandits went into the […]
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Kofa Marusa, the small village where Nafisa grew up, was a modest village of 200 people.It was on the outskirts of the main city and seemed to have a world of its own, untouched by civilization. They were famous for their basket weaving skills and the abundance of meat that the men hunted from the
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Imagine your whole world burning before your eyes, how would you react to such a situation. I survived that nightmare. My name is Manu, and this is the story of how my whole life lost meaning. It is the story of how the quiet village of Kutungu became a center of death and despair, the
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Pandemic’s Dire Global Impact on Education Remedy Lost Learning; Make School Free, Accessible; Expand Internet Access Covid-related school closures affected children unequally, as not all children had the opportunities, tools, or access needed to keep on learning during the pandemic.For millions of students, school closures will not be temporary interference with their education, but the
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Expectant mothers are bombarded daily with useful and not-so-useful information, from family members to nosy neighbors to the stranger on the street. Everyone, in their own way, is an expert on childcare and breastfeeding. For new moms, keeping up with infant feeding routines and attending to their many individual needs is usually quite a humbling
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Today is marked worldwide as world hepatitis day. The theme of this year’s world hepatitis day is” Hepatitis Can’t-Wait”.It is centered around the need to wipe out the disease hence the global talk show organized by the world health organization being held this day to shine a light on the disease, its causes, symptoms, and
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Across Africa, countries are making steps to make education more inclusive but they need to do more. Many countries in Africa get a bad press for their progress in providing inclusive education. Just two in three children complete primary school on time, while the number of out-of-school children and youth is 97 million and growing.
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The period of childhood is a phase in which the human being is more vulnerable because they have not finished developing physically or mentally. Furthermore, the child requires a particular attention and protection. The superior interest of the childChildren deserve a particular attentionThe principle of the superior interest of children is also tied to the
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Lagos State Government has disclosed that pupils in over 908 primary schools in the over 1,000 public schools in the state are benefiting from the School Feeding Programme initiative of the federal government. The state Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke, disclosed that the school home feeding programme, which is being handled
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The current insecurity in the country, especially in the Northeast, and the COVID-19 pandemic that is taking its toll on the world have compounded the problem of out-of-school children in Nigeria. According to data provided by the Federal Ministry of Education, the number of out-of-school children stands at 10.1 million, an increase of more than
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