No one can stress the fact that “good nutrition” is paramount for the well-being of every child; hence, medical personnel advice that children should be given breast milk uninterrupted for six months as the first 1,000 days of a child’s life gives an opportunity for preventing undernutrition.
Author: Emmanuel Adigwe
Just like slave trade, if plans are not put in place to stop the issue of Nigerian girls being trafficked out of for prostitution, there are likely to be more tears to be shed in the future.
The Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Arinze Madu, who was kidnapped at the Queen of Apostles Spiritual Year Seminary, Imezi Owa in Ezeagu Local Government Area, Enugu State has been released.
The appeals by Abubakar and the party were dismissed by the apex court on Wednesday
According to Daily Trust, the seven-man panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed, said the panel agreed that there is no merit in the appeal.
Former Army Chief blasts Nigerian leaders, insists on new system of government
He stated this on Monday in in Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeau Stadium in Spain.
He stated this on Monday during the third Convocation Ceremony of the University of Benin/ National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies in Abuja.
Wahab Gbadamosi, a spokesperson for the revenue office, stated that a “small fire outbreak by the store near the FIRS canteen, by Annex 1”.
According to The Sun Newspapers, the granddaughter of the late Prime Minister, Hajiya Hajara Yakubu Wanka, confirmed the death in a telephone conversation with stated that the late prime minister’s wife died of cardiac arrest. She said however, she was not sure of her age yet.
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has fixed Wednesday, October 30, 2019, to hear the Appeal of the PDP and Atiku/Obi, arising from the judgment of the Appeal Court.
Three men were on Sunday arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons in connection with the rape of a 12-year-old girl, who was delivered of a baby girl at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo State.
Police rescue nine children kidnapped, renamed and ‘converted to Christianity’ in Onitsha
Residents of Royal Gardens Estate, Ajah, Lagos State have staged a protest over the alleged exploitation, extortion and humiliation of residents by the estate promoters, Trojan Estates Limited, and their agent, Broll Properties Nigeria Limited, in the management of the estate.
In a statement issued to the press on Thursday, the orgnisation reiterated that every woman has the right to choose her “own future through family planning” and if many women should have access to contraceptives, it will help many girls to complete their education and join the workforce to become productive members of the society.
Mohammed stated this on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State at a workshop organized by UNICEF and DFID in conjunction with The Child Rights Information Bureau.
Oladipo, who is also the Managing Editor and CEO of Premium Eagle Media Limited, publishers of The Eagle Online, stated this on Monday in Lagos at a Forum convened by the Journalists for Democratic Rights on peace building and conflict prevention.
A community in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State lunched a car wash business and a commercial borehole as part of its efforts to keep out of school children in school.
Recently, the wife of the governor of Ekiti state, Bisi Fayemi, was quoted as saying that it is discriminatory for pregnant girls to be expelled from schools whereas, the boys who impregnated them are allowed to continue with their studies. And she is right.
The Deputy Director of Moblilization, Universal Basic Education (Kano), Alhaji Bello Kagara, has commended the School Based Management Committee stating that the initiative will boost education in the country.