Mr Lere Olayinka, aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has described the ongoing allegations of land allocation to the minister’s children in FCT as ‘sponsored blackmail”. Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant to the minister on Public Communications and Social Media, made the remarks in a statement in Abuja…
Children in the Bwari Area Council, FCT, on Monday, called on government at all levels to improve access to social amenities and infrastructure for the development of the community. Some of the children, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that it was paramount for the country’s leaders to remember the immediate…
No fewer than 58 Iranian women and children have been killed and 222 injured since the start of Israeli strikes on Iran, Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said on Monday. “Since the beginning of the aggression, 58 women and children have died, 222 people injured among women and children,’’ Mohajerani was quoted as saying by…
The Benue government is offering free education from primary to secondary school level to children whose parents cannot afford to pay for their education. Mrs Mary Ejeh, Director of Child, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Makurdi. Ejeh said…
The Borno Government on Sunday celebrated Eid el-Kabir with more than 200 street and vulnerable children currently undergoing rehabilitation at the Bulunkutu Rehabilitation Centre in Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event, organised by the state’s Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, featured traditional music, dance, games and shared festive…
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has dismissed claims that 20,000 Ukrainian children were kidnapped by Russia, describing the allegation as false and politically motivated. Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, Zakharova said the children were evacuated from conflict zones to safe locations and that Moscow had made efforts to reunite them with their…
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) has revealed that no fewer than 1,385 children were recruited by Boko Haram terrorists between 2017 to 2019 in Borno State and other parts of the Northeast. UNODC’s Country Director in Nigeria, Mr. Cheikh Ousmane Toure, disclosed this in Maiduguri on Monday during the 5th World…
Women from Okhorimi community in Benin City on Monday stormed the Edo House of Assembly, with their children, pleading for the release of their husbands arrested three weeks ago. Carrying placards, the women, some with infants strapped to their backs, said the arrest of six men had left their families shattered and their children out…
African Union(AU) Agenda 2063 Ambassadorial Assembly, an NGO, says there is a need to prioritise the empowerment of children as a fundamental strategy for realising the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Dr Elizabeth Emeka-Onwucheka, Chairperson, Education and Mass Literacy Committee, AU Agenda 2063 Ambassadorial Assembly, made the call at the 2025 Children’s Day Celebration organised by…
President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the rights and welfare of Nigerian children, as the country marked Children’s Day 2025. He also called for a bully-free generation and enhanced child protection measures at all levels. Represented by the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mahmoud Mariya, on Tuesday in…
