Author Archives: Joe

31
Jan

BOY ATTACKED BY DOGS RETURNS FROM INDIA WITH SUCCESSFUL SURGERY

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Omonigho – now                                         Then Omonigho Abraham, the four year old boy who was attacked by dogs in the Igando area of Lagos State, has returned into the country from an India medical trip. Omonigho returned into Nigeria on Thursday in company with his father, Odia, and mother, Helen, who went with …
30
Jan

OMOTOLA SHARES HER STORY WITH PUPILS

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“Starting a career as a young girl of 16, all I wanted was to help my widowed mother provide for our young family. I stumbled on the opportunity to model freely, and by fate, I was invited to a movie casting. Who knew as frightened and vulnerable as I was then, that I was starting the journey of my destiny?” These were the words of celebrated actress, …
30
Jan

SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS FOUND FLOATING ON OSUN RIVER

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The residents of the Ijetu area of Osogbo have been thrown into mourning following the discovery of the corpses of two pupils on the Osun River. It was gathered that a woman had gone to the river to fetch water when she found the corpses of the two pupils floating on the river. A resident of the area told Punch on Thursday that the woman dropped her …
29
Jan

KORANIC SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA JOIN THE DRIVE FOR UNIVERSAL EDUCATION

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© UNICEF Maiunguwa Shuaibu, teaching at an integrated Koranic school in north-eastern Nigeria. According to Mr. Shuaibu, enrolment has spiked since the traditional Koranic school integrated English, maths, science and social sciences. By Patrick Moser Millions of children in northern Nigeria are not receiving a formal education. One way UNICEF is addressing …
26
Jan

A 15-YEAR OLD GIRL FLEES GUARDIAN’S HOUSE

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A 15-year-old girl, Paulina Ojeka, has been declared missing by her guardian, Pastor Biodun Akinlade, who lives on Abioye Street, Ogba, Lagos State. The teenager reportedly fled home on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, after she came back from her place of work where she was an apprentice to a tailor. It was learnt that the girl’s action might not be …
26
Jan

CHILD FOUND CRYING BESIDE HIS DEAD MOTHER KILLED BY BOKO HARAM

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“I live in Doro Baga, Nigeria. As I fled, I picked up this boy crying beside his dead mother. At 6am we heard the sounds of guns, when they arrived for us an hour later, we started to run. They came after us and killed many people. I saw the boy and took him with me and my children, onto my husband’s small canoe out into Lake Chad. We stayed …