Author Archives: Joe

18
Jan

Pope Francis: ‘Women Have Much to Tell Us’

Joe Right of women and girls No Comments
Pope Francis continued his five-day tour of the Philippines Sunday with a visit to the University of Santo Tomas in Manila where he drew cheers from the crowd with his remarks about the importance of listening to women. “Women have much to tell us in today’s society. Sometimes we’re too macho, and we don’t leave enough room for …
18
Jan

Mother Dies Right After Giving Birth to Miracle Quadruplets

Joe Right to life No Comments
Erica Morales and her husband Carlos of Phoenix, Arizona had spent years trying to conceive. After IVF treatment last year, Erica found out she was pregnant with quadruplets. A month before her due date, she was rushed to the hospital with high blood pressure. The doctors checked her in to monitor her and not long after, she delivered the three girls …
18
Jan

Teen jailed for killing stepmother’s fowl

Joe CHILD ABUSE No Comments
A 14-year-old boy has spent five months in a Kano remand home for allegedly killing a chicken belonging to his step-mother. The boy (name withheld) had a dispute with his step-mum in Wudil local government area of Kano State five months ago, a legal counsel Audu Bulama Bukarti, said. “He was taken to the police station by the step-mum over her chicken …
18
Jan

Pregnant woman, two others killed in Taraba

Joe Right to life No Comments
 A pregnant woman and two others were reportedly killed in the early hours of yester­day when gunmen attacked Igoh village in Donga Local Government area of Taraba State. Two of the women from the same husband were killed while working on their farm at the outskirts of Igoh village, while the other was gunned down while attempting to flee on sighting …
18
Jan

7-year-old Boy Drives Drunk Dad Home On A Busy Road In China

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A seven-year-old boy drove his drunk father home on a tricycle through the busy streets of a Chinese city. Pictures of the small child, who appeared to be wearing slippers, show him weaving through traffic with his dad passed out in the back of the trike. The incident took place in Yizhou city, in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, earlier …
17
Jan

10 million Nigerian kids out of school — Unicef Report

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With 10 million children out of school, Nigeria currently has the highest number of kids in the world without education, the United Nations Children’s Fund has said. According to UNICEF, almost one of three primary-school aged children and one in four secondary-school aged children is not enrolled. UNICEF, in its statement, said recent kidnappings …
17
Jan

CHILDREN IN BOKO HARAM AFFECTED AREAS NEED URGENT PROTECTION – SAYS UN OFFICIAL

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VISITING Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, has called for urgent steps to protect children from Boko Haram and what she described as ‘relentless violence’. Zerrougui, who is in Nigeria on a week-long fact-finding mission, lamented how children growing up in Nigeria’s …
17
Jan

17 – YEAR OLD GIRL IMPREGNATED AND DUMPED IN OGUN STATE

Joe CHILD ABUSE No Comments
The fate of a lady, identified simply as Ifeoma, who is believed to be between 16 and 17 years old, has been giving residents of Ilaro, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, a cause for concern. It was said that she had been beaten and impregnated before being dumped in Ilaro, where she had been living beside a building on Upper Leslie …