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01
Feb

A DAY IN THE LIVES OF KID SCAVENGERS

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Aminu and Adomu BY ARUKAINO UMUKORO Bashir Mohammed is not your run-of-the-mill 12-year-old. He is small for his age. He walks several kilometres daily with a sack slung over his frail shoulders rummaging through piles of refuse and rubbish looking for anything that can be resold; aluminium, copper wires, iron filings, old vehicle spare parts, plastic …
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 …