Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO)

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Jan

Child poverty: 5 things we learned in 2014

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2014 has been an important year in the fight against child poverty, and one that may make a difference for years to come. Here are 5 things we learned during the year: 1. It has become clear that children are heavily over-represented among the world’s extreme poor. Over 569 million children aged 18 or less are living on less than $1.25 a day. So while …

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Jan

Children losing homes, schools and lives as result of Nigeria violence

Joe VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments

Children are suffering the dire consequences of the conflict in Nigeria, losing their homes, missing out on education and risking their lives, UNICEF said today. “The situation has escalated over the past few weeks, becoming a much larger humanitarian crisis,” said Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa. “We need …

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Jan

Poorest students receive up to 18 times less public education resources than the wealthiest, says UNICEF

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In many countries around the world, significantly less public resources are used to educate children in the poorest 20 per cent of society than their counterparts in the most affluent 20 per cent, according to a new report issued today by UNICEF. This difference can be as much as 18 times. The Investment Case for Education and Equity says that on average …

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Jan

NATIVE DOCTOR WITH 56 WIVES AND OVER 300 CHILDREN, DESIRES OWN VILLAGE

Joe Right of women and girls No Comments

BY Moses Oyediran An Enugu-Ezike based herbalist in Aji community of Igboeze North LGA of Enugu state, Chief Simon Odo, popularly referred to as ‘Onu Uwa’ says he desires to have a village of his own, for a good reason: The 68 years old herbal practitioner is married to all of 56 women and over 300 children, and he told Daily Times, “I can only …

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Jan

WHO WILL RID THE STREETS OF CHILD HAWKERS?

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By Gboyega Adeoye Moji, 15, is the eldest of the six children of Mr. and Mrs. Adeyanju who reside in Ipaja, a Lagos suburb. Both parents lost their jobs to the hurried liquidation of Nigeria’s flag carrier, Nigeria Airways, which finally kissed the dust at the twilight of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. It was a fierce battle between …

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Jan

UNICEF DECRIES ATTACK ON NIGERIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TEACHERS

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UNICEF Executive Director, Mr. Anthony Lake, has raised the alarm on Boko Haram attacks targeting students and teachers in schools in northern Nigeria. Lake said between 2013 and now, more than 200 teachers and 300 students had been killed in terrorist attacks in the north, while at least 338 schools had been destroyed. Lake wrote in an opinion piece …

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Jan

FG WILL PROSECUTE THOSE USING CHILDREN AS SUICIDE BOMBERS – Adoke

Joe VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Mohammed Adoke, SAN, has said that the Federal Government will prosecute‎ members of Boko Haram for using female children as suicide bombers. In an advisory he issued on January 21st, Adoke said he was deeply concerned by reports that young children were being used as suicide bombers …

23

Jan

AFRICAN CONJOINED TWINS SEPARATED BY INDIAN DOCTORS

Joe Right to life No Comments

It is a new lease of life for conjoined twins from Tanzania who had shared a common heart lining, diaphragm and a liver. Doctors, including two teams of plastic surgeons at leading city-based Apollo Children’s Hospital, who undertook a marathon, 11-hour operation managed to separate the twins. The twins’ condition was described as thoraco omphalopagus …

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Jan

50-YEAR OLD MAN, ARRESTED FOR SLEEPING WITH HIS 14 YEARS OLD DAUGHTER

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50-year-old Isiaka Alade was led by a teeming crowd, right from the uncompleted building which serves as home for him and his 14 year-old daughter , Sadia, in Ayobo area of Lagos state, to the palace of the traditional ruler of the area, last Tuesday. From the palace, he was handed over to policemen from the State Criminal Investigation Department …

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Jan

NIGERIA MAY ATTAIN POLIO-FREE STATUS IN 2017 –UNICEF

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Nigeria will wait till 2017 before it is certified polio-free by the World Health Organisation, WHO, it was revealed yesterday. The country must, however, sustain its interruption of the wild type of the virus, Type One, it recorded on July 24, 2014, in order to attain the status. Nigeria is currently one of the three remaining endemic countries with …

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