Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO)

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Boko Haram affects over 41% children in the North East – NEMA

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Over 41 per cent children have been affected by insurgency in the North-East and while about 891,000 adults are in camps while over 100,000 others are dissolved into the host communities. These figures were given by the Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Sani Sidi, when the Special Representatives of the United Nations …

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11,320 Flee into Chad over Boko Haram Attacks, Says the United Nations

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The United Nations said on Tuesday that the latest wave of Boko Haram’s “vicious, ruthless attacks” in the north-eastern part of the country had sent 11,320 people fleeing into Chad in a matter of days. The Islamist group stormed the town of Baga on January 3, and subsequently razed it alongside at least 16 surrounding settlements. …

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Jan

Exclusive Breastfeeding Can Reduce Nigeria’s Burden Of Infant Mortality

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According to experts, breastfeeding can prevent the deaths of many babies. VICTOR OKEKE writes that focusing on it alone can reduce infant mortality drastically. Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months can reduce child deaths by at least 800,000 each year – almost 15% of the total 6.3 million annual child deaths. Babies who are not breastfed …

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Jan

Polio Eradication: UNICEF, Agency To Partner With Journalists

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United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Kebbi State Primary Health Care Development Agency will partner with Journalists in the campaign against Polio. The Public Relations Officer of the agency, Mr Garba Yeldu, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Birnin Kebbi. According to him, the partnership will focus on intensification …

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Jan

YOUNG COUPLE DETAINED IN HOSPITAL THREE MONTHS AFTER CHILD DELIVERY DUE TO POVERTY

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Babatunde Williams’s wife, Chinwe, gave birth to a baby boy through a caesarean section at a private hospital in Surulere, Lagos three months ago; the couple has since then remained stranded in the hospital due to their inability to settle their hospital bill. The hospital, Midas Touch Clinic, had stopped attending to the baby’s mother because …

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Jan

WHY WE MUST SAY NO TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM)

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By Joseph Igwe, President (CRACO) Female genital mutilation (FGM) or female genital cutting, (also known as female circumcision or excision) refers to a number of traditional operations which involve cutting away part or all of a girl’s external genitalia or other injury to the female genitals. The origin of this practice is shrouded in mystery …

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Jan

THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATING THE GIRL CHILD

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By Ban Ki-moon These difficult financial times demand smart financial investments. And one of the soundest investments we can make is in girls – in educating them, empowering them and keeping them healthy. Too many girls in too many countries are held back simply because of their gender, marginalized and deprived of control of their own destinies. …

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Jan

Parents urged to always teach their children about security

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Assistant Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA) in the FCT, Mr. Elija Yisa, has urged parents and guardians to always teach their children about security to promote awareness early in life. Yisa gave the advice in Bwari in an address to participants at a one-day interactive session on safety tips on security operations organised by NOA for residents …

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Jan

Man, 80, arrested for raping 12-yr-old girl

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Pa Olajide Ojo, 80, has been arrested by the police in Ikole Ekiti for allegedly defiling a 12-years old girl. Ojo, of No. B22, Oke Ode Idogun Street, Ikole –Ekiti, was said to have committed the offence on December 24, 2014. The suspect, according to a press statement by the Ekiti police image maker, Mr Victor Babayemi, yesterday, reportedly, lured …

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Jan

10-year-old girl bombs Maiduguri market, kills 20

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Twenty persons, including a female suicide bomber were killed in a major market in Maiduguri, the capital of the troubled Borno State following an attack by the Boko Haram sect on Saturday The female bomber was reportedly a 10-year-old girl. The incident also left 18 persons injured, the Police Public Relations officer of the Borno State Police Command, …

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