Tag: Unicef
Habiba; Former child bride recounts heart-wrenching experience
Habiba’s story trending on UN Web TV is a heart wrenching experience of a 14 year old Cameroonian child bride married off because of...
Blasphemy:You have no right to intervene, Kano govt replies UNICEF
Jacob Adebayo
The Kano State government has on Thursday replied the UNICEF over the imprisonment of a minor by Shariah Court in the state.
UNICEF had...
UNICEF condemns Kano govt over imprisonment of minor
Jacob Adebayo
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has lashed at the Kano State government for imprisoning a 13 year old boy.
UNICEF also demanded immediate reversal...
Child marriage: Bishop exposes people behind his marriage to JSS2 student
Jacob Adebayo
Bishop Stephanos Enofe who was arrested a few days ago for defiling and marrying a teenager in Lagos has revealed the men behind...
UNICEF harps on child safety as schools resume in Kano
Jacob Adebayo
In effort to ensure safety of children in the coming school resumption, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has implored Kano State Schools...
Nigeria ranks number one in under-five deaths
Peace Itong
Nigeria has overtaken India as world capital for under-five deaths.
UNICEF, in the report titled "Levels and Trends in Child Mortality", said Nigeria recorded...
Child Marriage: Bishop finally lands in police net for marrying teenager
Jacob Adebayo
Operatives of Police in Lagos have arrested one Bishop Stephanos Enofe who engaged in child marriage by marrying a 15 year-old- teenager in...
Child marriage: Pastor, 52, marries 15-year-old girl in Lagos
Jacob Adebayo
A child marriage which is forbidden by law has taken place in Mushin, Lagos State, Nigeria.
The marriage which is currently an issue of...
Why you don’t need a hired hand to discipline your child
Jacob Adebayo
Hiring another hand to discipline a child they say in Yorubaland, does not go well with parents no matter how terrible the offence...
Stakeholders trained on alternative sentencing for children
Stakeholders in Oshodi and Mushin Local Government were trained recently on Alternative Sentencing for Children in Conflict with The Law or children at High...
