At least 15 Boko Haram fighters have been killed by the military and 49 women and children rescued in Borno state. The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that the incidents took place in separate encounters between Boko Haram and troops in the Southern Lake Chad Basin. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director Public Relations Theatre […]
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The United Nations International Children’s Fund has said that 88,000 children with severe acute malnutrition are at risk of death in the North-East. The organisation also said that about a million children between the ages of six and 59 months in the states most affected by insurgency – Borno, Adamawa and Yobe – were also […]
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Akpenheen Amile, a livestock guard who is being treated for gunshots sustained in the January 2 attack on villages in Guma, Benue State, says he is yet to establish contact with his four wives and 18 children. “I am in physical pains from gunshot injuries, but such pains don’t hurt me like the inability to […]
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The Kiru Local Government Council of Kano State says about 11 children have died of whooping cough at Kankwana village. This is contained in a statement issued by the Information Officer of the local government council, Malam Rabiu Khalil. Mr. Khalil said about 40 other children affected by the same disease were receiving medical attention. […]
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights admitted that the world has failed in its responsibility to protect children from ongoing violations of child rights in the face of the worsening global crisis. Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, said this at the opening of the 74th session of the Committee on […]
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