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Education
65,000 Out-of-School Children Returned to Classrooms in Oyo, Boosting Child Protection and Safeguarding Efforts
Governor Seyi Makinde’s announcement that 65,000 out of school children have been reintegrated into classrooms across Oyo State is more…
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Research Alert
How Can Child Safety Be Guaranteed If Nigeria Scores 0% on Parenthood Policies? World Bank Report Sparks Alarm
Nigeria’s zero score on supportive parenthood policies in the 2026 Women, Business and the Law report by the World Bank…
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Child Protection
Court Approves Overseas DNA Tests to Protect Mohbad’s Son’s Right to Identity and Parental Recognition
The Magistrate Court sitting in Ikorodu, Lagos, has approved three overseas laboratories to conduct DNA testing to determine the paternity…
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Child Protection
Presiding Magistrate Adjourns Inquest into Chimamanda Adichie’s Son’s Death to April 14, Sparks Wider Child Protection Accountability Debate
Presiding Magistrate Atinuke Adetunji has adjourned the inquest into the death of 21 month old Nkanu Nnamdi Esege, son of…
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Child Labour
UNICEF Flags Grave Violation as Over 1,100 Children Were Recruited and Exploited by Armed Groups in 2024
North-East governors have renewed commitments to safeguard children following revelations that 1,120 children were recruited into armed groups in 2024,…
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Education
JAMB’s Full Automation Drive Signals New Era for Students, But Children’s Experience Must Remain the True Test
The completion of JAMB’s automation of the UTME question-authoring process is a commendable institutional achievement. However, the real measure of…
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Health Matters
Born of Hope and Ethics: UK’s First Baby from Deceased Womb Transplant Highlights Child Safeguarding in Advanced Reproductive Care
The birth of the United Kingdom’s first baby following a womb transplant from a deceased donor is being celebrated as…
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Strong Room
Game On or Guard Up? UNICEF Warns Parents: Video Games Can Build Brains or Break Boundaries Without Safeguards
In this comprehensive UNICEF feature, Professor Daniel Johnson of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child…
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Celebration of children
From “He May Never Read” to Rivalling Albert Einstein at 15: How One Autistic Child Proved That the Child Right to Development Unlocks Genius
The story of Jacob Barnett is more than a tale of extraordinary intelligence, it is a powerful testament to what…
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Celebration of children
Brains, Brilliance, and Belief: Detroit Third Grader’s Mensa Acceptance Shows What Children Can Become When Potential Is Nurtured
At just eight years old, Myles Dantzler has achieved something extraordinary. The Detroit third grader has been accepted into Mensa,…
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