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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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Humanitarian Crisis
UNICEF Warns of Stolen Childhoods: One in Three Ukrainian Children Still Displaced as War Follows Them Into a Fifth Year
Four years into the war in Ukraine, childhood itself has become a casualty. More than 2.5 million children, over one-third…
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Law and Policy
TeacherFIRE ignites as Teddy Bridgewater’s reaction to the Bill highlights safeguarding, student care, and purpose over personal credit in school sports
When Florida lawmakers moved compassion from debate to statute, the man whose name became shorthand for the issue made his…
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Child Protection
Schoolchildren as Targets: Should the St Mary’s Debate Focus on Ransom Payments or Safeguarding Failures?
The controversy over whether ransom was paid for the release of nearly 300 pupils and staff abducted from St Mary’s…
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