The four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest after a small plane crash have been found alive, President Gustavo Petro announced Friday. “A joy for the whole country! The 4 children who were lost 40 days ago in the Colombian jungle were found alive,” Petro wrote on Twitter. His post …

Four children died after being swept away by the tide while fishing on a riverbank in Canada’s Quebec province, police said Saturday. “According to preliminary information, a group of eleven people were fishing for capelin on foot along the shore when they were caught by the tide”, the Surete Du Quebec Provincial Police Force narrated. The mishap unfolded along the …

Fuji heavyweights — Wasiu Odetola (well known as Pasuma), and Akorede Babatunde Okunola (better known as Saheed Osupa) — are over the moon with joy as their children recently graduated from different schools in the United States. Pasuma’s son, Jibola, made his family proud as he emerged as the best-graduating student from Harlan Community Academy High School, United States of …

Residents of Bako area, the Kwali Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja are yet to come to terms with the disappearance of two siblings in the neighbourhood yesterday. Two ladies, who secured an apartment in the area recently, reportedly fled with their neighbour’s children, a five-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy. The development has since thrown the community …

No fewer than 600 school children in some communities in  Ikorodu, Lagos State, have benefited from a “Free Eye Check, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Eye Glasses Outreach’’ by the RESTORE Foundation for Child Sight, an Non-Governmental Organisation. The Foundation’s Executive Director, Dr. Halima Alimi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday that the aim of the outreach was …

Gunmen who kidnapped children and women in Wanzamai village, Zamfara State have demanded N30 million ransom according to reports. At least 100 persons were kidnapped on Thursday from farmlands in Zamfara and Katsina states. Eighty children from Wanzamai village were reportedly kidnapped and more than 20 other persons from neighbouring villages were abducted. “Negotiations have started in earnest and kidnappers …

Bandits have abducted over 80 children in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The children, who are between the ages of 12 and 17, were kidnapped on Friday morning, according to BBC Hausa. Some parents of the abducted children who spoke to the British media outlet said the victims were in the bush fetching firewood at about 8 am …

A humanitarian intervention focused on providing integrated food, nutrition sanitation, and protection services in Nigeria’s northeast region will empower over 300,000 mothers and caregivers. A statement by UNICEF said the intervention is aimed at improving the survival of children affected by conflict. It will enhance dietary practices, home-based malnutrition screening skills, provision of high-impact lifesaving nutrition interventions (such as early …

Tragedy struck on Sunday night when a Lexus SUV rammed into a building on 2, Iyewa Street in the Isolo area of Lagos, killing two siblings, while doctors are battling to save the life of another child at the hospital. The deceased siblings – Abibu Bello, 17; and Bolaji Bello, 14 – were children of a chieftain of the All …

In a devastating skirmish in Gudumbali, Borno State, the Islamic State of the West Africa Province (ISWAP) is said to have killed 200 Boko Haram members, including women and children. Sources said the ISWAP insurgents targeted hundreds of the Boko Haram terrorists and their families at Choliye village while fleeing ISWAP attacks. Counter Insurgency Expert and Security in Lake Chad, …