Three out of every four pupils in Nigerian primary schools are poor in literacy and numeracy, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) assessment. At the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy seminar in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Wednesday, the global agency’s Chief of Education in Nigeria, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan said: “Nigeria has a severe learning crisis with three out of four children …

Two children, Gbolahan and Olayinka Atolagbe have been killed when a fence of a neighbouring building collapsed on their house in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the incident occurred during a downpour on Saturday on Alao Street, Isawo, in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of the state. The bodies of the two children ywere recovered …

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Monday, said it rescued seven motherless children in a domestic fire that engulfed an orphanage on Sunday afternoon in the Aguda area of the state. In a statement by its Public Affairs Unit Head, Mr. Nosa Okunbor, the agency said that seven male children, aged between one and seven, were rescued by …

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 …