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November 23, 2013

The Courageous Teen, Malala Yousafzai Awarded 2013 Children’s Peace Prize

  Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head by a Taliban militant last October after campaigning for girls’ right to education, has won the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize, KidsRights announced today. The Pakistani 16-year-old will receive the award from 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner and women’s rights campaigner Tawakkol Karman at a glittering

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Governor Aregbesola’s Group Offers Arik Stowaway Teenager Scholarship

  De Raufs, a volunteer group extolling the virtues of Rauf Aregbesola, the Governor of Osun State has volunteered to sponsor 15-year-old stowaway boy, Daniel Ohikhena who  hid in the tyre compartment of Arik air flight from Benin to Lagos. In a statement by the Director General of the group, Comrade Amitolu Shittu, the group

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APPALLING: 19-Year-Old Polytechnic Girl Pours Hot Water On Her Boyfriend

  A 19-year-old female student of the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, simply identified as Yetunde, has been nabbed by the state Police command, Osogbo, for allegedly pouring hot water on her lover, Adelana also a student of the polytechnic. Yetunde allegedly poured hot water on Adelana, a Higher National Diploma (HND) student of the polytechnic during

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ASUU STRIKE: Students Give FG, ASUU 7-day Ultimatum

  The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), yesterday issued a one-week ultimatum to the Federal Government and the union’s leadership to resolve their differences or face corrosive consequences. The students have vowed that they would take their destinies in their own hands if the parties failed to reconcile within a week and that they

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Increasing Teen Pregnancies and STDs, Isn’t It Time Parents Talked To Teens About Sex Education?

  Saddened by the fact that recent researches have proven that more unsuspecting teenagers make up a bulky percentage of the about 500,000 reported cases of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, coupled with the widespread of other sexually transmitted diseases, counsellors who spoke to Vanguard Learning said that this menace should be blamed on parents who shy

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JAMB completes first admissions round

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, announced, yesterday, that it had concluded the first round of admissions into degree-awarding institutions. A statement by JAMB, signed by its Head Public Relations, Mr. Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja, said all candidates that made degree-awarding institutions their first choices or most-preferred are enjoined to check the Board’s

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SHOCKING: 15-Year-Old Girl Commits Suicide in Kebbi Because She Was Scolded

  A 15-year-old girl living with her parents in Sabon Gari in Jega, Kebbi State has committed suicide by drinking insecticide after a minor squabble with her family. Close family sources said the incident occurred after the deceased had an argument with her aunt and mother. “Her mother, Fatima, a divorcee, scolded her when she

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