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34% state their child has seen or listened to something that seemed suspicious to them, be it videos (68%), music (43%) or photos (25%) The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has forced families to spend their free time mostly at home, which usually means spending much time using different Internet-connected devices. Apparently, children’s growing online activity
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By Chioma Obinna Disturbed by the incessant rape in Nigeria, the Mothers, and Marginalised Advocacy Centre, MAMA Centre has called for criminal justice, stringent punishment and sincere policy to address the poor response to reported cases of rape with subsequent maiming and killing of victims. Making this call on Wednesday, in a press statement made
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In lieu of its African conference hitherto billed to hold in Freetown April, the African Women Leadership Organisation, AWLO, convened a 3-hour Zoom conference with attendees from five continents including HE Fatima Maada Bio, the First Lady of Sierra Leone and would-have-been hostess. Meanwhile, WW caught up with the special guest of honour, HE Arikana Chihombori Quao,
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Uchenna Idoko is an economist that specialises in gender and gerontology. She has worked on gender equality programming and gender-inclusive policy development for nineteen years with a variety of NGOs, donor agencies, and government MDAs. She has been working with older adults and their families in rural Nigeria for over 5 years. Uchenna is the
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As the world continues to proffer solutions to the coronavirus pandemic, more businesses no doubt have sprung up putting small scale businesses on their heels on how to satisfy their customers.
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Says social distancing impossible in Lagos As the novel Corona Virus pandemic escalates in Nigeria with Lagos as the epicenter, WO caught up with Joyce Onafowokan, former Senior Special Assistant to the past governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on social development to assess impact and fallouts. What is your opinion on the way Lagos state is
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By Josephine Agbonkhese She holds a first degree in Law from the University of Birmingham and a Masters in International and Environmental Law & International Commercial Arbitration from the University of London, UK. Although she bagged a Distinction in both, and a 2.1 from the Nigerian Law School, Chioma Ikokwu became a global figure for
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By Ebunoluwa Sessou AS parts of the effort to cushion the effect of novel Coronavirus pandemic the Aliko Dangote Foundation, ADF, has contracted 54Gene, a molecular diagnostics company specialized in the research, and diagnostics, to immediately set up a 400 test/day capacity laboratory in Kano State. 54Gene is accredited by the Nigeria Centre for Disease
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Demand inclusion of Almajiris in social register By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Non Governmental Organisations under the auspices of Advocates for Dan Almajiri, ADA, have alleged exclusion of over 9.5 million Almajiri children from the government’s palliative under the current lockdown and stay-at-home orders. This was contained in a statement signed by leaders of five
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Professor Motunrayo Olumakaiye is the Professor of Public Health Nutrition, Obafemi Awolowo University. She is also the President of Women and Girls Organisation, Diocese of Lagos, Anglican Communion. She is the wife of Rt. Rev. Dr. Humphrey Olumakaiye, the Lord Bishop of Lagos Diocese, the Diocesan, and Missioner. In this interview, she speaks on why
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