₦airaland Forum

CastedDude:
that is exactly the point.... wicked world

MadCow1:
Its a Normal thing Na...




Is any place clean in Ibadan?

doyinisaac:
Go and read the book titled "you need a common sense "...

doyinisaac:
You need a job....

searchng4love:
Kk but he should refund all our yams he ate while he kidnapped the governor's office.

Ohammadike:
Your sleep will be an Everlasting sleep

SleekAboki:
Hope this CHANGE is from approved 2016 budget? else, this is corruption and it would run your belle.

SleekAboki:
In that confused state, only your stomach-sorry economy would suffer the way Nigeria economy is currently doing.

Vanguard can authoritatively state that former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees chairman Chief Tony Anenih is alive.

The Edo-born politician was reported dead by some online media, Wednesday morning. In an exclusive chat with Vanguard, Chief Anenih said, “I am alive, hale and hearty.”

ayofag:
we are all waiting ooooo. SAI BARBER

Marking the second anniversary of the abduction of 219 female students from the Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram without any clue, where they are and when they will be reunited with their parents should be the concern of every citizen and government . A saying in the western part of Nigeria goes thus, “It is better to hear that the child is dead than to hear that the child is missing or lost”.

This means that when a child is dead, parents can grieve and then surrender to fate knowing that there is nothing they can do to bring the child back. But when a child is missing, it is every day sorrow that put parents in a position of endless hope, ill-health or even death. For the two years since the abduction, civil society organisastions (CSOs) did not relent in their struggle to have the girls freed despite the claim in some quarters that it was to score a political point.

If not for the CSOs, especially the Bring Back Our Girls group that steadfastly rallied in Abuja, the abduction may not have remained on the front burner. They brought together people from all walks of life and dedicated their lives to calling on the military to live up to its responsibility and making the world aware that we can’t keep going when the over 200 girls remain in captivity.

The Child Rights Act makes copious provisions on abduction of children. Section 27 of the Act states: “(1) No person shall remove or take a child out of the custody or protection of his father or mother, guardian or such other person having lawful care or charge of the child against the will of the father, mother, guardian or other person. (2) A person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction (a) where the child is unlawfully removed or taken out of Federal Republic of Nigeria (i) with intention to return the child to Nigeria, to imprisonment for a term of fifteen years; or (ii) with no intention to return the child to Nigeria, to imprisonment for a term of twenty years; b) where the child is unlawfully removed or taken out of the State in which the father, mother, guardian or such other person who has lawful care of the child is ordinarily resident, to imprisonment for a term of ten years; or (c) in any case, to imprisonment for a term of seven years.”

It is a grave mistake to continue to keep these children, thus violating their rights. The government, though making efforts to rescue the children from Boko Haram, according to reports, should realise that violence against children goes beyond its negative impact on them and their families.

The government should also know that violence weakens the very foundation of social progress, generates huge costs for society, slows economic development and erodes human and social capital. According to UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, “Globally, an estimated US$7 trillion is lost each year due to violence in childhood, equivalent to 8 percent of global GDP. In Sub-Sahara Africa, violence against children is estimated to cost US$440 billion each year,” President Muhammadu Buhari should always remember his commitment to Nigeria at the launch of the Year of Action to End Violence Against Children that his administration ought to enforce all laws that will protect children from violence and to ensure that the rights of children are protected in the country.

He should also note the statement of Amina Yusuf who represented Nigeria at the United Nations General Assembly, last September, [color=#990099]“I believe Chibok girls will soon return because change has come”.[/color]

Lalasticlala

SleekAboki:
What was your final decision?

fitzmayowa:
The babalawo prepare the otukmopko him head they their, otukmopko wey blind 15million nigerians to vote for the masquerade dressing minister and his party...

Ejytex:
Abeeegiii leave am after eating

“He charged traditional rulers to
hold extensive meetings with their
communities and warn them
against taking laws into their
hands as the state government
would not hesitate to bring the full
weight of the law to bear on
anybody who attacks herdsmen in
the state”.