D’Banj (Nigeria musician) revealed that he and his wife have welcomed their first child, Daniel Oyebanjo III into the world. Today being Children’s Day, the singer took to his Instagram page to share a loving photo of him and the new born captioning it:
Happy first #ChildrensDay@danieldthird … I can’t really
explain this feeling, but I’m so blessed to have you.
Also Happy #ChildrensDay to all the beautiful Children
Across Nigeria and the world . God Bless you all.
Nigeria carved out May 27th of every year to
celebrate the children. The 2017 edition coincides with the 91st global
celebration of the rights and well-being of children.
In line with this year’s theme which hinges on child
protection and the sustainable development goals, UNICEF has called for urgent
action to adopt the Child Rights Act and to heed the President’s call to end
violence against children. It is reported that millions of Nigerian children
suffers from of physical, emotional or sexual violence.
Reports from Lagos and Edo State showed that:
In Lagos state, the Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode reassured
Lagosians that his administration would do everything possible to ensure that
the six pupils of the Government Model College, Igbonla in Epe who were
kidnapped in the early hours of Thursday, are rescued unhurt. According to him,
the children’s day celebration would not be complete without rescuing the
innocent pupils. Ambode, therefore, noted that top security arrangement was on
course to guarantee their safety, pledging that his government would stop at
nothing to ensure that kidnapping and other criminal activities are put to an
end in schools.
In Edo State, the government says it will from September
2017 commence the use of computers and tablets for teaching students, as part
of measures to improve the educational standard of public schools.
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