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Opinion: Understanding the need for sex education

by Stand to end rape (STER) Initiative Sex education is coaching on matters generally relating to human sexuality. These issues include emotional relations/responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual abuse…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Isoken Aruede: Party poopers extraordinaire [NEXT]

by Isoken Aruede Once upon a time, the young ones used to spend their nights staring at stars under a bonfire or playing games with their neighbor’s turkeys. Now,…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

The Thread: It’s always better if your children hear it from you

Want to know what method works best when dealing with teenage children? @ImAdeAkins advocates befriending them. Only then will they spill their secrets to you, and then you can advice…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Nene Henshaw: What would make you still consider a relationship after four abortions? [NEXT]

Someone asked me once, "how do you measure your self-worth?" Few days ago, I ran into a primary school classmate and we were updating each other on our lives and…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Omoigui Osasogie: Teenage & young adult relationships [NEXT]

by Omoigui Osasogie Friends play an important role in the life of young adults. Most human relationships, including casual acquaintances, are non-loving in that they do not involve true passion,…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Ikechukwu Yadi: Bola [Nigerian Voices]

by Ikechukwu Yadi I sat in class drawing on an exercise book. Someone sat beside me. “How far your church girl?” “Titi?” “No, Mary Magdalene.” “She came to my house…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Omoigui Osasogie: Teenagers of the century [NEXT]

by Omoigui Osasogie Young and free, we are teenagers of this century, leaders of tomorrow they say. We are at the pinnacle of the age non-conformance, we want to feel we…

Azeez 7 years

Police arrest serial teenage thieves in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 6 suspected teenage serial thieves in the Oshodi area of the state. They include Ganiyu Rahman, 18; Sadiq Adebayo, 15; Timilehin Oluwaseun, 14; Ogundare Moyinoluwa,…

Op-ed Editor 8 years

Eketi Edima Ette: What doesn’t kill you… [Nigerian Voices]

by Eketi Edima Ette Have I ever told you the story, of that time I tried to die, but couldn’t? I haven’t? Okay, let me give you the gist. Once…

Op-ed Editor 8 years

Opinion: Yes, girls motivate me [Nigerian Voices]

by Joseph Abiagom I have a good command of Pidgin English, even though I am not as fluent as I was before. Nonetheless, I find it difficult to communicate in…

Azeez 8 years

Teenagers attack school, steal N1.5m

There was chaos at the Lagooz Schools on Omotoye Estate in the Orile Agege area of Lagos State after some hoodlums invaded the school premises. It was learnt that some…

Op-Ed Editor 9 years

Angela Odah: It’s trending, so what?

Recently, I stumbled on a show called "You Got Issues” on Spice TV (channel 192 on the DStv). Spice TV is a lifestyle channel that focuses on beauty, fashion and…

Emmanuel Chidiogo 9 years

Opinion: Fun at the expense of academic career

by Taiwo Adetimole Are you a Fresher? Jambite? Be careful, most Freshers' Party share gifts like premarital sex, death and occultic initiations. Its good to have fun but not at…

Kolapo Olapoju 9 years

Tragedy: 2 teenagers drown at a Christmas party in Osun

by Temitope Onitiju Two teenagers reportedly drowned in the swimming pool of an hotel during a Christmas party, in Osogbo, Osun. The incident occurred on Tuesday, December 23, when…

Kolapo Olapoju 9 years

How to enforce discipline in the home, by three random parents

by Adedayo Ademuwagun There's a funny story about a family that gathered for a big dinner. When the youngest son announced that he had just signed up to join the…

Emmanuel Chidiogo 10 years

28-year-old man rapes two 19-year-olds

by Jewel Stephen A 28-year-old man, has been remanded in prison over an alleged rape of two teenagers in Ogun state. Delivering the judgement at an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court…

10 years

‘She used a pencil to…’: Female choir director arrested for sexually abusing student (PICTURED)

by Tutu Akinlabi A choir director in South Carolina was facing charges of sexual assault already when reports emerged that she abused another student with a pencil. 31-year-old Elizabeth Moss,…

10 years

OMG! Teenagers stab 27-year-old man to death in Abuja (GRAPHIC IMAGE)

by 'Jola Sotubo A group of teenagers have attacked and killed a resident of Utako village in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. 27-year-old Alhassan Musa was killed at about 7pm…

10 years

Terrible: 2 teenage armed robbers arrested by police in Cross River (PICTURED)

by 'Jola Sotubo The activities of a robbery gang comprising two teenagers and one man in his twenties have been quashed by police in Cross River. Edem Bassey Effiong, 18,…

10 years

Tragic: 2 teenage sisters drown in river while swimming in Imo

by 'Jola Sotubo File photo 2 teenage sisters in have drowned in Imo after they were swept away while swimming. The unidentified girls were said to have gone to the…

10 years

Don’t do it! 25 reasons NOT to get breast implants

by Dr. Nalini Last week the FDA reported that breast implants put women's lives in danger. The big news last week was that a small number of women can get a very rare…

10 years

TERRIBLE: Boy,13, kills his friend in Kogi for DAMAGING HIS EARPIECE

by 'Jola Sotubo A 13-year-old boy has been apprehended by the police in Kogi after reports emerged that he had killed his 12-year-old friend. Yinusa Halilu, allegedly took the life…

10 years

“I try my best in everything I do,” – Nigerian Muslim girl among world’s 50 smartest teenagers

A 16-year-old Nigerian Muslim girl, whose name has been buzzing in the headlines lately as a promising talent, has reserved a place among "The World's 50 Smartest Teenagers" list. "If…

11 years

Science project gone awry: Panic in Imo as launched rocket lands in residential area

by Adeola Balogun File photo There was confusion in the Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State as two teenagers launched a rocket which landed in a residential area. The…

11 years

3 teenagers arrested in Ondo for attempting to kidnap 11-year-old boy

by Adeola Balogun Three teenagers have been arrested in Ondo State for allegedly attempting to kidnap an 11-year-old boy. The teenagers, aged between 13 and 15, hatched a plot…

11 years

Monsters: 2 women raped by a gang of teenagers in a public park

Two women, 24 and 32, were attacked and raped in Wilmington, Delaware's Kosciuszko Park when a gang of nearly a dozen teenage boys approached them sitting in the park. The…

11 years

This man is TOO cool: Pope Francis takes a ‘selfie’, shows off the Catholic Church (PHOTOS)

He was well known to be a man of the people taking special care to integrate with all classes of community. And now Pope Francis has shown he is well…

11 years

HORRIBLE: Student shot dead by teenagers who gunned him down ‘for the fun of it’

A promising Australian student, who was on a baseball scholarship in the United States, was allegedly gunned down by a gang of teenagers in what has been described as a…

11 years

Sad news: 3 children die, 8 others injured in stampede over Sallah gift

by Oge Okonkwo Three children were killed and eight people injured, during a stampede which occurred at about 9pm on Sunday, at the residence of the Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aliyu…

11 years

12-year-old girl arrested for carjacking and murder

Johnny Danilo Villatoro A 12-year-old girl was arrested and charged with murder and carjacking, according to police reports from North Carolina. Additionally, two teenagers along with the 12-year-old have been…

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