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October 4, 2015 The Inspector General of Police Force Headquarter Abuja Sir, EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLING: WE DEMAND JUSTICE FOR THE FAMILY OF SLAIN MRS IDONGESIT GODWIN Our attention has been drawn to the murder of a 34 year old mother of four, late Mrs Idongesit Godwin hence our interest in the case. According to information available to us from eye witnesses account, the late Idongesit was shot dead by Corporal MUSELIU AREMU while seeking a bribe from the husband of the deceased. On Wednesday September 16, 2015, Mr. Godwin John, a tricycle operator carrying his family returning to his house in Ijegun area of Lagos State was stopped by an illegal road block mounted by four Policemen Sgt. Benson Ababom, Corporal Telemundu Augustine, Corporal Onu Samuel and the blood thirsty Corporal Museliu Aremu. When they demanded for bribe before he can pass, Mr.Godwin pleaded that he was not on duty but just pick his family back home. When the wife Idongesit with her eleven year old kid wer...

Every day, Aditya Kumar cycles around 40 miles with a heavy load of books and his few possessions on the back of his battered old bike to bring education to India's slum children. The science graduate has dedicated his life to teaching in the slums of Lucknow, a sprawling city in northern India that is home to some of the country's most deprived communities. He takes no money for his lessons, which he gives all over the city, parking his bike up wherever he is needed and staging an impromptu outdoor lesson. +2 Aditya Kumar (L) teaches functional English and mathematics, with the aim of getting the children to a standard where they can start going to a regular school ©Nishant Saxena (AFP/File) "These children do not know what a classroom looks like. Until I met them, they had no reason to visit a school," Kumar told AFP during one of his lessons, gesturing to a group of rapt-looking pupils. A Right to Education Act passed in 2009 gu...

MOBILE CYCLE SCHOOL TEACHER ADITYA KUMAR, A GLOBAL HERO I am Aditya Kumar{ born on july 18,1970 } a native of Lucknow, U.P.INDIA. I am honoured by LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS, 2014 for my Benevolent Service to free education. I have also been awarded NISHAN- E- IMAM HUSSAIN’ AWARD” by Honourable Sh.Ram Naik U.P. Governer.  I am nationally acclaimed social worker known as ` CYCLEGURUJI here because I pedal 60 to 65 km per day to nearby villages on bicycle providing free education to children of slum areas, who have not seen school. I gather children and teach basic Hindi, English, Mathematics . I take classes from 8 am to 7 pm daily. I take classes in number of slum areas nearby. I am not charging any fees, I am proud to say that my students are highly placed in Private and Government departments .   I realized the condition of the low-income families children, without education. This thought came into my mind and I started teaching poor children. I am giving edu...

The heartbreaking picture that shines a light on education plight of millions of children by Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education #upforschool education funding Picture:  Facebook/Joyce Torrefranca A young boy from the Philippines - pictured at a makeshift desk doing his homework in the street, under the lights of a McDonald's restaurant - encapsulates the great paradox of global education today: more young people than ever before realise the importance of the right to education but too few adults are making that right into a reality. Most of us have a home and yet find it difficult to persuade our children to do homework.  Daniel Cabrera, just nine years old, lives and studies on the streets of Manila because his home was burned down shortly after his father died suddenly.  Left homeless, he now lives with his widowed mother and brother in the same street food stall where she works. Sleeping rough, he needs the brig...

In three weeks, world leaders will gather in Oslo and will have an opportunity to publicly commit to the creation of a Global Humanitarian Fund and Platform for Education in Emergencies to guarantee that millions of children affected by war and natural disasters can have a safe place to play and continue learning. These leaders have the power to change the lives of children who’ve already survived some of the toughest childhoods imaginable. But without public noise, some leaders may forget these children  - or delay it for so long it loses any meaning. Can you share the message that NOW is the time for decisive action on education in emergencies? It’s no surprise that when a crisis occurs, children are the most vulnerable. But what many people don’t understand is that education doesn’t just equip children for the future — it protects them in the present. Children in school are less likely be trafficked, forced int...

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Khadija Gbla grew up caught between two definitions of what it means to be an “empowered woman.” While her Sierra Leonean mother thought that circumsizing her — and thus stifling her sexual urges — was the ultimate form of empowerment, her culture as a teenager in Australia told her that she deserved pleasure and that what happened to her was called “female genital mutilation.” In a candid and funny talk, she shares what it was like to make her way in a “clitoris-centric society,” and how she works to make sure other women don’t have to figure this out. (Warning: This talk contains hard-to-hear details.)  Khadija Gbla was born in Sierra Leone, spent her youth in Gambia, and as a teenager put down roots in Australia. She uses her cross-cultural heritage to promote understanding in both directions. Why you should listen Khadija Gbla was just 3-years-old when the war broke out in her country, Sierra Leone. While her family initially escaped to Gambia, 10 yea...

URGENT: In the next few hours we have a chance to set the next 15 years of global education policy: it's the last day of the ‪#‎ WorldEducationForum‬ in South Korea. Tweet Your Support for 12 years for all → http://ctt.ec/8aD8q (Remember to fill in why you believe secondary education is important). Right now 160 countries are debating if 12 years of free, quality education should be a right for every child. Will you tweet a message about why that matters to YOU & girls everywh ere? http://ctt.ec/8aD8q The negotiators are checking their phones, and the conference's hashtag - #worldeducationforum - between every session. If they see our messages, they will know the world demands it and are watching. Let's show how Girls + 12 years of publicly funded education = Empowerment When you add ‪#‎ 12years‬ of education to a girl's life, she can truly achieve her dreams. This is Amina, Malala's friend from Northern Nigeria. Even though s...

By Joy Tiku Enighe Nigeria has being facing insecurity challenges lately, one of which is insurgency. Boko Haram has being leashing terror on children and school premises - abducting schoolgirls, using young and innocent children as suicide bombers and child soldiers. It is indeed a very traumatic and heartbreaking situation. It was revealed recently that some parents in the north-eastern region of Nigeria had sold their young daughters to Boko Haram as potential suicide bombers, at the cost of #150,000 naira only. This has kept me thinking on how poverty and ignorance can lead people to get involved in an inhumane act. One of the girls sacrificed by her dad for money and wired with an explosive vest and detonator reported to security. Her dad had spread a mat in preparation for funeral prayers for his daughter when he was arrested. Interrogations led to further revelations of parents who were about to receive payments for supplying their daughters as s...

Girl-child education has become a matter of concern to stakeholders in Nigeria. This study examines the concept of and crucial issues in girl-child education. It identifies socio-cultural patterns, religious misconceptions, poverty, teenage pregnancy and early marriage amongst others as factors militating against the girl-child education. The paper advocates that public and school libraries must begin to play relevant roles and contribute to the eradication of discrimination against women. It outlines the roles public and school libraries must play in order to improve girl-child enrollment in school as well as reduce school drop-out. In order to effectively play their roles, the study suggests that libraries should source for funds from external agencies rather than depend only on their parent institutions/organizations. Key words: Girl-child; Education; School libraries; Public libraries; Nigeria.    In the traditional Nigerian society, there exists the deg...