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The Children of Oyo Are Home: A Lesson in Strength, Resilience and Love for Life

By Latifah Ajetunmobi | Parent & Teen Coach, Nurse, and Author. I’ve been wanting to write about this for a while. Today, at last, I can. The children of Oriire are home. After 56 days in captivity, the schoolchildren and teachers abducted from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been

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Today, My Heart Bleeds: A Letter to the Nigerian Child on Children’s Day 2026

CELEBRATIONS / Coach Latifah

Today, Nigeria marks Children’s Day. Across the country, schools that are still open will sing, children will be dressed in their finest, and speeches will be made about “the leaders of tomorrow. ” And somewhere — in Oriire, in Maga, in Papiri, in places we may never name — there are children who will not

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