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Child soldiers. Child soldiers in Africa refers to the military use of children under the age of 18 by national armed forces or other armed groups in Africa. Typically, this classification includes children serving in non-combatant roles (such as cooks or messengers), as well as those serving in combatant roles. [1]
On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 mostly Christian female students aged from 16 to 18 were kidnapped by the Islamic terrorist group called Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary School at the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. [ 2][ 3][ 4] Prior to the raid, the school had been closed for four weeks due to deteriorating ...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is a mandatory, post-tertiary scheme set up by the Nigerian government during the military regime of Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, to "reconstruct, reconcile and rebuild the country after the Nigerian Civil war". [ 1] There is no military conscription in Nigeria, but since 1973, graduates of universities ...
The Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) are the military forces of Nigeria. The forces consist of three service branches: the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, and Nigerian Air Force. The President of Nigeria functions as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, exercising his constitutional authority through the Ministry of Defence, which is ...
In 2003, Nigeria adopted the Child Rights Act to domesticate the Convention on the Rights of the Child. [ 1] The Children's Rights Act of 2003 expands the human rights bestowed to citizens in Nigeria's 1999 constitution to children. [ 1] Although this law was passed at the Federal level, it is only effective if State assemblies also codify the ...
However, civilian fees are much higher than fees for children of military and police personnel. Command Schools maintain an affiliation with the Nigerian Military School (NMS), Nigerian Navy Secondary Schools and Nigerian Air Force Secondary Schools. Both Command schools and NMS are run by the Nigeria Army, however they have distinct aims.
Sani Abacha. Sani Abacha GCFR ( ( listen ⓘ); (20 September 1943 – 8 June 1998) was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria with an iron-fist as the military head of state from 1993 following a palace coup d'état until his sudden death in 1998. [ 1][ 2] Abacha's seizure of power was the last successful coup d'état in ...
The educational systems in Nigeria are divided into two the public [8] where the student only pays for Parents Teachers Association (PTA) while the private [9] where students pay school fees and some other fees like sports, exam fees, computer fees etc. and they are costly [10] Education in Nigerian schools takes place in English.