A community health worker examines a child It began with the loss of the father to a road accident and the mother to post- natal complic...

Environmental issues have now become a regular topic of discussion.  It’s not unusual to hear people ascribe changes in weather patterns ...

Ambassador Entwistle (center) pose with students and teachers who participated in the Essay competition -- photo by Idika Onyukwu Febr...

The U.S. Embassy annual summer reading program for children kicked off with a large turnout of excited and enthusiastic children and paren...

By correctly spelling the word “descendant” young Mma won the spelling bee competition for children ages eight to ten years.  This was at ...

Children participating at the fourth Summer Reading Program organized by the Abuja American Corner and the U.S. Embassy got a special trea...

I had a shocking experience several years ago noticing a neighbor’s young daughter would constantly cry in the morning while her mother w...

The American author Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a Dr. Seuss, a renowned writer of children books once said “the more that you read, the mo...

Many years ago an aunt of mine died during child birth. I was told after the baby came out, the placenta couldn’t and instead of taking h...

This posting's title is a popular adage in Nigeria mainly used in relation to health issues.  It serves to show the importance of taki...

"If fun is what you're after or you're looking for laughter, Read a book! (Read, read! Read, read a book)" So goes a child...