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Chrisland: Psychiatrist says teachers, students needs counselling

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Chrisland: Psychiatrist says teachers, students needs counselling

 

Following the viral sex video involving some of the Chrisland school’s students, a consultant neuro-psychiatrist, Dr. Maymunah Kadiri, said instructors and students need to go for psychological debriefing.

Kadiri delivered the suggestion in an interview with newsmen in Lagos.

A sex tape featuring some youngsters from the elite school, including a 10-year-old female student, went viral, eliciting indignation and criticism.

The alleged sexual assault occurred in March 2022, when the pupils flew to Dubai for the World School Games, a four-day annual competition that attracts schools from all over the world.

The incident became public when a talent manager, Ubi Franklin, on his Twitter handle, accused the school of complicity in the sexual violation involving the 10-year-old girl.

To the parents, Kadiri advised that they should learn to listen to their children non-judgmentally, and create a free atmosphere for them to freely interact and express themselves.

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According to her, the best way for parents to help their children’s mental health is to give them words to express themselves and describe their feelings.

She identified discipline, effective communication, and personal morals as things parents should pay attention to when raising their wards.

Speaking further, she said the school should improve on its efforts in teaching and inculcating good morals and values in the lives of the students.

Kadiri noted that the victim and her parents should go for individual counseling and therapy to be able to understand how to cope, manage and overcome the situation as well as the traumas associated with it.

Adding that the girl would have already formed opinions and ideas that only special care can change.

In her words: “the school as a whole needs to undergo psychological debriefing to enable them to outpour their minds and experiences concerning the incident; which will go a long way to help in reshaping the school.

“This is necessary to enable the school members to recount their experiences, ordeals, and observations during, after, and even before the incident.”

“Yes, it is true that parents have a key role to play in supporting their offspring. But, the truth is that children spend more time in school.

“So, the school has a huge role to play in ensuring that the children are safe, consistent, and well-grounded in morals and values.”

“By giving children words to their tongue, you are actually permitting them to speak their mind.

“This victim (girl), for one month, she didn’t tell her mother, why?.

“So, there’s that gap there; they must not go to the extent of beating her before she can express herself. Parents should create that mutual relationship with their children.

“As a parent, you have to learn to listen to your children non-judgmentally – don’t listen to respond, but listen to understand,” she said.

“The girl in question and her parents need to go for individual counseling and therapy to understand how to better handle the situation, and is a must for them,” she said.

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Moghalu Prescribes Good Governance As Panacea To Ethnic Agitation

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The President of the African School of Governance, Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu has admonished state actors against resorting to brutal force in the bid to muscle out separatist agitators.

In the aftermath of Mazi Simon Ekpa, the Finland based Biafran nationalist agitator being caught in legal web and the Nigerian government moving swiftly to seek his repatriation, the former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has cautioned that ‘We either fix our problems, or our problems will eventually “fix” us. No alternative to a renegotiated union.’

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The political economist, while expressing his hope in Nigeria, made it clear that “hope is not a strategy”.

He bared his mind in a series of posts on his verified handle on micro-blogging site, X on Friday.

Moghalu wrote, “Despite sustained contemporary difficulties, I am hopeful about Nigeria. But hope is not a strategy. We need to improve state capacity for effective governance.

“We either fix our problems, or our problems will eventually “fix” us. No alternative to a renegotiated union.

“We must learn to be honest with ourselves and address the root causes of our problems. Why ignore them, when the problem is actually quite solvable? The problem with continuing with this approach is that when the danger crystallizes, those who thought they were benefiting from

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N1.7trn Loan: Atiku Blames NASS For Worsening Nigeria’s Debt Burden

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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has criticized the federal government’s plan to secure an additional N1.7 trillion loan through Eurobonds to cover a shortfall in the 2024 budget, describing the borrowing as unsustainable and harmful to Nigeria’s economy.

In a statement shared on Thursday via his X (formerly Twitter) handle, Atiku accused the Bola Tinubu-led administration of burdening Nigerians with debt while failing to provide clear answers about the country’s fiscal challenges.

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He also faulted the National Assembly for enabling what he called a “voracious appetite” for loans.

The former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate expressed alarm over a recent World Bank report ranking Nigeria as the third most indebted country to the International Development Association (IDA), calling the development troubling.

“The recent report released by the World Bank, showing Nigeria as the third most indebted country to the International Development Association (IDA), is very concerning,” Atiku stated.

He raised further concerns about the government’s decision to benchmark the proposed loan at an exchange rate of 1 USD to N800, despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s official rate being over N1,600.

“What makes this particular loan proposal even more concerning is that it is benchmarked at the exchange rate of 1 USD to N800, whereas the current exchange rate from the Central Bank of Nigeria stands at over N1,600 to 1 USD,” he said.

Atiku questioned the need for additional borrowing, given the government’s earlier claims of record-high revenue collection.

“In July this year, Tinubu boasted that the FIRS and Customs under his watch had collected all-time high revenues to finance the budget. Why are they still borrowing?” he said

He accused the government of a lack of transparency, describing the borrowing spree as detrimental to Nigerians already struggling under economic hardship.

“There is something that they are not telling Nigerians, even as they are being crushed by a combination of their failed trial-and-error policies and loan rackets.”

Atiku also referenced a report by BudgIT, a budget monitoring group, which criticized the 2024 budget for its inefficiencies.

He alleged that corruption, rather than infrastructure or development needs, was driving the government’s borrowing decisions.

“These loans are powered by corruption and not for infrastructure and development needs. This voracious appetite for humongous loans is deeply concerning,” he said.

Reflecting on Nigeria’s financial history, Atiku lamented the return to significant foreign indebtedness just years after former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration cleared the country’s debt.

“It is agonizing to see that just a few years after the Obasanjo administration took us out of foreign indebtedness, we are today back at the top spot in the same conundrum,” he stated.

He called for a more cautious approach to borrowing, urging the government to prioritize fiscal responsibility and transparency to avoid worsening Nigeria’s economic challenges.

 

 

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ICC Issues Arrest Warrants For Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Others

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has taken a historic step, issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

The charges include crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed during Israel’s recent assault on Gaza.

In a detailed statement, the ICC accused the Israeli leaders of “intentionally and knowingly depriving the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity.”

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The ICC’s move marks a significant escalation in international scrutiny of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu and Gallant are alleged to have orchestrated policies that caused severe harm to the civilian population in Gaza, leading to widespread condemnation from human rights organizations.

Alongside the charges against Israeli officials, the ICC also issued an arrest warrant for Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif. Deif has long been a central figure in Hamas’s military operations. Israel’s military claims to have killed him in a July airstrike, although this has not been independently verified.

The warrants highlight growing calls for accountability amid the ongoing conflict in the region. The ICC’s actions are likely to provoke heated debate and may complicate diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the crisis.

With the warrants issued, global attention now turns to how the international community will respond and whether any practical steps will be taken to enforce them.

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