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Contemporary Insight Meditation teachers identify the five hindrances as obstacles to mindfulness meditation. Within the Mahayana tradition, the five hindrances are obstacles to samadhi. They are part of the two types of obstructions (Sanskrit: āvaraṇa), i.e. the obstacles to Buddhahood.
As part of efforts to vaccinate every child in Nigeria, the World Health Organization has supported the Nigerian Government to vaccinate as many alamajiri children in the northern part of Nigeria as possible. [39] The vaccination was targeted at schools and houses where the children are found.
Educating children is regarded as a community responsibility in some ethnic groups [24] Parenting styles differ among cultures in Nigeria. Nigerian children adapt to one of three roles: authoritarian, authoritative, or permissive, depending on their culture. Both boys and girls learn to be responsible and hard-working at age 5. [25]
Initiation into the aristocratic Nze na Ozo society marks the person as nobility. To become Ozo implies that the title holder is now an Nze , implying a living spirit and an ancestor. [ 3 ] One then becomes the moral conscience of the community and is seen to be a fair adjudicator in cases of disputes within the community. [ 4 ]
There is trafficking of children in Nigeria. Child labour is more common among children of illiterates. [6] On average, in the Southwestern zone of Nigeria, there is a higher work burden for working children. [6] Boys tend to earn more. [6] Girls' non-participation in schooling is more likely affected by parents' lack of interest than boys'. [6]
Map of Nigeria for use on Wikivoyage, SVG base file: Date: 29 January 2010: Source: Own work based on the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection Nigeria Maps and United Nations Cartographic Section Nigeria Map: Author: Burmesedays: Other versions: PNG files in different languages: English
The accident that broke 10-year-old Princess Igbinosa's right leg could have crushed her dreams of becoming a model in a country where not many can afford prosthetics to cope with life and fight ...
Communal conflicts in Nigeria [3] can be divided into two broad categories: [4] [dubious – discuss] Ethno-religious conflicts , attributed to actors primarily divided by cultural , ethnic, or religious communities and identities, such as instances of religious violence between Christian and Muslim communities .