Just Read a News Story and Wondering

I was reading a news story on a website a few days back, asides the poor construction of the story (not that I am a perfect writer myself lol), I kept wondering what the main aim of the writer was. Was it to inform the public about the unfortunate incident that had happened or buttress the somewhat "unreasonable" cultural belief of some Nigerians  mostly from the eastern region who consider the Male child as the most important in a family.

The story started thus: "Tragedy struck on Monday at Osisioma, a suburb of Aba, the commercial capital of Abia State when four-year-old male twins, suffocated to death inside a car parked in front of their house. The boys, Chukwuemeka and Chiemela Okechukwu, the only male children of their parents and who were in nursery school ......" and ended "Mr. Okechukwu, the only male child of his parents who was short of words over the death of his own only two male children said he could only speak on the incident after the burial of the two kids that was slated for today..."

His only two male children, how many male children was he meant to have? and is that the main issue that should be emphasized or even focused on? what happened to the investigation of how two kids could have suffocated in a car parked in a public place without anyone knowing, why the car that was for sale left opened in the first place and how such incidents could be avoided in the future.
Reading news stories like this just make me wonder if Journalists especially Nigerian journalist still know the characteristics of and how to write a good news story or if they realize the power of the media and the messages they pass across.