Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO) – 2015

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May

70-year-old nabbed for kidnapping girl, 3

Joe Igbwe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments

A 70-year-old woman, Zenab Alabi, has been arrested by the Kwara State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old girl, Fatiah Mustapha. A relative of the girl’s mother, Mrs. Maryam Abdulganiyu, said Mustapha got missing on March 25, 2015. She stated that the victim had been living with her parents at old Shao Garage, Ilorin before she …

09

May

The ban on employment of under-12 house helps

Joe Igbwe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments

In a long overdue move, the Federal Government has prohibited the employment of children below the age of 12 as domestic helps in a new Act signed by President Goodluck Jonathan. Christened the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act 2015, the new law recommends a prison term of two years and a possible fine for violators. …

09

May

Boko Haram freed Nigerian women tell of captivity horror

Joe Igbwe Right of women and girls, Right to life No Comments

Salamatu Bulama says she was among the among the women stoned by the militants Former hostages held by Boko Haram militants in northern Nigeria say some fellow captives were stoned to death as the army approached to rescue them. The women said Boko Haram fighters started pelting them when they refused to run away as the army came nearer. A group of …

09

May

Our neighbour revived me with water after raping me six times –14-year-old rape victim

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE No Comments

Fourteen-year-old Jane (not real name) stared at her feet as she recounted her four-year ordeal in the hands of a neighbour, Felix Emmanuel, an Edo State indigene, who took advantage of her innocence. At 14, she explained that if she knew that the threats that had kept her quiet from disclosing what she was going through were mere lies, she would have …

09

May

Baby cancer victims’ parents lament: Our lives are filled with anguish

Joe Igbwe Right to life No Comments

BY ADEMOLA OLONILUA There was a sharp contrast between the brightly lit room where the three parents gathered and the looks on the faces of its occupants. The room was painted in radiant sky-blue but the faces of the parents and child that occupied the room bore a gloom and sad look. Even though it was a sunny Monday, one that held prospects of a beautiful …

09

May

Woman sent to jail for the rest of her life after raping her four grandchildren

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, FOREIGN NEWS No Comments

A Ohio grandmother will spend the rest of her life in jail after being found guilty of the rape of her own grandchildren. Edwina Louis, 53, will spend the rest of her life behind bars after she was sentenced to four consecutive life terms without parole. The judge in the case, William T. Marshall, said in all his 19 years experience on the bench, he …