Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO) – 2015

09

Sep

Man steals baby, gives girlfriend to sell

Joe Igbwe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments

The Abia State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a man, identified simply as Uchenna, from Owerri- Aba, for allegedly stealing a four month- old baby boy, who he gave to his girlfriend, Kelechi Uche, to sell. The state Police Commissioner, Joshak Habila, who paraded Uche in Umuahia, said she was arrested by some members of the public at Osusu …

09

Sep

PASTOR RAPES 16 YEAR OLD GIRL DURING DELIVERANCE PRAYER

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE No Comments

Adelemo Estate The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a pastor, Abraham Sunday, for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl, Kike (pseudonym) in Adalemo Estate, in the Toll Gate area, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. It was learnt that Sunday, the pastor of Christ In All Nations Church in Adalemo, was arrested by the Ojokoro Police Division …

09

Sep

12-year-old boy builds Land Rover and computer from wood

Joe Igbwe Creative Children No Comments

A 12-year-old Ugandan boy has attracted admiration within and beyond the shores of his country after he carved a Land Rover and a computer from wood. His dream to own a car might seem far from reality, at least, for now, the Mubende-born lad has proved to the world that he could improvise his goal. Kudos abound on social media since the pictures of …

06

Sep

Britain’s shame as 645 rapes have been reported in UK schools

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, FOREIGN NEWS No Comments

Report says that police have investigated 645 alleged rapes in Britain’s schools over the past three years. The report reveals that there have been a total of 5,500 reported sex crimes in classrooms and playgrounds since 2012. Police believe this is just the tip of the iceberg. The vast majority of allegations, nearly 4,000, were physical sexual assaults …

06

Sep

Man, 40, nabbed for defiling 7-yr-old girl

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE No Comments

LAGOS— THE Police in Lagos State are quizzing a 40-year-old man, one Hakeem, popularly known as Baba Iwura, for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl. It was gathered that the incident occurred at the residence of the suspect, 3, Third Avenue, Okemoro Street, Magbon, along Badagry expressway, last Sunday. It was learnt that the Baba Iwura usually …

06

Sep

Daddy touches me, puts his manhood in my mouth, gives me money—7-yr-old girl

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE No Comments

A seven-year-old girl (names withheld) has narrated how her father paid her after sexually abusing her at their Ojokoro Housing Estate, Meiran, Ijaiye, Lagos, residence. The primary three pupil said: “My daddy usually gives me money after touching my private part or putting his penis in my mouth. He touches my private part when my mother is outside …

05

Sep

Police arrest robbers for shooting eight-year-old boy during operation

Joe Igbwe VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments

Abubakar and Sumaila (far left) with other suspects Members of a nine-man robbery gang, who shot an eight-year-old boy,Rejoice Andrew, while trying to rob his father, Evangelist Andrew Adejoh, have been apprehended by the Kogi State Police Command. The outgoing Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, paraded the suspects …

05

Sep

Police arrest 71-year-old pastor, wife for buying baby for N500,000

Joe Igbwe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments

Rev. Egbochiogum (right), his wife, Ugo ( middle), and Mba A 71- year old retired pastor of a pentecostal church in Abriba, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, Rev. Chima Egbochiogum, and his wife, Ugo, have been arrested for an alleged illegal adoption of a baby. Commissioner of Police, Joshak Habila, who paraded the couple in Umuahia, …

05

Sep

Homeless children overrun Calabar streets

Joe Igbwe CHILD UPBRINGING, Day of charity No Comments

They call them ‘Skolombo boys’, which literally means, a dangerous and mindless gang constituted by destitute or street boys and girls that roam the streets freely. They are without father or mother and homes. These gangs of homeless street children, comprising mainly of teenagers, were obviously abandoned to fend for themselves by their unknown …

04

Sep

SUPREME COURT RULING – VICTORY FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN NIGERIA

Joe Igbwe Right of women and girls No Comments

We cannot but rejoice with Igbo women who won the right to inherit a share of their parents’ estates following the recent Supreme Court ruling, which voided the centuries-old Igbo tradition that barred females from becoming beneficiaries of family estates, especially in their towns and villages. Ruling this Igbo custom as discriminatory and in conflict …

Monthly Archives: September 2015