Monthly Archives: March 2018

13
Mar

PARENTS ROLE IN PROTECTING CHILDREN AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD MARRIAGE, CHILD RIGHTS, CHILD TRAFFICKING, CHILD UPBRINGING, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, Creative Children, Education, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM), Right of women and girls, Right to life, Uncategorized, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
As CRACO continues her End Violence Against Children Campaign tour to schools, we want to remind parents that they have their roles to play in protecting their children. The rate of sexual violence against children in our society today requires that all hands must be on deck to salvage the lives and future of our children. While we do our best as a …
13
Mar

Ambode backs 25 years jail term for rapists and perpetrators of domestic violence

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD MARRIAGE, CHILD RIGHTS, CHILD UPBRINGING, Day of charity, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM), FOREIGN NEWS, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD, Right of women and girls, Right to life, Uncategorized, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday threw his weight behind the 25 years jail term for rapist and perpetrators of all forms of domestic violence, saying that the time has come to take aggressive steps to put a stop to the menace. Governor Ambode, who led a symbolic walk against Domestic and Sexual Violence in Alausa, Ikeja, with top …
13
Mar

WOMAN BURNS HER 10-YEAR OLD MAID WITH HEATED PRESSING IRON AND HOT WATER

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD, Right of women and girls, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
“She beats my children” she says Lagos State Police Command has arrested a mother of four, who allegedly burnt her 10-year-old maid with a hot pressing iron in Ikeja, on the allegation that the maid was maltreating her children in her absence. The maid also has burns she claimed to have sustained from hot water allegedly poured on her by …
10
Mar

“I DIDN’T FORCE HER” SAID MAN WHO DEFILED A 10-YEAR OLD GIRL

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
A 30-year-old man, identified simply as Adigun, who has allegedly been defiling a 10-year-old girl for over a year, has told the police that he didn’t force the minor into having sex with him. It was learnt that Adigun has been having sex with the girl since she was just nine-year-old and was in primary five. The suspect, who is popularly called ‘rubber,’ …
10
Mar

“I DIDN’T FORCE HER” SAID MAN WHO DEFILED A 10-YEAR OLD GIRL

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
A 30-year-old man, identified simply as Adigun, who has allegedly been defiling a 10-year-old girl for over a year, has told the police that he didn’t force the minor into having sex with him. It was learnt that Adigun has been having sex with the girl since she was just nine-year-old and was in primary five. The suspect, who is popularly called ‘rubber,’ …
08
Mar

CRACO TAKES END VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN TO CAYLEY COLLEGE, IKEJA, LAGOS

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD MARRIAGE, CHILD RIGHTS, CHILD TRAFFICKING, CHILD UPBRINGING, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, Creative Children, Education, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM), Right of women and girls, Right to life, Uncategorized, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
“THERE SHOULD BE A LIMIT WHEN DISCIPLINING A CHILD, IF NOT YOU CROSS THE LINE BETWEEN DISCIPLINE AND TORTURE” Today, CRACO held a seminar for the school children of CAYLEY College, Ikeja. The students were sensitized about what violence against children means and the effects it will have on them. Violence can affect a child for the rest of their …
03
Mar

FATHER AND SON TOOK TURN IN DEFILING 3-YEAR OLD GIRL IN CROSS RIVER STATE

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
A man and his son have been arrested after taking turns to defile their daughter/sister. The incident happened at the suspects’ home in Eshiagurube Boki local government area of Cross River state. It was alleged that the duo committed the crime while the mother of the victim was absent. Both were chained to a tyre and later handed over to the police.
03
Mar

REV. FATHER, TWO OTHERS ARRESTED FOR STEALING BABY

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A Reverend Father who claimed to be the parish priest at Our Lady of Fatima, Woliwo, Onitsha, Anambra State, Rev. Father Chike Ejiofor, and others have been arrested for his alleged involvement in the stealing of an 18-month-old baby, Abdullahi Azeez, in Osogbo, Osun State. One of the suspects, 28-year-old Joy Esu, said she had approached the mother …