Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO)

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 …

19

Apr

NGO Marks International Day For Street Children In Calabar

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE No Comments

The International Day for Street Children, 12th April, 2015 has been marked in Calabar by members of Prevent Abuse of Children Today, PACT with a 15km brisk walk from IBB Way by Akim passing through Mbora street into Marian road adjoining Rabanna roundabout entering IBB Way and terminating at the beginning of IBB Way by AKim. Addressing the participants …

19

Apr

12-year-old Indian boy whose head hangs at a 180-degree angle due to a rare condition

Joe Igbwe FOREIGN NEWS, Right to life No Comments

The desperate parents of a boy whose head hangs at a 180-degree angle have admitted they would rather he died than continue to suffer. Mahendra Ahirwar, 12, from Madhya Pradesh in central India, suffers from a rare condition that makes his neck bend and his head hang from his body. His weak backbone means he can’t stand or walk and is restricted …

12

Apr

Church General Overseer arrested for selling babies

Joe Igbwe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments

A 43-year-old General Overseer of Divine Order of Cherubim Church, Prophet Ndubuisi Okeobi has been arrested by operatives of Scorpion Squad of the Imo State police command for allegedly specialising in organising crusades where he invites pregnant women who deliver their babies in his church and thereafter sells the babies for between N300,000 …

12

Apr

Pastor, runs baby factory, sells newborn for N.3m

Joe Igbwe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments

Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested Pastor John (other names withheld) and his wife, Deborah, over alleged abduction of a new born baby. A police source, said the couple abducted the baby to allegedly sell him for N300,000.00. The pastor allegedly had a link with a child trafficking syndicate operating at Nung Ukot Itam, Itu Local …

11

Apr

Edo ringleader of child sex smuggling gang extradited to UK

Joe Igbwe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments

A 36-year old Nigerian mother of one, Franka Asemota, was last week arrested in Benin City, the Edo state capital, and extradited to the United Kingdom. She was accused of being Ring Leader of an International child sex smuggling gang. The arrest which was carried out by men of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) who …

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