Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO)

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Mar

HOW A FAMILY LIVES INSIDE KEKE MARWA

Joe Igbwe CHILD UPBRINGING No Comments

Little Mercy is barely a month old and her mother, Miss Blessing Jaree is confused on how or where she will be raised. That confusion landed them at the Lagos State Police Criminal Investigation Department, Panti where Mercy’s grandfather, Alfred Jaree is insisting that the baby had been sold. Also dragged before the police were Mercy’s father, …

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Mar

Dad raising newborn quadruplets alone after wife’s death: ‘We’re just doing our best’

Joe Igbwe CHILD UPBRINGING, FOREIGN NEWS No Comments

After Carlos Morales and his wife, Erica, struggled for years to start a family, the birth of quadruplets brought what he called “the best day of my life.” But then, in a tragic twist of fate, heartbreak followed joy: Erica died after childbirth. Now the Phoenix, Arizona, father is raising his four children — three girls and one boy — …

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Mar

Youth Pastor Engaged in Sex Acts With 2 Teens

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, FOREIGN NEWS No Comments

Prosecutors say the youth pastor of a northern New Jersey church engaged in “inappropriate” sexual activity with two teenage girls in a church youth group and shared explicit text messages with other teen girls. Thirty-seven-year-old David Hayman, of Oradell, faces two counts of sexual assault and five counts of child endangerment. His bail …

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Mar

TRAGEDY – 7 CHILDREN KILLED IN BROOKLYN HOUSE FIRE

Joe Igbwe FOREIGN NEWS, Right to life No Comments

Seven siblings were killed and their mother and teenage sister were critically injured when flames ripped through their large brick home in Brooklyn early Saturday in what officials are calling the city’s worst fire tragedy in years. Three girls and four boys, ranging in age from 5 to 16, died after a hot plate warming food for the Jewish Sabbath …

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Mar

Elderly woman accused of bashing 10-year-old’s head with hammer

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, FOREIGN NEWS No Comments

FLORIDA — An elderly woman has been arrested for allegedly attacking a 10-year-old with a hammer. Iona Aiken, 79, was taken into custody on Monday following the attack at a Florida home, according to Miami-Dade police and NBC’s 6. NBC’s 6 reported that the girl was listening to headphones and playing on a tablet when Aiken began hitting her …

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Mar

Daycare worker caught on camera kicking sleeping toddler in head

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, FOREIGN NEWS No Comments

FLORIDA — A daycare worker has been accused of kicking a toddler while the child was sleeping. Linda Klem, 49, is facing child abuse charges after she intentionally kicked a 15-month-old girl on the top of her head, according to WFLA. The whole incident was captured on video. Police reviewed surveillance video showing Klem intentionally …

21

Mar

PARENTS SHOT BY THEIR TODDLER CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE

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The parents of a toddler have been charged with child abuse after their 3-year-old son shot them both, according to a New Mexico criminal complaint. The shooting happened at a motel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The couple was shot apparently after the child grabbed a .45-caliber handgun from his mother’s purse and fired one shot, striking both …

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Mar

TRAFFICKERS CAUGHT SMUGGLING NURSING MOTHER AND CHILDREN INTO NIGERIA

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Four notorious suspected human traffickers have been caught by the Immigrations Service, Oyo State Command, while allegedly attempting to smuggle a nursing mother along with her two-year-old son, nine girls, and a boy. The suspects and their victims were apprehended at the Saki border, in Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State. The four men were accused of involvement …

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Mar

HERBALIST PARADED BY POLICE FOR DEFILING 12-YEAR-OLD BOY

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE No Comments

Odinkemere Ogbuehi, a 75- year-old herbalist, from Abia State, has been paraded by the police for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a twelve-year-old boy “through the anus.” Commissioner of Police, JoshakHabila, who paraded the suspect in Umuahia on Friday with other suspected criminals, said that the incident occurred on March 8, 2015 . According …

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Mar

Police arrest Abia director for death of 10-year-old maid

Joe Igbwe VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments

The Director of Administration representing the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in the Board of the Abia State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, Mr. Christian Onuoha, has been arrested by the police for the mysterious death of his 10-year-old housemaid. The victim, Anurika Ngwakwe, was allegedly found unconscious in Onuoha’s …

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