Category Archives: CHILD RIGHTS

Children protest over killing of their parents for three consecutive days in Katsina

Scores of children took to the streets with sticks to protest over the killings of their parents by bandits for three consecutive days in Katsina. Bandits have reportedly launched several attacks on different villages in Katsina, including the Wurma community which was attacked for three days, without intervention from security operatives, Wurma Village …

Police rescue two children kidn@pped by a woman who posed as a Corps member in Ebonyi state.

The children, both pupils at Divine Grace Academy, were abducted on January 22, 2024, at Nwezenyi junction in Ndiokpoto village, Igbeagu community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state, by a woman who pretended to be a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). One of the kidn@pped victims, Ngozi Nwibo, aged seven years was rescued at Oba …

I was teaching her sex – says a male teacher who defiled 11-year old child

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Benue Command has detained Gbanger Terkimbi Sunday, 25, for allegedly having illicit sexual knowledge of an 11-year-old child. On Monday, February 12, 2024, Gbanger was paraded to the command headquarters in Makurdi, along with three other individuals who had been taken into custody for a variety …

Man bags life imprisonment for defiling his friend’s 12-year old daughter in Lagos

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, February 12, sentenced a 53-year-old rubber trader, Kenneth Mba, to life imprisonment for defiling a friend’s 12-year-old daughter. Justice Rahman Oshodi, in his judgement, held that the prosecution proved the charge of defilement against the convict beyond a reasonable doubt. The judge …

62-year old man arrested for defiling 6-year old girl in Niger state

The suspect, Adamu Danga, lured the victim who was sent on an errand by her mother to the cemetery area where he allegedly defiled her. He was caught in the act by a passerby who raised an alarm and when he tried to run, he was pursued by a mob, arrested and taken to the Bosso Police Division. Confessing to the crime, Adamu said that he defiled the …

Anambra: Mother and her Daughter caught selling her two children due to economic hardship.

Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, told newsmen on Wednesday in Awka that the woman’s eldest daughter, a 17-year-old, was also arrested for being part of the scheme. Obinabo said the accused and her eldest daughter were arrested when she (the commissioner) posed as a potential buyer of the boys after she got the hint of the transaction. …

Kaduna state Governor receives 11-year old Almajiri boy tortured by teacher

Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, received the eleven-year-old Almajiri boy, Isah Muazu, who was allegedly tortured by an Islamic school teacher in Suleja, Niger State. The governor, disturbed by the incident, sent an emissary to locate the boy and bring him to Kaduna. Speaking upon receiving the Almajiri boy, Governor Uba Sani vowed to press …