Category Archives: CHILD TRAFFICKING

10
Aug

How 6-year old girl escaped from knife wielding kidnapper

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A six-year-old girl was early Thursday morning saved from being killed by a kidnapper who took her away from where she was sleeping in the middle of the night, and later attempted to murder her. The victim, identified as Feranmi Bukola, while narrating her ordeal, said she was sleeping by her mother’s side when the suspect allegedly sneaked into the …
28
Mar

CRACO in France 24 Documentary on Babies factory in Nigeria

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Since 2018, CRACO has been reaching out to schools in Lagos State educating children on their right to freedom from all forms of violence, especially sexual violence. In one of our schools outreach, we were joined in the field by France 24, an international TV station based in Paris. The TV station was doing a documentary on Babies factory in Nigeria. …
29
Nov

NAPTIP ARRESTS OCHANYA’S AUNT FOR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT TEENAGER’S REPEATED RAPE

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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested Felicia Ogbuja, the aunt of Elizabeth Ochanya, a teenage girl that recently died after years of sexual abuse. Ochanya died on October 18, 2018 after years of sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by Felicia’s husband, Andrew Ogbuja, and their son, Victor, a student …
27
Aug

MOTHER SELLS HER 6-WEEKS OLD BABY FOR N200,000 – BUYS PHONE WITH THE PROCEED

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The Edo state police command have arrested 23-year-old mother of two, Miracle Johnson, pictured above, for selling her six-week-old baby and using proceeds from the transaction to buy a phone. Miracle who hails from Agenebode in Etsako East local government area of the state, had sold her baby, Greatness, to an orphanage in Onitsha, Anambra State, for …
09
Aug

Child trafficking: Couple sold their child and two other children for N600,000 in Imo state

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A suspected couple Ugochukwu Nwachukwu 28-yr-old man and Mrs. Glory Ugochukwu 30-yr-old woman, Wednesday claimed that they sold three different babies including their own child, for N600,000. They made this confession at the Imo state Police Headquarters, when they were paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Dazuki Galadanchi, alongside 17 …
06
Jul

50 – YEAR STUDY PROVES SPANKING CHILDREN IS JUST AS BAD AS PHYSICAL ABUSE

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  “I would never discipline my kids by hitting them, but I have no problem with spanking”. Have you ever heard or maybe even used that logic? Parents, caregivers and scientists alike have always debated whether it is right or wrong to use spanking as discipline. After 50 years of research, psychologists have confirmed that spanking children produces …
11
Jun

I SOLD MY BABY TO RAISE MONEY TO TRAIN HER SIBLINGS – WOMAN SAYS

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A 22-year-old woman, Blessing Chukwu, who was arrested by the operatives of the Abia State Police Command in Umuahia for allegedly selling her child, has confessed that she sold her daughter to raise money to train her siblings. Chukwu, who said she already had four children, added that she had no husband to cater for them. She said she was given N190,000, …
21
May

THE PLIGHT OF THE GIRL CHILD

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THE utmost responsibility of every nation is to provide security for its citizens. Security means that everything is settled. Lives and properties are protected. The citizens do not live in fear. One of the problems bedeviling Nigeria today is the issue of insecurity. It is no longer news that nobody is safe in Nigeria today. Everybody lives in fear …