A woman, who is believed to be mentally unstable, has dumped a new-born baby by the roadside in the Abule Egba area of Lagos. The woman, who was said to be dark in complexion, was always reportedly roaming the area which is near a filling station. It was gathered that the baby was wrapped in a black sack, neatly clothed and covered with a plaster on …

A 13-year-oldgirl allegedly raped by a 41-year-old man has been delivered of a baby in Lagos. The man was said to have threatened to kill the girl if she told anyone that she was raped. But she was over five months gone before the mother got to know that she was pregnant. The woman was jolted when a doctor told her: “Madam, your daughter is carrying …

The High Court in Zimbabwe has abolished corporal punishment against juvenile offenders saying the practice was illegal under the new constitution and, globally, regarded as violence against children. Instead of caning, the court directed that rehabilitation should, instead, be used in cases involving young offenders. The ruling was made by Justice …

UNICEF and partners have secured the release of approximately 3,000 children from an armed group in South Sudan – one of the largest ever demobilizations of children. The first group of 280 children were released today, at the village of Gumuruk in Jonglei State, eastern South Sudan. Further phased releases of the other children will occur over …

Children too poor to own a store-bought toy are being given automatic rifles to train as child soldiers for Boko Haram, an Islamic terrorist faction that operates primarily in northeastern Nigeria. The jihadist group’s media arm recently posted two photos purporting to show a child soldier training camp with youngsters smartly dressed in blue …

A Niger Republic-based kidnapping syndicate has demanded the payment of $100, 000 as ransom for the release of its 15-year-old victim, Precious Okoro. The victim’s father, Nwaigwe, explained that Precious was kidnapped around Songotedo, in the Ajah area of Lagos State, where she had boarded a commercial vehicle en route to her school in Ikenne, Ogun …

News reaching us has it that this 4 year old girl ,Gloria Eze from Avuru Aboh Mbaise LGA IMO state was allegedly murdered by an 18 year old man,Franklin Njoku from Ohekelem Ngor Okpala LGA. When paraded before newsmen by the police in owerri, the suspect confessed committing the crime but blamed it on the devil.

Children are suffering the dire consequences of the conflict in Nigeria, losing their homes, missing out on education and risking their lives, UNICEF said today. “The situation has escalated over the past few weeks, becoming a much larger humanitarian crisis,” said Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa. “We need …

UNICEF Executive Director, Mr. Anthony Lake, has raised the alarm on Boko Haram attacks targeting students and teachers in schools in northern Nigeria. Lake said between 2013 and now, more than 200 teachers and 300 students had been killed in terrorist attacks in the north, while at least 338 schools had been destroyed. Lake wrote in an opinion piece …

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Mohammed Adoke, SAN, has said that the Federal Government will prosecute‎ members of Boko Haram for using female children as suicide bombers. In an advisory he issued on January 21st, Adoke said he was deeply concerned by reports that young children were being used as suicide bombers …