Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO) – 2015

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Jan

CHILD FOUND CRYING BESIDE HIS DEAD MOTHER KILLED BY BOKO HARAM

Joe Igbwe Right to life No Comments

“I live in Doro Baga, Nigeria. As I fled, I picked up this boy crying beside his dead mother. At 6am we heard the sounds of guns, when they arrived for us an hour later, we started to run. They came after us and killed many people. I saw the boy and took him with me and my children, onto my husband’s small canoe out into Lake Chad. We stayed …

25

Jan

Boko Haram Freed Over 200 Women, Children In Yobe

Joe Igbwe Violence against women and girls No Comments

Dreaded Islamists terrorist group Boko Haram have released over 200 women and children earlier captured in Yobe state. A security source in Damaturu told Sahara reporters that the women and children were abducted early this month in Gujba and Katarko areas in the state. The freed women and children were among 250 persons the sect abducted in the two …

25

Jan

MAN HANGED 4-YEAR OLD CHILD AND BLAMES THE DEVIL

Joe Igbwe VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments

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.

25

Jan

Child poverty: 5 things we learned in 2014

Joe Igbwe Day of charity No Comments

2014 has been an important year in the fight against child poverty, and one that may make a difference for years to come. Here are 5 things we learned during the year: 1. It has become clear that children are heavily over-represented among the world’s extreme poor. Over 569 million children aged 18 or less are living on less than $1.25 a day. So while …

25

Jan

Children losing homes, schools and lives as result of Nigeria violence

Joe Igbwe VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments

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 …

25

Jan

Poorest students receive up to 18 times less public education resources than the wealthiest, says UNICEF

Joe Igbwe Education No Comments

In many countries around the world, significantly less public resources are used to educate children in the poorest 20 per cent of society than their counterparts in the most affluent 20 per cent, according to a new report issued today by UNICEF. This difference can be as much as 18 times. The Investment Case for Education and Equity says that on average …

24

Jan

NATIVE DOCTOR WITH 56 WIVES AND OVER 300 CHILDREN, DESIRES OWN VILLAGE

Joe Igbwe Right of women and girls No Comments

BY Moses Oyediran An Enugu-Ezike based herbalist in Aji community of Igboeze North LGA of Enugu state, Chief Simon Odo, popularly referred to as ‘Onu Uwa’ says he desires to have a village of his own, for a good reason: The 68 years old herbal practitioner is married to all of 56 women and over 300 children, and he told Daily Times, “I can only …

24

Jan

WHO WILL RID THE STREETS OF CHILD HAWKERS?

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE No Comments

By Gboyega Adeoye Moji, 15, is the eldest of the six children of Mr. and Mrs. Adeyanju who reside in Ipaja, a Lagos suburb. Both parents lost their jobs to the hurried liquidation of Nigeria’s flag carrier, Nigeria Airways, which finally kissed the dust at the twilight of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. It was a fierce battle between …

24

Jan

UNICEF DECRIES ATTACK ON NIGERIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TEACHERS

Joe Igbwe VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments

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 …

24

Jan

FG WILL PROSECUTE THOSE USING CHILDREN AS SUICIDE BOMBERS – Adoke

Joe Igbwe VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments

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 …

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