Author Archives: Joe

15
Mar

Our Husbands Left Us After We Got VVF – Child Brides Cry Out

Joe CHILD MARRIAGE No Comments
The experiences of Vesico Vagina Fistula (VVF) patients are better imagined than experienced. In this report, ANKELI EMMANUEL, writes on women suffering from the condition, usually  a result of prolonged labour. The plight of 18 year old Rabiatu Haruna from Rabbah local government area of Sokoto State can better be imagined than experienced. Though …
15
Mar

Yemen minister on child marriage: Enough is enough

Joe CHILD MARRIAGE, FOREIGN NEWS No Comments
Yemen’s human rights minister wants child marriage outlawed after an 8-year-old girl reportedly died of internal injuries that she suffered on her wedding night. When reports emerged last week that a girl named Rawan, from the northern Yemeni town of Haradh, died a few days after being married off to a 40-year-old man, Yemenis were horrified. …
15
Mar

Yemen responds to 8 year-old bride’s death

Joe CHILD MARRIAGE No Comments
All eyes are on Yemen as local leadership revisits overwhelming pressure to pass and legally uphold child bride minimum age laws. In the shadow of the death of an 8 year-old child bride who died on her wedding night from internal injuries caused by sexual trauma from her 40 year old husband, Yemen’s Prime Minister Mohammed Basindawa says investigations …
15
Mar

Malawi bans child marriage, lifts minimum age to 18

Joe CHILD MARRIAGE No Comments
Malawi has passed a law banning child marriage, raising the minimum age to 18 in a country where half of girls end up as child brides. Women rights campaigners hailed the move as “a great day for Malawian girls” and said the law would help boost development in one of the world’s poorest countries. But they warned Malawi would not end …
14
Mar

BOKO HARAM: BBOG GROUP WANTS PROSECUTION OF PARENTS WHO SELL ChILDREN

Joe VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
By Chika Mefor, BY Ejike Ejike The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group has called on the government to see to the prosecution of parents who were alleged to have sold their children to the Boko Haram sect. Speaking during the usual sitting protest of the group, one of its members, Elvis Iyorngurum stated that it is imperative that parents or relatives caught …
14
Mar

TRADITIONAL HEALER – PASTOR RAPES DAUGHTER OF PATIENT

Joe CHILD ABUSE, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command on Tuesday arrested a 60-year-old pastor who doubles as a traditional healer, Mr. Udo Job, for raping a 14-year-old daughter of one of his patients. The girl had visited her sick father when the man sexually assaulted her. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Gabriel Achong, who was represented by the Assistant …
14
Mar

GOVERNOR OBIANO, WIFE CHARGE WOMEN TO IMMUNISE THEIR CHILDREN

Joe Right to life No Comments
  As part of activities marking the commencement of the 2015 National Programme on Immunization Days (NPIDs) in Anambra State, the state governor Chief Willie Obiano, alongside his wife, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano has called on Anambra women to immunize their children against all deadly but preventable diseases including Tuberculosis (TB), …
09
Mar

How two dogs attacked me – Nine-year-old victim

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A nine – year-old boy, Moyinoluwa Banwo, has narrated how he was attacked by two dogs at the Greenland Estate in Ibafo, in the Obafemi Owode area of Ogun State. Moyinoluwa, a basic five pupil, was attacked by the dogs which injured him in the leg, chest and face on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. He was said to be playing with his friend, Ezekiel, when …