Category Archives: CHILD RIGHTS

23
Oct

MORE INFORMATION ON 13-YEAR OLD OCHANYA: SHE SHOULD NEVER DIE IN VAIN

Joe CHILD RIGHTS, Right of women and girls, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
Meet the girl who dared to dream. The Exceptionally brilliant girl who held on to her educational dreams. She believed staying with relatives would help her realise it since her immediate family couldn’t muster the funds to see her through school! That dream of being an educated, responsible young woman and leader of tomorrow was not to be. Her …
20
Oct

PATHETIC: FATHER AND SON RAPE 13-YEAR OLD GIRL TO DEATH

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, Right of women and girls, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
13 year old Ochanya who battled with Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) and other health complications at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi after being severely abused by a man and his son on both sides has finally, painfully passed unto the great beyond yesterday in a private hospital in otukpo. The sorrow in my heart is unquantifiable …
24
Sep

UPDATE ON THE 13-YEAR OLD GIRL WHOSE GUARDIAN USED HOT ELECTRIC IRON TO BURN HER BREASTS AND FACE.

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
On Friday, September 7, 2018, police attached to Ekeki Police station arrested one Sunday Effiong at Etegwe, Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital for using a hot electric iron to burn one 13-year-old-girl simply called Christiana, causing, in the process severe and grievious bodily injuries on her breasts and several parts of her body. On Saturday, September …
20
Sep

Sad Story Of 12-Year-Old Orphan Left To Care For 4 Kids After The Death Of Her Elder Sister In Borno

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CRACO has received the story of a young girl left to cater for her four younger siblings after the death of their elder sister. The young girl has been reportedly left to cater for as many as four other young kids in Borno state. She is just 12-year-old and orphaned. Her name is Aisha. She is taking care of four children after the death of her elder …
07
Sep

35-Year-Old Bricklayer ‘Threatens To Kill 13-year-old After Defiling Her’

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One Dayo Samuel, a 35-year-old bricklayer, has been paraded by the Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Akure, Ondo State, for defiling a minor. Samuel, a resident of Oke-Obere in Ijoka area of Akure, was accused of molesting his neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter. He was said to have threatened to kill the girl, if she told anyone …
07
Sep

Father And Son ‘Sleep With’ Neighbour’s 14-Year-Old Daughter Till She Gets Pregnant

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Dare Omoju, a 39-year-old driver, has been arrested in Akure for sexually molesting and subsequently impregnating his neighbour’s daughter. Omoju, who lives at 38, Ajegunle Street, behind Lao Petrol Station in Akure, was nabbed following a report by the minor’s mother. He was paraded before journalists on Friday at the office of the Nigeria …
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 …