Category Archives: CHILD RIGHTS

07
Aug

5-year old girl maltreated by her guardian rescued

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A 5-year-old girl identified as Zahra has been rescued over alleged maltreatment by her guardian in Kaduna state. The little girl was allegedly beaten to pulp by a woman who brought her from Maiduguri, Borno state to Kaduna to take care of her. The girl was rescued by the Kaduna State Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development who has taken …
14
Jul

WHY WE MUST END VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

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Globally, it is estimated that up to 1 billion children aged 2-17 years are subject to physical, sexual or emotional violence each year. For many of them, violence leads to severe, lifelong health and mental health consequences. Exposure to violence at an early age can impair brain development and propel victims to engage in risk behaviours such as …
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 …
04
Jul

MAN RAPED AND FORCED DAUGHTER INTO MARRIAGE

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A 14-year-old girl (names withheld) has accused her father, Olawale Ibitoye, of raping and forcing her into marriage. The incident occurred at 9, Olulu Close, Ketu, Epe, a Lagos suburb. The victim made the allegation at a traditional birth centre she was taken to during labour. It was gathered that Ibitoye also forced the girl to marry one Moses Okurukpe, …
04
Jul

MAN TO SPEND 50 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DEFILING 14-YEAR OLD GIRL

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Sunday Salami, a 31-year-old furniture maker will spend the next half a century languishing in Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, for defiling a 14-year-old Junior Secondary School 1 student. Justice Sybil Nwaka of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sentenced Salami after convicting him of defilement contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law …
27
Jun

YOUNG MOTHER ARRESTED FOR THROWING HER 12-DAY OLD BABY INTO A PIT TOILET

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A 21 year old young mother identified as Amudalat Taiwo has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command, for throwing her 12-day-old baby into a pit toilet in Ilaro, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of the state. The police said the suspect was arrested following a complaint from her landlord, Oshunshina Olawale. The state Police Public Relations …
20
Jun

MOTHER OF 3 BATH 10-YEAR OLD ORPHAN WITH HOT PEPPER

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Mother of three, Mrs Ijeoma Eze-Ezirike has reportedly bathed her housemaid, a 10-year-old orphan, Onyinye Nwaogu, with hot pepper after beating her because she went with her madam’s children to the house of the children’s class teacher. According to eyewitness reports, the incidence took place at No. 1 Timileyin Avenue, Jikwoyi, Phase 1 Extension, …
15
Jun

22-YEAR OLD MAN REMANDED FOR DEFILING A 7-YEAR OLD GIRL

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An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded a 22-year-old trader, Moses Austine, at Kirikiri prisons for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl. Magistrate Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, refused to take the plea of the accused and ordered that he should be kept behind bars pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Austine, …