Monthly Archives: March 2018

31
Mar

Suspected gay paedophile caught trying to defile a young boy

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
A suspected homosexual was nabbed red handed while trying to sleep with a young boy in Benin city, Edo state. The man who claimed that his name is Daniel and hails from Edo state – almost had his way in penetrating the boy from behind before he was caught by the boy’s elder sister. The sister raised an alarm as other residents and neighbors apprehended …
31
Mar

CHRISLAND SCHOOL IKEJA IN CONJUNCTION WITH CRACO EMBARKED ON COMMUNITY SERVICE AT IKEJA LAGOS STATE

Joe CHILD UPBRINGING, Day of charity, Education No Comments
Train up a child in the way he should grow and when he grows he will not depart from it. As part of its activities, CRACO trains children and young people to give back to their community. In line with this objective, on Wednesday 28th March, 2018, CRACO held a community service activity with the students of Chrisland School within the Ikeja environment. …
30
Mar

WOMAN BURNT GRANDDAUGHTER’S HANDS ON A GAS COOKER

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
According to reports, a woman has been arrested in Benin city, Edo state following a reported case of extreme violence against her grandchild, the woman inflicted very severe pains on her granddaughter by placing her hands on a gas cooker. The grandmother allegedly burnt the daughters hand because she ate Indomie noodles against her grandmother’s …
30
Mar

Dankwambo pledges to settle medical bills of 12-year old whose hands were damaged by teacher’s flogging

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State said he would settle all medical bills of a 12 year-old boy, whose two limbs were cut off following a punishment allegedly meted to him by his head teacher. Dankwambo made the promise when he paid a visit to the victim (names withheld) at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Gombe, on Monday. The 12-year old amputee …
30
Mar

MOTHER USED HER 4-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO BORROW N100

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, CHILD TRAFFICKING, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
A four year old girl in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, Uloma Igwe, has been used by her mother as collateral for N100 she borrowed from a widow, Nwali Josephine. The girl’s mother, Veronica Igwe, owed Nwali Josephine N100 during transaction at Abakaliki Rice Mill. The woman insisted that she must be paid the money and Veronica Igwe decided to use one of …
30
Mar

CRACO “END VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN” HOLDS AT ST. JOSEPH SCHOOLS, IDIMANGORO, AGEGE, LAGOS

Joe CHILD RIGHTS, Education, Right of women and girls, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
The CRACO “END VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN” continues, this time it held on the 22nd march, 2018 at St Joseph’s Schools, Idimangoro, Agege, and we were well received by an enthusiastic school management, staff and students. The seminar began with an introduction by the first speaker, Miss Ndidi Chukwu, who spoke briefly on three major areas of this campaign …
27
Mar

PAEDOPHILES EVERY WHERE: PARENTS BEWARE

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, CHILD UPBRINGING, Education, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
An older friend shared an experience with me some time ago and I haven’t been able to kick that out of my head.  She told me that she was at a church programme, like a camp vigil and a young man made his daughter sit on his crotch. The fool was lost in ecstasy while everyone was praying. However, my friend didn’t just watch in silence, she was …
23
Mar

CHILD DEFILED BY A SUPERVISOR AT CHRISLAND SCHOOL TESTIFIES IN COURT AND CONFIRMED SHE WAS DEFILED

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
Child X, the pupil allegedly defiled by Adegboyega Adenekan, a 47-year-old Chrisland School supervisor, on Thursday testified at an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence court in Lagos and confirmed that she was abused. Child X, who is now four-years-old, was two years and 11-months at the time the alleged defilement occurred serially in 2016 …
16
Mar

END VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN AT DELIGHT INT’L SCHOOL, OLODI APAPA, LAGOS STATE

Joe CHILD RIGHTS, Education, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM), VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
  On Tuesday 13th March, 2018, CRACO visited Delight Int’l School to sensitize the students on the prevalence and effects of violence against children in our society. The seminar kicked off with the key speaker Barr. Ify Ihionu, introducing the topic which was: RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, and VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN. Violence against children …
13
Mar

9 year old pupil goes blind after his teacher’s cane got to his eyes while flogging him .

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, CHILD UPBRINGING, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, Education, Right to life, Uncategorized, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
Before Mrs. Oluchi Adibe, 38, went to enrol her son in Good Shepherd Nursery and Primary School, located at Dikenafai in Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State, she had made inquiries and told that it was a good school. Armed with that information, she enrolled Chimbuchi Adibe in the school. According to her, all she wanted was for her son …