Author Archives: Joe

19
May

DOCTORS SEPARATE CONJOINED TWINS IN YOLA

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A team of surgeons led by the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, Professor Auwal Abubakar, has successfully separated four-month-old conjoined female twins. Professor Auwal disclosed the development to journalists at a news conference in Yola yesterday. “We have a successful separation of conjoined female twins (Omphilopagus),”he …
19
May

Court Orders Hospital To Pay Mom Millions For Allegedly Causing Her Child’s Cerebral Palsy Due To Negligence

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A Kenyan High Court has order a women’s hospital to pay SH54.7 million (N196.3Million) to a woman whose child ended up with cerebral palsy due to negligence during birth. The mother told the court that she visited the hospital, where she attended antenatal clinics, on May 27, 2007 and was immediately checked into the labour ward, reports Kenyan …
19
May

Cele ‘prophet’ lands in big trouble for allegedly abducting, impregnating 10-yr-old

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, Right of women and girls, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
A man described as a prophet of a Celestial Church of Christ parish in the Ilashe area of Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, identified simply as Woli Michael was penultimate week flogged for allegedly abducting and impregnating a 10-year-old girl in the community. It was learnt that Michael, a native of Ondo State, abducted the minor in February …
13
May

I killed my step-daughter because she irritates me, says 15-year-old housewife

Joe CHILD RIGHTS, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
The police in Niger State have apprehended a 15-year-old housewife, Fatima Adamu, and her ex-lover, Usman Mohammed, of Egbati village in the Agaie Local Government Area of the state for the murder of her daughter identified as Hauwa. Northern City News gathered that Mohammed assisted Adamu to prepare a concoction which was administered on the five-year-old …
12
May

Gombe Teacher Sentenced To 25 Years Imprisonment For causing the Amputation of 12-Yr-Old Boy’s Hands.

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD UPBRINGING, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
The teacher who caused the amputation of a boy’s hands in Gombe State has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Recall that 12- year -old boy named Zubair Abubakar had his hands amputated after the punishment meted on him by his teacher for allegedly stealing a phone led to the cessation of blood flow to his hands.
11
May

11-YEAR OLD GIRL DUMPED BY MOTHER BECAUSE SHE IS BLIND AND CRIPPLED

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, CHILD UPBRINGING, Right of women and girls, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
Miss Mmeyene-Abasi is a physically challenged young girl. She is not only blind but also crippled in Akwa Ibom. A Facebook user Benjamin Omini Itu has taken to social media to stand by the girl and also call Nigerians to join him take care of this little girl. According to him, “When I met her I had to fight off her only companions; FLIES who …
06
May

‘We were branded child-witches by our own parents and severely tortured!’

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, CHILD UPBRINGING, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
Belief in witchcraft in Cross River State, especially in Calabar, the state capital, is widespread. Witches, female, and wizards, male, are believed to possess diabolical powers to attack anyone they so choose. Virtually every misfortune is attributed to witchcraft. If a person loses his job, witches are said to be responsible for his plight. When a …
06
May

FOUR MEN CHARGED TO COURT AND REMANDED IN PRISON FOR DEFILING 3-YEAR OLD CHILD

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
Four employees of Kazmus Nigeria Limited were charged before an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court for defiling the three-year-old and five-year-old daughters of their colleague. The offence, according to the state prosecutor, Ms I. Solarin, violated Sections 137 and 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011. The suspects Ojo Taiye, …
06
May

TEACHER REMANDED IN PRISON FOR DEFILING 3-YEAR OLD GIRL IN CLASSROOM

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
In Kano – A 26-year-old teacher, Muhammad Suleiman, who allegedly defiled a three-year-old girl, on Thursday appeared before a Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court Suleiman, who lives at Rimin Gata Quarters, Kano, is facing a count charge, but he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Insp. Pogu Lale, said that the teacher lured the toddler into an isolated …