Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO)

11

May

Many rape cases, so little punishment

The Lagos State Government startled Nigerians last week when it announced that there were no fewer than 12,200 rape cases in the state in the last four years. The Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, who gave this figure, added that 140 sex offenders have been recorded in the state’s Sex Offenders Register. A total of 3,083 …

11

May

France Should Have Probed Central Africa Child Abuse Earlier: UN Rights Chief

Joe CHILD ABUSE, FOREIGN NEWS No Comments

GENEVA: UN rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday said France should have probed much earlier claims that its soldiers raped children in the Central African Republic between December 2013 and June 2014. Zeid said the delayed response was all the more difficult to comprehend since people other than the accused must have known of the abuse …

11

May

70-year-old nabbed for kidnapping girl, 3

Joe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments

A 70-year-old woman, Zenab Alabi, has been arrested by the Kwara State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old girl, Fatiah Mustapha. A relative of the girl’s mother, Mrs. Maryam Abdulganiyu, said Mustapha got missing on March 25, 2015. She stated that the victim had been living with her parents at old Shao Garage, Ilorin before she …

09

May

The ban on employment of under-12 house helps

Joe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments

In a long overdue move, the Federal Government has prohibited the employment of children below the age of 12 as domestic helps in a new Act signed by President Goodluck Jonathan. Christened the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act 2015, the new law recommends a prison term of two years and a possible fine for violators. …

09

May

Boko Haram freed Nigerian women tell of captivity horror

Joe Right of women and girls, Right to life No Comments

Salamatu Bulama says she was among the among the women stoned by the militants Former hostages held by Boko Haram militants in northern Nigeria say some fellow captives were stoned to death as the army approached to rescue them. The women said Boko Haram fighters started pelting them when they refused to run away as the army came nearer. A group of …

09

May

Our neighbour revived me with water after raping me six times –14-year-old rape victim

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Fourteen-year-old Jane (not real name) stared at her feet as she recounted her four-year ordeal in the hands of a neighbour, Felix Emmanuel, an Edo State indigene, who took advantage of her innocence. At 14, she explained that if she knew that the threats that had kept her quiet from disclosing what she was going through were mere lies, she would have …

09

May

Baby cancer victims’ parents lament: Our lives are filled with anguish

Joe Right to life No Comments

BY ADEMOLA OLONILUA There was a sharp contrast between the brightly lit room where the three parents gathered and the looks on the faces of its occupants. The room was painted in radiant sky-blue but the faces of the parents and child that occupied the room bore a gloom and sad look. Even though it was a sunny Monday, one that held prospects of a beautiful …

09

May

Woman sent to jail for the rest of her life after raping her four grandchildren

Joe CHILD ABUSE, FOREIGN NEWS No Comments

A Ohio grandmother will spend the rest of her life in jail after being found guilty of the rape of her own grandchildren. Edwina Louis, 53, will spend the rest of her life behind bars after she was sentenced to four consecutive life terms without parole. The judge in the case, William T. Marshall, said in all his 19 years experience on the bench, he …

19

Apr

NGO Marks International Day For Street Children In Calabar

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The International Day for Street Children, 12th April, 2015 has been marked in Calabar by members of Prevent Abuse of Children Today, PACT with a 15km brisk walk from IBB Way by Akim passing through Mbora street into Marian road adjoining Rabanna roundabout entering IBB Way and terminating at the beginning of IBB Way by AKim. Addressing the participants …

19

Apr

12-year-old Indian boy whose head hangs at a 180-degree angle due to a rare condition

Joe FOREIGN NEWS, Right to life No Comments

The desperate parents of a boy whose head hangs at a 180-degree angle have admitted they would rather he died than continue to suffer. Mahendra Ahirwar, 12, from Madhya Pradesh in central India, suffers from a rare condition that makes his neck bend and his head hang from his body. His weak backbone means he can’t stand or walk and is restricted …

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