Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO)

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Jan

MAN WHO KIDNAPPED A FIVE-YEAR OLD CHILD IN OGUN STATE CAUGHT IN ABUJA

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ARRESTED CHILD KIDNAPPER The police in Abuja have arrested a suspected kidnapper, Bola Adesina, who allegedly abducted a five-year-old boy from the Sagamu area of Ogun State. The 31-year-old Adesina was arrested by detectives attached to the Utako Police Division on Christmas Eve of 2014. It was also learnt that the victim, identified simply as Ahmed, …

25

Nov

CHAIRMAN OF ALL BISHOPS OF RIVERS STATE RAPES A 15-YEAR OLD GIRL

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The Chairman of all Bishops in Rivers State, Bishop Chibuike Nwabueze, was paraded by the state Police Command for raping a 15-year old girl who went to him for prayers. The incident occurred at about 2pm on April 29, at Calvary Army Ministry in Rumuoji Eneka, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The Bishop, who confessed to the crime …

16

Nov

AKWA IBOM HAS SET UP FAMILY COURT TO TACKLE CASES OF CHILD WITCHCRAFT

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Justice Theresa Obot of the Akwa Ibom State High Court, said that the state government had set up a family court to tackle the increasing cases of child witchcraft in the state. Obot told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that the court was created after a commission of enquiry set up to investigate allegations of child witchcraft …

16

Nov

16-YEAR OLD HOUSE HELP RAPED FOR 4 YEARS AND IMPREGNATED BY HER MASTER

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16-YEAR OLD HOUSE HELP RAPED FOR 4 YEARS AND IMPREGNATED BY HER MASTER Gloria, a year one senior secondary school student, lives with his married brother unaware that she was about to become a mother. But buried deeply in the girl’s heart was a painful secret she had never told a soul. The inquisitive neighbour was unconvinced. She approached Gloria’s …

15

Nov

CHILD RITUAL KILLERS ON THE RAMPAGE – NEED FOR DRASTIC ACTION

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CHILD RITUAL KILLERS THREATEN THE RIGHT TO LIFE, SURVIVAL AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NIGERIAN CHILD: A CALL FOR URGENT ACTION. The only son of a poor widow killed for ritual purpose by his father’s brother. In pursuit of wealth and fame, many people are now resorting to killing children for ritual purposes. It is usually rampant during the …

08

Nov

WOMEN AND CHILDREN DIE WHILE FLEEING BOKO HARAM ATTACK IN MUBI TOWN OF ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA

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Reports reaching us has it that many children and women died in the bush from exhaustion, while they were fleeing insurgents who attacked the town of Mubi in Adamawa State, Nigeria. This is just as several families whose children got missing are still searching for them. According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), 6000 children …

01

Nov

Illegal Baby Factory Operator In Imo State uncovered, 2-day Old Baby Rescued

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NSCDC Arrests Illegal Baby Factory Operator In Imo, Rescues 2-day Old Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested a woman, Mrs Esther Akunmadu, for running an illegal baby factory and harbouring pregnant young ladies for the purpose of selling their babies after birth. Parading the suspect on Friday at the command …

01

Nov

Meet Calabar Street Children Who Eat From The Dustbin

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The peace and serenity of Calabar the Cross River State capital may soon be tested if the increase in the nefarious activities of street urchins and abandoned children who are now roaming major parts of the town are not nipped in the bud. Investigations by CrossRiverWatch reveal that, these children who have either been pushed out of their homes by …

11

Oct

EMPOWERING ADOLESCENT GIRLS: ENDING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE

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Millions of girl children face special problems of inequality, discrimination, abuse and exploitation around the world. This tends to compound the risk of survival, as well as poses an obstacle against the development of the girl child. Girl Child abuse and discrimination have many societal and individual consequences that produce lifelong scars. We …

06

Oct

IS CORPORAL PUNISHMENT NECESSARY FOR CHILD UPBRINGING?

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“Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shall beat him with the rod and shall deliver his soul from hell” …The Bible (Prov. 23:13-14) Both the Islamic and Christian religions are in support …

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