Category Archives: CHILD RIGHTS

12
Sep

46-year old man defiled his 14-year old daughter for 3 years, while mother kept quiet to save her marriage

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Lagos State Command on Monday arrested a father who has been allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter for up to three years. Chinedu Ifeleka, the 46-year-old father of three was arrested in Ojo area of Lagos state. The suspect, who alleged to be a furniture maker, stated he made love to his daughter …
02
Sep

Give Your Child the Tools to Recognize Sexual Abuse

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Give Your Child the Tools to Recognize Sexual Abuse Talk to kids about their bodies and empower them to speak out. By Shani Zoldan-Verschleiser It seems that every day we open our newspapers, go on social media or watch the news, there’s a horrific new story of child exploitation and abuse. In my role as a counselor and educator who focuses on prevention …
01
Sep

Woman who called herself ‘devil bitch 666’ jailed for overseas online child sex offence

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  A woman who sexually abused children online for paying customers has been jailed using special legislation that allows for Britons offending abroad to face justice in the UK. Jodie Little, 30, was sentenced to 12 years and four months at Isleworth Crown Court in London. Little used the online names ‘devil bitch 666’ and ‘Queen …
01
Sep

Man hails himself for successfully raping a 14-year old girl in Niger state, says it’s mission accomplished

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  A 32-year old man, Nura Abdullah has been arrested for raping a 14-year old girl in Suleja Local Govt. Area of Niger state. Instead of showing remorse, he rather hailed himself, and says it’s a mission accomplished. Nura who was paraded before Journalists in Minna said that he had been setting trap for the victim for a long time and that …
01
Sep

Man whose 14-year old daughter was raped prefers compensation instead of prosecuting the rapist

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A man whose 14-year-old daughter was allegedly raped about a week ago by a 67-year-old man in Rivers State, Nigeria’s South-South, has opted for financial compensation, rather than have the police go ahead with an investigation. “She’s my daughter, I have the right to decide what I want. My decision is also her decision,” Rufus Felix told PREMIUM …
30
Aug

Man arrested for Defiling 11-year old girl at Police Barracks in Lagos

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The Police have arrested a man, David Okorie, for allegedly defiling an 11-year old girl beside the Police Barracks in Lagos. The incident happened at Highway Patrol Barracks located in Ikeja, Lagos. The Police did not state if the suspect, Okorie, was a Police officer living in the Barracks and if the victim was a Police officer’s daughter. However, …
28
Aug

45-year old man arrested for defiling 3-year old girl in Benue

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A 45-year-old man has been arrested by the Police in Benue state for defiling his neighbour’s three years old daughter in Gboko Local Government Area of the state. The unmarried suspect, Kalu Agwu, a businessman from Abia state resident in Gboko, has however blamed his unhealthy action on the devil. Agwu, who was paraded at the State Criminal Investigation …
23
Aug

16-year old rape victim bows to family pressure, accepts the rapist’s apology, and case was resolved out of court

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A 16-year-old girl (names withheld), allegedly raped by a popular Islamic cleric, Habeebullah Titilope Abdulrahman in Ede, Osun State has bowed to pressure from her family to forgive the cleric. The rape victim who lost her father at a very tender age had on August 2, at the Osun State Magistrate’s Court, Ede vowed to commit suicide if her late father’s …
23
Aug

I Was Promised N50,000 to aid Kidnap of Infants – Suspect … As Troops Hand Over 2 Kidnapped Infant, 3 Suspects To Police

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  A 37 year old Woman from Abia state, Ruth Okoronkwo, who was on Friday paraded at the Police headquarters in Jalingo, Taraba state, has said she was recruited to Kidnap infants for the sum of N50,000. The kidnap suspect who claims she is a business woman, was intercepted by troops of 20 Model Battalion of the Nigeria Army, Serti, at one of their …
23
Aug

10-year old girl struggling to see with one eye after her father beat her with a wire that nearly damaged one of her eyes

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The incident happened at Ikotun area of Lagos. We learnt her offence was that she caused a ladder to fall down from it’s position. Speaking in Yoruba, the little girl said her father was not home when the ladder fell, but on getting home, he accused her of causing the ladder to fall, and started beating her with electric wire that caused her the …