Category Archives: CHILD RIGHTS

31
Jan

Anambra: Mother and her Daughter caught selling her two children due to economic hardship.

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Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, told newsmen on Wednesday in Awka that the woman’s eldest daughter, a 17-year-old, was also arrested for being part of the scheme. Obinabo said the accused and her eldest daughter were arrested when she (the commissioner) posed as a potential buyer of the boys after she got the hint of the transaction. …
30
Jan

Kaduna state Governor receives 11-year old Almajiri boy tortured by teacher

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Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, received the eleven-year-old Almajiri boy, Isah Muazu, who was allegedly tortured by an Islamic school teacher in Suleja, Niger State. The governor, disturbed by the incident, sent an emissary to locate the boy and bring him to Kaduna. Speaking upon receiving the Almajiri boy, Governor Uba Sani vowed to press …
29
Jan

Lagos State Government officials visit parents of student flogged to death by teacher

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The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education in Lagos State Mr. Jamiu Tolani Alli-Balogun has led a team of Lagos State Government officials on a condolence visit to the parents of David Babadipo, an SS 1 student of Araromi Ilogbo Senior Secondary School, who died on Thursday 25th of January 2024. The Commissioner commiserated with the parents …
28
Jan

45-year old man remanded in prison for defiling 8-year old step Daughter in Lagos

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A 45-year old man, Christopher Egwatu,  has been arrested and charged  in Lagos State for allegedly defiling his 8-year old step-daughter and she lost her virginity in the process.  The incident happened at Roseline Street, Ilogbo area of Ojo, Lagos, where the suspect, Egwatu, resides with the victim. The suspect started defiling the …
16
Nov

Married Church worker defiled and impregnated 14-year old girl inside church in Anambra state.

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A 31-year-old father-of-two, James Rich, has been arrested by the Anambra State Police Command over allegations of defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in Awka. The State Women and Social Welfare Commissioner, Hon. Ify Obinabo, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, November 16, 2023, said the suspect hails from Cross River …
24
Oct

Medical Doctor sentenced to LIFE IMPRISONMENT for defiling 15-year old girl

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The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s niece. Olaleye was arraigned on two counts which bordered on defilement and sexual assault by penetration of his wife’s niece, …
11
Jul

DRIVER SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPING EMPLOYER’S 5-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER

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A 56-year-old driver, Folarin Raufu, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his employer’s five-year-old granddaughter. The judge of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Abiola Soladoye, handed down the sentence on Monday after finding the convict guilty of defilement. Mr Raufu had been arraigned on 30 November 2021 on …