Category Archives: CHILD RIGHTS

IS TICKLING CHILD ABUSE?

When someone says “stop tickling me” the person doing the tickling should stop tickling them. Not stopping physical touch when someone says “stop” is a boundary violation. It can be abusive if the person tickling doesn’t stop when asked. Some people aren’t very ticklish themselves and don’t understand that it can be agonizing for a ticklish …

CIVIL SERVANT BRUTALIZES HIS KIDS WITH ELECTRIC WIRE FOR MAKING HIM ANGRY

Parenting sure comes with a whole lot of responsibilities so one is forced to control and set the line between discipline and unleashing anger. A father of three identified as Alex Okafor has been apprehended by security operatives after he allegedly brutalized his kid with an electric wire.The accused has been arraigned by NAPTIP under the provisions …

40-YEAR OLD BUS DRIVER DEFILES 7-YEAR OLD GIRL, DAMAGES HER BLADDER

  A 40-year-old commercial bus driver has been arrested for defiling a 7-year old he calls his wife. the abuse which has been on for a while has now resulted in damaged bladder for the child, who now constantly urinates on herself. The sad incident happened at a compound in Ilupeju PalmGroove area, Lagos State. The victim always visited the suspect …

FATHER CHAINS AND BURNS TEENAGE SON WITH PRESSING IRON IN LAGOS

  A 17-year-old boy, Marvellous has revealed how his father allegedly maltreated and burnt him with pressing iron. Marvellous, a candidate of the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examinations, alleged that he was also beaten, chained, and dragged naked on the street by his father last Sunday in their Ifedapo Estate, Ikorodu, Lagos …

WOMAN BURNT GRANDDAUGHTER’S HANDS ON A GAS COOKER

  According to reports, a woman has been arrested in Benin city, Edo state following a reported case of extreme violence against her grandchild, the woman inflicted very severe pains on her granddaughter by placing her hands on a gas cooker. The grandmother allegedly burnt the daughters hand because she ate Indomie noodles against her grandmother’s …

Suspected gay paedophile caught trying to defile a young boy

A suspected homosexual was nabbed red handed while trying to sleep with a young boy in Benin city, Edo state. The man who claimed that his name is Daniel and hails from Edo state – almost had his way in penetrating the boy from behind before he was caught by the boy’s elder sister. The sister raised an alarm as other residents and neighbors apprehended …

WOMAN BURNT GRANDDAUGHTER’S HANDS ON A GAS COOKER

According to reports, a woman has been arrested in Benin city, Edo state following a reported case of extreme violence against her grandchild, the woman inflicted very severe pains on her granddaughter by placing her hands on a gas cooker. The grandmother allegedly burnt the daughters hand because she ate Indomie noodles against her grandmother’s …

Dankwambo pledges to settle medical bills of 12-year old whose hands were damaged by teacher’s flogging

Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State said he would settle all medical bills of a 12 year-old boy, whose two limbs were cut off following a punishment allegedly meted to him by his head teacher. Dankwambo made the promise when he paid a visit to the victim (names withheld) at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH) Gombe, on Monday. The 12-year old amputee …

MOTHER USED HER 4-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO BORROW N100

A four year old girl in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, Uloma Igwe, has been used by her mother as collateral for N100 she borrowed from a widow, Nwali Josephine. The girl’s mother, Veronica Igwe, owed Nwali Josephine N100 during transaction at Abakaliki Rice Mill. The woman insisted that she must be paid the money and Veronica Igwe decided to use one of …

CRACO “END VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN” HOLDS AT ST. JOSEPH SCHOOLS, IDIMANGORO, AGEGE, LAGOS

The CRACO “END VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN” continues, this time it held on the 22nd march, 2018 at St Joseph’s Schools, Idimangoro, Agege, and we were well received by an enthusiastic school management, staff and students. The seminar began with an introduction by the first speaker, Miss Ndidi Chukwu, who spoke briefly on three major areas of this campaign …