Category Archives: CHILD UPBRINGING

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

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 …

14-year old girl commits suicide in Delta state over failed relationship with boy friend

A 14-year-old Senior Secondary School 1 of Kess College, in the Ekredjebor area of Ughelli headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, on Wednesday, committed suicide over a failed relationship with her boyfriend. CRACO gathered that the girl simply identified as Favour, was home alone when she carried out the act and was said …

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River donates N1M to prison inmate who delivered twins

Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr Inyang Asibong (right) donated N1million and other gift items on behalf of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River to the Medical Superintendent of Calabar General Hospital, Doctor Ayi Ita (left) for the upkeep of the prison inmate who delivered twins at the hospital on Thursday. Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River …

WOMAN DOCKED FOR BEATING A 6-YEAR OLD GIRL FOR EATING XTRA PLATE OF RICE

A woman, Nkechi Ibrahim, who allegedly flogged her 6-year-old niece and tied her legs to a table for eating an extra plate of rice, was on Friday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. Ibrahim, 43, who resides at 5 Omoojule St., Balogun Bus Stop, Iju Ishaga, a Lagos suburb, was docked for assault, an offence she denied committing. The …

WHY WE MUST END VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

Globally, it is estimated that up to 1 billion children aged 2-17 years are subject to physical, sexual or emotional violence each year. For many of them, violence leads to severe, lifelong health and mental health consequences. Exposure to violence at an early age can impair brain development and propel victims to engage in risk behaviours such as …

50 – YEAR STUDY PROVES SPANKING CHILDREN IS JUST AS BAD AS PHYSICAL ABUSE

  “I would never discipline my kids by hitting them, but I have no problem with spanking”. Have you ever heard or maybe even used that logic? Parents, caregivers and scientists alike have always debated whether it is right or wrong to use spanking as discipline. After 50 years of research, psychologists have confirmed that spanking children produces …

Tragic Tales Of Innocent Children Brutally Molested And Murdered By Their Own Guardians

After the death of his parents, eight-year-old Friday Paul got temporary accommodation in his uncle’s home, pending when a permanent home would be found for him. But from the moment the orphan stepped into that apartment at 6, Anjolarin Street, Odogunyan, a community in Ikorodu, Lagos, life took a pathetic twist, as the boy daily suffered unimaginable …