Category Archives: CHILD UPBRINGING

12
May

Gombe Teacher Sentenced To 25 Years Imprisonment For causing the Amputation of 12-Yr-Old Boy’s Hands.

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The teacher who caused the amputation of a boy’s hands in Gombe State has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Recall that 12- year -old boy named Zubair Abubakar had his hands amputated after the punishment meted on him by his teacher for allegedly stealing a phone led to the cessation of blood flow to his hands.
11
May

11-YEAR OLD GIRL DUMPED BY MOTHER BECAUSE SHE IS BLIND AND CRIPPLED

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Miss Mmeyene-Abasi is a physically challenged young girl. She is not only blind but also crippled in Akwa Ibom. A Facebook user Benjamin Omini Itu has taken to social media to stand by the girl and also call Nigerians to join him take care of this little girl. According to him, “When I met her I had to fight off her only companions; FLIES who …
06
May

‘We were branded child-witches by our own parents and severely tortured!’

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Belief in witchcraft in Cross River State, especially in Calabar, the state capital, is widespread. Witches, female, and wizards, male, are believed to possess diabolical powers to attack anyone they so choose. Virtually every misfortune is attributed to witchcraft. If a person loses his job, witches are said to be responsible for his plight. When a …
06
May

MOTHER BURNS HER DAUGHTER WITH HEATED PRESSING IRON FOR LYING

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The Lagos State Police Command is investigating a case of child abuse reported by Chosen Child Orphanage Home, located at Gastya Estate, Ijora-Badia on behalf of Aishat Sheriff, a 16-year-old girl child whose upper and lower right limbs were allegedly burnt by her biological mother, one Ayo Sheriff, 30 years old, by means of electric pressing iron over …
06
May

17-YEAR OLD PREGNANT GIRL COMMITS SUICIDE IN RIVERS STATE

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Residents of Apamini Annex Road, Rumuokoro community, in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, were shocked when they learnt that a teenager living in the neighbourhood, identified only as Abibatu, had allegedly committed suicide. Abibatu, who was a pupil of one of the secondary schools in the area, was said to have taken insecticide …
29
Apr

A man inflicted horrific injuries on his 10-year-old apprentice in Ogboji, Anambra State, for allegedly disobeying his orders.

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A man inflicted horrific injuries on his 10-year-old apprentice in Ogboji, Anambra State, for allegedly disobeying his orders. According to Dr Okafor Chidumeje, CEO of OurDrKing Foundation Nigeria, he took over the boy’s treat.ment after he saw him at a chemist store.
29
Apr

Lagos Gov’t Takes Custody Of 3-Year-Old Twins Mother Filmed In Homosexual Acts

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Remember, yesterday, we reported the case of 3-year old twins whose mother, Patience Isua, filmed them kissing and practising homosexual acts, and later sent the footage to their father, Emmanuel Ikanta. Patience Isua, has lost custody of the three-year-old twin boys. They are now in the custody of the ministry of youths and social development of the …
26
Apr

3 YEARS OLD TWIN BOYS CAUGHT HAVING SEX

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A woman, Patience Isua, has lost custody of her three-year-old twin boys after she had a video record of them kissing, practicing homosexuality and sent the footage to their father, Emmanuel Ikanta. The children were taken from her Ajah, Lagos residence when her estranged husband complained at the Lagos State police command. Ikanta had brought the footage …
20
Apr

IS TICKLING CHILD ABUSE?

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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 …
18
Apr

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

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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 …