Category Archives: CHILD UPBRINGING

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 …

CHRISLAND SCHOOL IKEJA IN CONJUNCTION WITH CRACO EMBARKED ON COMMUNITY SERVICE AT IKEJA LAGOS STATE

Train up a child in the way he should grow and when he grows he will not depart from it. As part of its activities, CRACO trains children and young people to give back to their community. In line with this objective, on Wednesday 28th March, 2018, CRACO held a community service activity with the students of Chrisland School within the Ikeja environment. …

PAEDOPHILES EVERY WHERE: PARENTS BEWARE

An older friend shared an experience with me some time ago and I haven’t been able to kick that out of my head.  She told me that she was at a church programme, like a camp vigil and a young man made his daughter sit on his crotch. The fool was lost in ecstasy while everyone was praying. However, my friend didn’t just watch in silence, she was …

9 year old pupil goes blind after his teacher’s cane got to his eyes while flogging him .

Before Mrs. Oluchi Adibe, 38, went to enrol her son in Good Shepherd Nursery and Primary School, located at Dikenafai in Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State, she had made inquiries and told that it was a good school. Armed with that information, she enrolled Chimbuchi Adibe in the school. According to her, all she wanted was for her son …

PARENTS ROLE IN PROTECTING CHILDREN AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE

As CRACO continues her End Violence Against Children Campaign tour to schools, we want to remind parents that they have their roles to play in protecting their children. The rate of sexual violence against children in our society today requires that all hands must be on deck to salvage the lives and future of our children. While we do our best as a …

Ambode backs 25 years jail term for rapists and perpetrators of domestic violence

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday threw his weight behind the 25 years jail term for rapist and perpetrators of all forms of domestic violence, saying that the time has come to take aggressive steps to put a stop to the menace. Governor Ambode, who led a symbolic walk against Domestic and Sexual Violence in Alausa, Ikeja, with top …

CRACO TAKES END VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN TO CAYLEY COLLEGE, IKEJA, LAGOS

“THERE SHOULD BE A LIMIT WHEN DISCIPLINING A CHILD, IF NOT YOU CROSS THE LINE BETWEEN DISCIPLINE AND TORTURE” Today, CRACO held a seminar for the school children of CAYLEY College, Ikeja. The students were sensitized about what violence against children means and the effects it will have on them. Violence can affect a child for the rest of their …