Category Archives: Education

11
Apr

FATHER CHAINS AND BURNS TEENAGE SON WITH PRESSING IRON IN LAGOS

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  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 …
05
Apr

WOMAN BURNT GRANDDAUGHTER’S HANDS ON A GAS COOKER

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  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 …
31
Mar

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

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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. …
30
Mar

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

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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 …
27
Mar

PAEDOPHILES EVERY WHERE: PARENTS BEWARE

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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 …
16
Mar

END VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN AT DELIGHT INT’L SCHOOL, OLODI APAPA, LAGOS STATE

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  On Tuesday 13th March, 2018, CRACO visited Delight Int’l School to sensitize the students on the prevalence and effects of violence against children in our society. The seminar kicked off with the key speaker Barr. Ify Ihionu, introducing the topic which was: RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, and VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN. Violence against children …
13
Mar

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

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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 …
13
Mar

PARENTS ROLE IN PROTECTING CHILDREN AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE

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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 …
08
Mar

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

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“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 …