The police have arraigned 25-year-old painter, Hamzat Afeez, for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl in the Egbeda area of Lagos State. He was arraigned on one count of rape at the Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court. Afeez allegedly took the victim’s younger sister into his room while their mother washed clothes in the house. The victim was …

The Bauchi S​tate police command has arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly raping his11-year-old daughter. The state Police Commissioner, Lawal Shehu, while parading the suspect alongside others at the police headquarters in Bauchi on Thursday, expressed worry over the increasing rate of rape cases in the state. He vowed that all suspected rapists …

A 15-year-old citizen of Republic of Benin, Sadia (surname unknown), has regretted her decision to seek the job of a housemaid with one Mrs Bunmi Oladele, a full-time housewife in Ibadan, Oyo State. With her face swollen and both eyes shut from the effect of beating, tears rolled down her cheeks as she lay on the bed at a hospital she was taken for …

A woman, who is believed to be mentally unstable, has dumped a new-born baby by the roadside in the Abule Egba area of Lagos. The woman, who was said to be dark in complexion, was always reportedly roaming the area which is near a filling station. It was gathered that the baby was wrapped in a black sack, neatly clothed and covered with a plaster on …

A 13-year-oldgirl allegedly raped by a 41-year-old man has been delivered of a baby in Lagos. The man was said to have threatened to kill the girl if she told anyone that she was raped. But she was over five months gone before the mother got to know that she was pregnant. The woman was jolted when a doctor told her: “Madam, your daughter is carrying …

The High Court in Zimbabwe has abolished corporal punishment against juvenile offenders saying the practice was illegal under the new constitution and, globally, regarded as violence against children. Instead of caning, the court directed that rehabilitation should, instead, be used in cases involving young offenders. The ruling was made by Justice …

UNICEF and partners have secured the release of approximately 3,000 children from an armed group in South Sudan – one of the largest ever demobilizations of children. The first group of 280 children were released today, at the village of Gumuruk in Jonglei State, eastern South Sudan. Further phased releases of the other children will occur over …

Children too poor to own a store-bought toy are being given automatic rifles to train as child soldiers for Boko Haram, an Islamic terrorist faction that operates primarily in northeastern Nigeria. The jihadist group’s media arm recently posted two photos purporting to show a child soldier training camp with youngsters smartly dressed in blue …

A Niger Republic-based kidnapping syndicate has demanded the payment of $100, 000 as ransom for the release of its 15-year-old victim, Precious Okoro. The victim’s father, Nwaigwe, explained that Precious was kidnapped around Songotedo, in the Ajah area of Lagos State, where she had boarded a commercial vehicle en route to her school in Ikenne, Ogun …

News reaching us has it that this 4 year old girl ,Gloria Eze from Avuru Aboh Mbaise LGA IMO state was allegedly murdered by an 18 year old man,Franklin Njoku from Ohekelem Ngor Okpala LGA. When paraded before newsmen by the police in owerri, the suspect confessed committing the crime but blamed it on the devil.