Author Archives: Joe

28
Mar

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Lagos school to pay N25m to a five-year-old boy for damaging his eye during flogging

Joe CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
Justice Yetunde Idowu of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, on Wednesday, 27th March, 2019, ordered the proprietress of Cendom International Nursery and Primary School, Olodi-Apapa, Uche Owen, to pay N25m as damages to a five-year-old pupil of the school, Destiny Kalu after he was flogged for owing the school fee. Destiny, through his father, Inyima …
23
Mar

Lesson Teacher defiles 13-year old pupil he was giving extramural education

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
The police in Lagos have arrested a 30-year-old teacher, Charles Munroe, for allegedly defiling a Senior Secondary School one pupil he was giving extramural education. Although Munroe admitted to having sex with the 13-year-old girl, he claimed it was consensual and that the victim seduced him. CRACO learnt that the girl’s mother had employed Munroe …
08
Mar

Killer Husband Lekan Shonde is sentenced to death for killing wife

Joe Right of women and girls, Right to life, Violence against women and girls No Comments
51-year-old Lekan, a depot worker in the Apapa area of Lagos State, was found guilty of the murder of his wife and he was today sentenced to death by hanging by the Lagos State High Court. Mrs Ronke Shonde was found dead at her home in Egbeda on the morning of May 6, 2016. The family nanny had arrived to prepare the children for school and found the …
01
Mar

52-YEAR OLD MAN, IMPREGNATS NIECE AND ATTEMPTS TO KILL HER TO COVER HIS TRACK

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
ADO-EKITI – A 52-year-old man accused of plotting to kill an under-aged niece who allegedly got pregnant for him after six years of regular sex, was arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ekiti State. The suspect, Dennis Agya Kiyeye, is being held for allegedly committing incest with, and conspiracy to kill her victim, …
27
Feb

THE VATICAN BARS THE CARDINAL CONVICTED OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE OF TWO CHOIRBOYS FROM PUBLIC MINISTRY AND FROM CONTACT WITH MINORS AS HE SEEKS TO APPEAL HIS CONVICTION

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
Yesterday we reported the conviction of a high ranking Catholic Cardinal by an Australian Court for rape and sexual abuse of two choirboys. The said Convict will be sentenced today, Wednesday 27th Feb. 2019, however, he has assembled a legal team to appeal his conviction. Meanwhile, the Vatican press office has issued a statement on the conviction of …
26
Feb

Catholic Cardinal found GUILTY of raping a 13-year-old choirboy and molesting another after he caught them drinking sacramental wine

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s highest ranking Catholic, has been found guilty of raping a choirboy and molesting another in the 1990s 77-year old Pell is the Vatican’s treasurer and is the most senior Catholic clergyman to be found guilty of child sex offences anywhere in the world. He was found guilty of four counts of indecent assault …
23
Feb

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: Pope Francis led the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences in a penitential liturgy and examination of conscience on their failures in handling abuse within the Catholic Church

Joe CHILD ABUSE, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
Pope Francis Saturday led the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences in a penitential liturgy and examination of conscience on their failures in handling abuse within the Catholic Church. “For three days we have spoken to each other and listened to voices of victim survivors about the crimes that children and young people have suffered …
19
Feb

38-Year-Old Islamic Cleric Nabbed While defiling 17-Year-Old Sister-In-Law

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
A 38-year-old Islamic cleric, Abdul Lateef Mustapha, has been arrested by the police in the Bariga area of Lagos for having sex with his sister-in-law who is reported to be just 17 years old. The case was reported at the Police station by the Child Protection Agency, Shomolu Unit and Mustapha was ordered to be arrested immediately. During interrogation, …
19
Feb

APOSTOLIC CHURCH PASTOR REMANDED IN PRISON FOR DEFILING AN 11-YEAR OLD GIRL IN SCHOOL TOILET

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
On Sunday, we reported that a Catholic Priest allegedly impregnated a 14-year old girl in Benue state, and the report did not go down well with a lot of people who came on our facebook page to defend him and insult this organisation for reporting the sto ry. Today, it is the case of an Apostolic Church Pastor. On Monday 18, February, 2019, an Ikeja …
17
Feb

CATHOLIC PRIEST IMPREGNATES 14-YEAR OLD GIRL IN BENUE STATE

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, Right of women and girls, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
A report reaching CRACO from Benue State has it that a Catholic Priest impregnated a 14-year old girl. The suspect is the Parish Priest at St. Christopher Catholic Mission, Nanev, Mbawar, Adikpo, kwande LGA, Benue state at the time this incident took place. The victim was a female Mass Servant at the mission. It was alleged that one day after the evening …