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30
May

FRSC seeks protection for children from road crashes

Joe Right to life No Comments
The Federal Road Safety Corps has called on motorists in the country to be safety conscious in the interest of children, who usually suffer the most. The Unit Commander, FRSC, Ota Unit Command, Matthew Olonisaye, stressed the importance of the Child Safety Education in school curriculum to ensure adequate education of children against attacks. Olonisaye …
30
May

Homeless children overrun Calabar streets

Joe CHILD ABUSE No Comments
Some of the homeless children in Calabar | credits: Mudiaga Affe They call them ‘Skolombo boys’, which literally means, a dangerous and mindless gang constituted by destitute or street boys and girls that roam the streets freely. They are without father or mother and homes. These gangs of homeless street children, comprising mainly of teenagers, …
11
May

Nigerian troops free more women, children from Sambisa

Joe Right to life No Comments
Nigerian military says it has rescued 25 more children and women from Boko Haram as part of its ongoing campaign to attack and destroy the armed group’s camps in the northeast. Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said many Boko Haram fighters were killed in a gun battle on Wednesday morning. One soldier was killed and five others were wounded, Usman …
11
May

Many rape cases, so little punishment

Joe VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
The Lagos State Government startled Nigerians last week when it announced that there were no fewer than 12,200 rape cases in the state in the last four years. The Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, who gave this figure, added that 140 sex offenders have been recorded in the state’s Sex Offenders Register. A total of 3,083 …
11
May

70-year-old nabbed for kidnapping girl, 3

Joe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments
A 70-year-old woman, Zenab Alabi, has been arrested by the Kwara State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old girl, Fatiah Mustapha. A relative of the girl’s mother, Mrs. Maryam Abdulganiyu, said Mustapha got missing on March 25, 2015. She stated that the victim had been living with her parents at old Shao Garage, Ilorin before she …
09
May

The ban on employment of under-12 house helps

Joe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments
In a long overdue move, the Fed­eral Government has prohibited the employment of children below the age of 12 as domestic helps in a new Act signed by President Goodluck Jonathan. Christened the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act 2015, the new law recommends a prison term of two years and a possible fine for violators. …