Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO)

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Jan

Father Christmas arrested …For defiling 5-yr-old schoolgirl

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Santa Claus or Father Christmas, as he is often called in this clime, is known for rewarding good conducts. Now, what happens when this rewarder of virtues becomes the wrongdoer? That is exactly what played out recently at a Christmas party organized by a nursery and primary school in the Ojodu-Abiodun area of Ogun State. During such parties, children …

03

Jan

Chibok Community Seeks Intervention In Education Of Displaced Children

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The Chibok community in Abuja has called on the government to help provide alternative quality education for children of the community who were displaced by the insurgency and have sought refuge in Abuja. Speaking in an interview, a native of the community resident in Abuja, Gapani Yanga, stated that most of the children who were staying with their …

03

Jan

THE CURSE OF THE NIGERIAN CHILD

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In our bedeviled times, it seems like it is a crime to be born a Nigerian. Some may say a child has no choice as to where he/ she eventually emerges, but our times have no patience for the logic of choices; our times swallow our children even before they think geography. Poor Nigerian child. As nations sit back to think of strides or otherwise made …

02

Jan

NIGERIA TO BE CERTIFIED POLIO-FREE THIS MONTH – JANUARY 2015

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The Minister of Health, Dr. Halliru Alhassan, on Thursday said Nigeria would be certified polio-free this month. Alhassan disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto, while reviewing some of the activities of his ministry in 2014. According to him, no case of polio had been recorded in the country in the last six months, and this qualifies …

02

Jan

MAN WHO KIDNAPPED A FIVE-YEAR OLD CHILD IN OGUN STATE CAUGHT IN ABUJA

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ARRESTED CHILD KIDNAPPER The police in Abuja have arrested a suspected kidnapper, Bola Adesina, who allegedly abducted a five-year-old boy from the Sagamu area of Ogun State. The 31-year-old Adesina was arrested by detectives attached to the Utako Police Division on Christmas Eve of 2014. It was also learnt that the victim, identified simply as Ahmed, …

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Nov

CHAIRMAN OF ALL BISHOPS OF RIVERS STATE RAPES A 15-YEAR OLD GIRL

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The Chairman of all Bishops in Rivers State, Bishop Chibuike Nwabueze, was paraded by the state Police Command for raping a 15-year old girl who went to him for prayers. The incident occurred at about 2pm on April 29, at Calvary Army Ministry in Rumuoji Eneka, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The Bishop, who confessed to the crime …

16

Nov

AKWA IBOM HAS SET UP FAMILY COURT TO TACKLE CASES OF CHILD WITCHCRAFT

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Justice Theresa Obot of the Akwa Ibom State High Court, said that the state government had set up a family court to tackle the increasing cases of child witchcraft in the state. Obot told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that the court was created after a commission of enquiry set up to investigate allegations of child witchcraft …

16

Nov

16-YEAR OLD HOUSE HELP RAPED FOR 4 YEARS AND IMPREGNATED BY HER MASTER

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16-YEAR OLD HOUSE HELP RAPED FOR 4 YEARS AND IMPREGNATED BY HER MASTER Gloria, a year one senior secondary school student, lives with his married brother unaware that she was about to become a mother. But buried deeply in the girl’s heart was a painful secret she had never told a soul. The inquisitive neighbour was unconvinced. She approached Gloria’s …

15

Nov

CHILD RITUAL KILLERS ON THE RAMPAGE – NEED FOR DRASTIC ACTION

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CHILD RITUAL KILLERS THREATEN THE RIGHT TO LIFE, SURVIVAL AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NIGERIAN CHILD: A CALL FOR URGENT ACTION. The only son of a poor widow killed for ritual purpose by his father’s brother. In pursuit of wealth and fame, many people are now resorting to killing children for ritual purposes. It is usually rampant during the …

08

Nov

WOMEN AND CHILDREN DIE WHILE FLEEING BOKO HARAM ATTACK IN MUBI TOWN OF ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA

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Reports reaching us has it that many children and women died in the bush from exhaustion, while they were fleeing insurgents who attacked the town of Mubi in Adamawa State, Nigeria. This is just as several families whose children got missing are still searching for them. According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), 6000 children …

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