11
Jul
A REPORT ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN IN NIGERIA
Report on violence against children in nigeria 2015 – 2017 – conducted by CRACO
06
Jul
50 – YEAR STUDY PROVES SPANKING CHILDREN IS JUST AS BAD AS PHYSICAL ABUSE
“I would never discipline my kids by hitting them, but I have no problem with spanking”. Have you ever heard or maybe even used that logic? Parents, caregivers and scientists alike have always debated whether it is right or wrong to use spanking as discipline. After 50 years of research, psychologists have confirmed that spanking children produces …
04
Jul
MAN RAPED AND FORCED DAUGHTER INTO MARRIAGE
A 14-year-old girl (names withheld) has accused her father, Olawale Ibitoye, of raping and forcing her into marriage. The incident occurred at 9, Olulu Close, Ketu, Epe, a Lagos suburb. The victim made the allegation at a traditional birth centre she was taken to during labour. It was gathered that Ibitoye also forced the girl to marry one Moses Okurukpe, …
04
Jul
MAN TO SPEND 50 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DEFILING 14-YEAR OLD GIRL
Sunday Salami, a 31-year-old furniture maker will spend the next half a century languishing in Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, for defiling a 14-year-old Junior Secondary School 1 student. Justice Sybil Nwaka of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sentenced Salami after convicting him of defilement contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law …
27
Jun
YOUNG MOTHER ARRESTED FOR THROWING HER 12-DAY OLD BABY INTO A PIT TOILET
A 21 year old young mother identified as Amudalat Taiwo has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command, for throwing her 12-day-old baby into a pit toilet in Ilaro, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of the state. The police said the suspect was arrested following a complaint from her landlord, Oshunshina Olawale. The state Police Public Relations …
20
Jun
MOTHER OF 3 BATH 10-YEAR OLD ORPHAN WITH HOT PEPPER
Mother of three, Mrs Ijeoma Eze-Ezirike has reportedly bathed her housemaid, a 10-year-old orphan, Onyinye Nwaogu, with hot pepper after beating her because she went with her madam’s children to the house of the children’s class teacher. According to eyewitness reports, the incidence took place at No. 1 Timileyin Avenue, Jikwoyi, Phase 1 Extension, …
15
Jun
22-YEAR OLD MAN REMANDED FOR DEFILING A 7-YEAR OLD GIRL
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded a 22-year-old trader, Moses Austine, at Kirikiri prisons for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl. Magistrate Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, refused to take the plea of the accused and ordered that he should be kept behind bars pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Austine, …
15
Jun
I only inserted my finger, says man accused of defling 15 year old girl
Emmanuel Okorie, a driver who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 15-year-old sister, has denied the allegation levelled against him by Lagos State Government. The defendant, who is standing trial on a count charge before a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere yesterday, told the court that he did not defile the teenager. Okorie, who was testifying …
15
Jun
CRACO ‘END VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN’ AT GREAT ECSTASY PRIVATE SCHOOL, LAGOS
CRACO took #EndViolenceAgainstChildren Campaign to Great Ecstasy Private School, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos. We believe that Awareness is superior to enforcement. When Children are aware of their rights, how to identify signs of violation, and what to do when about to be violated or when violated, it will go a long way to reducing the rising cases of violence …
11
Jun
I SOLD MY BABY TO RAISE MONEY TO TRAIN HER SIBLINGS – WOMAN SAYS
A 22-year-old woman, Blessing Chukwu, who was arrested by the operatives of the Abia State Police Command in Umuahia for allegedly selling her child, has confessed that she sold her daughter to raise money to train her siblings. Chukwu, who said she already had four children, added that she had no husband to cater for them. She said she was given N190,000, …