Tag: child abuse
Bishop expelled for child sex abuse under house arrest
Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, former Vatican Ambassador to the Dominican Republic has been placed under house arrest over sexual abuse of…
Criminalising Rape And Child Abuse Offences
By Ayo Afuwape The issue of rape in today’s society, especially in Nigeria, is beginning to take the centre stage,…
School Guard Rapes Student Inside Classroom
A civil engineering graduate from Delta State University, Abraka in Delta State, southsouth Nigeria, who lost his job and was newly…
Bus Driver Rapes 2 Daughters For 2 Years
A 35-year old bus driver, Adewale Adeleke has been arrested by the police for defiling his two daughters. The little…
Pastor, wife bathe child with hot charcoal
A Nigerian court has remanded a cleric, Ajibaye Elikana, 49, and his wife, Elizabeth, in prison custody for allegedly pouring…
WAP, NAPIP Team Up On Child Abuse
Wale Adenuga Productions, producers of Super Story and National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters,…
YABATECH Lecturer Arrested Over Child Abuse
A lecturer in the Business Administration Department, Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, Mr. Joseph John has been arrested for beating…
Woman Pours Hot Water On Girl, 6
A 26-year old woman, Mrs. Blessing Uche, has allegedly poured hot water on a six years old girl’s private part…
Child Abuse: 2 Kids Flee Home
Two girls have fled their mistress’ house at Abule Egba, a suburb of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, alleging that she…
Australian Catholic Church admits 620 sexual abuses of kids
The Catholic Church in one Australian state has revealed that at least 620 children have been abused by its clergy…
Confronting The Evil Of Child Abuse
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Recently, three buses filled with children, apparently on child trafficking mission to the west coast of Africa,…
Wicked Nigerian Couple Jailed In UK
A court in the United Kingdom on Tuesday found guilty a Nigerian couple (names withheld by the court). They were…
Lagos Dep Gov Raises Alarm Over Increase In Domestic Violence
By Eromosele Ebhomele The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has raised an alarm over the increase in…
Abia to arrest child hawkers, prosecute parents
The Abia State Government said children found hawking during school hours will be arrested and their parents prosecuted in line with…
Time To Stem Rising Cases Of Child Abuse And Rape
The alarm recently raised by the Director of the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender, Mrs. Omotola Rotimi, that…
Yellow Card For Lagos Students
Following several reports of child abuse in the country, the Lagos State Government under the auspices of the Ministry of…
Lagos Govt Pledges To Fight Women, Child Abuse
As Nigerian women joined their counterparts all over the world to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day, Lagos State Government…
Girl Forced Into Prostitution Pays N150,000 Monthly
The police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have rescued a 13-year old girl in a hotel room at Otta, Ogun…
OPD Gets 1719 Petition
The Lagos State Office of the Public Defender, OPD has received 1,719 petitions bothering on assault, child abuse and others…