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Lawyer in Police net over alleged abuse of 10-year-old househelp
Abuja, Feb. 17, 2024 (NAN) The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested Mrs. Adachukwu Okafor, a lawyer who has been on the run after she allegedly abused her 10-year-old housekeeper. According to a statement by Ohaeri Joseph, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Women Affairs, the lawyer allegedly used a broken bottle to brutalise the girl. Other weapons…
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Court remands carpenter over alleged rape of minor
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Wednesday, remanded a 20-year-old man for defiling a minor. The man, Salawudeen Abdulwasiu, is facing a two-count charge of rape and indecent assault. He, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, ASP Joseph Adebayo, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on July 19 at about 12:00 p.m. at Abebi Area, Modakeke-Ife.…
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Coalition begins campaign against GBV,child abuse #SilenceisViolence
Driven by increase in cases of domestic violence, child marriage, rape and sexual harassment occasioned by travel restrictions, curfews, school closures and loss of income-generating opportunities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, an non-governmental organisation, Emerge Women Development Initiative, in collaboration with Africa End Sexual Harassment Initiative (AESHI) and Women’s Academy for Africa (WAFA) kick-started a campaign tagged “silence is violence.”…
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Gov. Ugwuanyi offers scholarship, financial support to abused child
The Executive Governor of Enugu State, His Excellency, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Sunday offered a full scholarship to 10-year-old Nneoma Nnadi, the female house-help who was brutally injured and maltreated by her guardians, Mrs. Ifeoma Ozougwu and her husband, Mr. Jude Ozougwu. According to a statement from the State Commissioner of Education Nnanyelugo Chidi Aroh, the move was part of the…
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Police rescues child from torture, psychological abuse
The Enugu State Police Command on Saturday said it has rescued a 10-year-old girl (name withheld) from “household wickedness, grievous harm and unabated battering” in Enugu metropolis. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, speaking via a statement in Enugu, said the rescued followed credible information received at Enugu Police Area Command at about 9 a.m. on July 2,…
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Man bags 14-year jail term for defiling girl, 6
A Kano State High Court on Wednesday sentenced one Abdullahi Magaji, to 14-years jail term for defiling a six-year-old girl. The court convicted Magaji on a count charge of defilement. Delivering judgment, Justice Suleiman Baba-Namalam, said the court found the convict guilty as charge and sentenced him to 14-years in a correctional facility. The court also ordered the convict to…
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Court remands man,57, for defiling 12-year-old girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Wednesday remanded one Moses Oloko, 57, in Ilesa Correctional Centre, for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Mrs Royibat Olayemi, said the defendant should be remanded due to the magnitude of the offences he committed. Olayemi, then adjourned the case until June 9 for mention. The defendant, whose plea was not taken…
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Police arrest 11 over child defilement
The Jigawa State Police Command said it has arrested 11 suspects for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl (names withheld). The command’s spokesman, SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the arrest on Sunday in Dutse. Jinjiri said the suspects (names withheld) were arrested on May 30, in Dutse Local Government Area of the state. According to Agency reports, the suspects were apprehended after…
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I killed him to avoid sex – Child Bride
A housewife, Salma Hassan, 18, who allegedly stabbed her husband to death, has said that she did that because she didn’t know that sex was part of marital obligations. Salma, who is being detained by the Police Command in Bauchi, told newsmen that she killed her husband, Mohammed Mustafa, because she thought he was “just trying to defile me”. “I…
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Court remands Mechanic for allegedly defiling 10-year-old girl
A 32-year-old mechanic, Godwin Amos, who allegedly defiled a 10-year-girl, was on Friday remanded in a custodial centre by a Kaduna Magistrates’ Court. The magistrate, Umar Ibrahim, refused to take the plea of the defendant. Ibrahim ordered that the defendant be kept behind bars, pending the receipt of legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPPs). “The case…
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Bolivia lowers working age to 10
Bolivia has lowered the legal working age to allow children to work from the age of 10 as long as they also attend school and are self-employed. The law also permits 12-year-olds to be contracted to work for others. But they need parental authorisation. Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera said the new legislation reflects the needs of Bolivia, one of the…
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