Tag: child abuse
How parents can teach their children body safety
It is pertinent to all parents to be directly involved
in the safety, constant checking, wellbeing and monitoring of their children.
One of the...
Violence against children costs Nigeria N1.4 trillion loss annually – UNICEF
Nigeria loses an estimated economic value of N1.42 trillion annually due to the consequences of violence against children (VAC), the United Nations Children’s Fund...
‘Sexuality education essential part of good quality education’
A new policy paper jointly produced by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Global Education Monitoring Report...
School fined N25m for making pupil blind by flogging
A school in Nigeria would be paying a N25 million (about US $69,500) damages for flogging that led to the blindness of a pupil.
The...
Children shouldn’t suffer parents’ inability to pay school fees
The viral video of a young girl showing preference to being caned to being sent home for owing school fees has generated various reactions....
NGO rallies community stakeholders against child abuse
A Nigerian Non-governmental organisation is rallying around community stakeholders to fight against child abuse.
Action Health Incorporated (AHI) on Friday organised a one day workshop...
Teacher charged with defiling 11-year-old girl in school toilet
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 60-year-old teacher, Benjamin Omole, who allegedly defiled his 11-year-old pupil in a school toilet.
The Chief...
Sex scandal rocks American school in Liberia
Parents of students at an all-girl American academy in Liberia are anxiously awaiting an investigation into allegations that the charity failed to act on...
Childhood education as middle class child abuse in Nigeria
The Nigerian Middle class is a brittle collectivity of people; brittle because it is insecure and unmoored to any abiding institutions and because its...
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