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Childhood Trauma, Lifelong Scars
By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan It is heart rendering that children are suffering unjustly and rather than the trend becoming unabated, it is assuming a more worrisome dimension. Tragically, these innocent lives who should be surrounded by love, care and protection, instead suffer all manners of abuses in the hands of those entrusted with their care. The…
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Sixty Years Child Sex Abuse Catches up with Man
An 81-year-old man has appeared before Belfast Magistrates’ Court in connection with a number of historical child abuse offences. James Henry Clarke, with an address at Meadow Lake in Canada, is facing three charges of indecently assaulting two boys in the 1960s and 1970s. He has been extradited to Northern Ireland from Canada. The court…
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Woman Arrested For Brutalizing Minor Over Meat Theft
A woman has been arrested by the Police in Ondo state for inflicting injuries on a house boy for stealing meat from the pot. It was gathered that over 10 different injuries were inflicted on the boy by the woman. Her arrest followed a trending video on Twitter The incident happened in Adebowale area of…
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Girl Child Abuse: Causes, Way forward
A United Nations Report shows that globally, twelve million girls are married before the age of eighteen each year while one in five girls had experienced sexual violence. To this end, Every 11th of October is set aside to commemorate the international day of the girl child. The day is to raise awareness on issues facing…
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Wife Wants Husband Prosecuted for Defiling 3 Daughters
Mrs Christaina Tobias has called for the prosecution of her husband Uchenna Tobias from Imo State for allegedly defiling their three daughters. Mrs Tobias in an interview with Radio Nigeria appealed to the Rivers State Police command to ensure that her husband faces justice. Narrating her ordeal, the mother of four said the incident happened in May this…
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Man Appears Before Court for Physically Abusing Teenage Son
A 41 year old man Iyiola Sanusi Abass, on Monday appeared before an Ibadan Magistrate Court, Iwo Road for abusing his 16 year old son for being wayward. The Suspect according to Police Prosecutor Mr. Sunday Ogunremi committed the offence on May 20, this year, at his residence, No 10. Sale Manager Street Iwo Road, Ibadan. According to the…
