Tag: abuse

The defendants were arraigned before the court on Wednesday after investigations into their cases, an official said on Thursday.

Ms McCauley said the figures represent children whose safety, identity, education, health and future opportunities remain at risk, stressing that ...

The NDLEA command in Edo made the arrests during a raid on a suspected drug warehouse allegedly operated from a ...

The police spokesperson in Anambra, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement shared with reporters on Sunday in Awka.

The MSF found 59 allegations of abuse and misconduct that represent “a serious breach of its values and responsibilities," and ...

The Lagos official explained that children between zero and nine years old were at a higher risk of experiencing different ...

“We cannot have an old law to respond to current issues. We believe it is not just enough to have ...

Birthed with the notable intention of amplifying the voices of women in politics, the documentary shines a spotlight on the ...

A 2024 report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that nearly one in six people aged 60 and above ...

Ms Sulaiman-Ibrahim explained that the move aims to ensure children’s rights and welfare are protected, and that adoption procedures are ...

They urged journalists to avoid sensationalism in their stories and input of personal biases, saying doing so could likely distort ...

The lawyer, Adachukwu Cukelu-Okafor, was said to have used a broken bottle, knife and electric iron to “brutalise” the house ...

The lawyer, Adachukwu Cukelu-Okafor, was said to have used a broken bottle, knife and electric iron to “brutalise” the house ...

"We will give N2 million to anybody that will give necessary information to the police or the women affairs ministry ...

The lawyer was said to have used a broken bottle, knife and electric iron to “brutalise” the child.

Nigeria adopted the Child Rights Act in 2003 to domesticate the International Convention on the Rights of a Child.

A civil rights lawyer says there is a threat to evict the family from the community for reporting the child ...

The victim was arrested in 2014 at Igando area of Lagos and was taken to Igando police station where he ...

"I can see how my tweet may have come across, and I apologise to those who were offended by it," ...

Human Rights Watch released a report on its investigations into the matter.

The government said a charity organisation was caught cheating the system.

The bill will raise the fine from N100.

A full hearing was scheduled on April 24.

The announcement came of the first anniversary of the couple's marriage.

“Nigerians should be discouraged from travelling to Libya because they are not treating us like human beings."