Police arrest 32-year-old woman over alleged child abuse
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 32-year-old woman, Funmi Faith, for allegedly maltreating and inflicting injury on a child. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed her arrest in a post shared on his verified X handle at @benHundeyin on Wednesday. In a video that went viral, the woman after beating the […]
Woman burns 8-year-old nephew’s buttocks, back over N50 groundnut
THE backside of an eight-year-old boy(names withheld) has been burnt and scarred with iron by his aunt because he ate the N50 groundnut she left in the house.
Woman abuses 12-year-old stepdaughter with electric cable, stick, shoe in Enugu
By Chinedu Adonu A couple, Mr. Effiok Umo and his wife, Nnenna, both from Okwojo Ngwo community in Udi Local Government Area, Enugu State, have been arrested by the police for torturing and inflicting severe bodily harm on her 12-year-old daughter, Mercy Umo. Enugu State Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, on Tuesday, said […]
In Niger: Man, 60, lures 8-year-old girl with N100, rapes her
By Wole Mosadomi A 60-year-old man, Haruna Lawal, who allegedly raped an eight-year-old girl after luring her with N100, has been arrested by operatives of Niger State Police Command. The suspect, said to be a scavenger, was arrested in Wushishi town, headquarters of Wushishi Local Government Area of the state, last Saturday. ALSO READ: I […]
Grandparents beat me daily, place burning rubber on my body, says 7-yr-old orphan
By Evelyn Usman In a bizarre case of child abuse, a seven-year-old girl, accused of killing her father through witchcraft, has told policemen that her grandparents would light rubber materials and use same to burn different parts of her body. On Tuesday, she summoned the courage, walked up to a policeman who lives on the […]
Woman drills nails, hot iron on 10 yrs old domestic help’s head
By Dennis Agbo A Woman, Mrs. Ifeoma Ezeugwu has been arrested by the police in Enugu state for drilling nails in two places into the head of a-10 years old girl, Miss Chinonye Nnadi. The woman also allegedly used hot electric iron all over the body of the teenage girl. The WomenAids Collective, WACOL, who […]
