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By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja CHILDREN are blessings from God, so they need to be loved, guided and protected by all. Unfortunately, in today’s society, parents, guardians and caregivers who are charged with the responsibility of protecting children hardly have time for them, which makes the underaged vulnerable to harmful experiences. Sexual abuse is one of
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A 13-year-old girl, Wednesday, revealed that his aunt’s husband, who she calls ‘Daddy’, would play adult videos for her to watch then sleep with her. She said he had been abusing her sexually in his shop and at their apartment on Surulere Street, Ojo area of Lagos, with a threat to kill her if she told anyone.
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Dr. Nimi Ekere is a trained medical doctor and a consultant Family Physician. A Fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Family Physicians. She is a life coach, mentor and teacher who is very passionate about children and young people, walking in the right path to achieve their full potentials.
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Graeme Lawrence, a former Anglican dean of Newcastle in eastern Australia was sentenced after the judge found him guilty of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault. Graeme Lawrence, now 77, is reported to be the second most senior Australian religious figure to be convicted of child sexual abuse, after Catholic Cardinal George Pell. BBC
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AS part of efforts to curb the increasing cases of sexual and other child abuses, the Lagos State government has approved teaching of safe and unsafe touches to children in the state. The teaching is to be carried out by the Cece Yara Foundation, a child-centered non-profit organisation.
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