Some $104 million have been provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), towards aiding the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria. The additional funding which was announced on March 12, will go towards giving urgent aid in communities through providing food, health, nutrition, shelter, protection, sanitation and hygiene, the agency said in a statement …
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The illicit business of child trafficking thrives in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria, with many children displaced from their biological parents to alien homes. Orphanages set up to give care and support for children without parents are facilitating it for financial benefits. Some of the homes are registered with the relevant government agencies and conversant with …
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Some 22 underage children who the military rescued in an anti-human trafficking operation in Nassarawa State, North Central Nigeria, have been handed over to the Kaduna State Government, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) said. In a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, the Director-General of NAPTIP, Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, said the …
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Akanji Oluwaseyi, a 45-year-old man, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police command for forcefully having a carnal knowledge of his 13-year-old daughter (name withheld). Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent Police, and Police Public Relations Officer of the command disclosed this in a statement. Oyeyemi said the arrest was made after the …
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Armed men on Friday night invaded Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, northwest Nigeria and kidnapped dozens of students. The attack on the school and environs started at about 11 pm and lasted for over two hours. An undisclosed number of students and residents of the town were declared …
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UK based child rights organisation, Save the Children International (SCI) has commended the Katsina State House of Assembly after passing the Child Right Protection Bill on Wednesday, marking almost 17 years since the Child Rights Act was initially presented to the house in 2003. Musa Nuhu, Chairman of the House Committee on Child Right Protection …
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Women rights campaigners in Nigeria have raised concerns on the increasing practices of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) practice and child marriage in the country. Dr Lekan Awolola, a Consultant Gynaecologist whose material was shared at a recent webinar on COVID-19, child marriage and female genital mutilation described genital mutilation as a harmful practice. The dialogue …
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In 2012, when she was only seven, Maymunah* left her home in Dandinshe, a small community in Kofar Ruwa, Kano State, for Makafin Dala. The only reason her parents gave her was her paternal grandmother’s blindness. Her mission, they instructed, was to assist the old woman in begging for alms. Also known as the ‘Colony …
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The International Labour Organization (ILO), Ministry of Labour and Employment, and other participants at a workshop for journalists have charged media organisations to collaborate in addressing the problem of child labour. This appeal was contained in a communique released on Thursday by the stakeholders. This followed a three-day training for media professionals on effective child …
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The Police Command in Kano State on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of Habibu Sale, 24, who allegedly kidnapped and killed eight years old Asiya Tasi’u Muhammad in Chikawa village, Gabasawa Local Government Area after collecting N500,000 ransom for her release. DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the Police Public Relations Officer in Kano State, Northwest Nigeria, informed …
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Some people already know their fate at an early stage in life but fight to overcome the obstacles around them. Such is the case of Nabila Lawal, who despite glaring obstacles created by circumstances of her life, dreams of a bright future. Nabila is a 12-year-old girl. She is the fourth child in a polygamous …
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The Almajiri Child Right Initiative (ACRI) is concerned over failure to fully reintegrate some repatriated almajirai across northern Nigeria and as such, they are returning to the street with their begging bowls. The Executive Director of the ACRI, Muhammad Sabo Keana, expressed worry over the development while distributing palliatives to the 214 repatriated almajirai in …
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