Child Abuse

The Kwara State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund, has resuscitated and inaugurated the Child's Rights Implementation Committee to achieve Legislative Reform on Child's Rights Law. The State…

The Kaduna State Government has restated its commitment to the elimination of violence against women and any form of child abuse in the state. The state Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, stated this during the road walk exercise to  join…

Wife of the Nigerian President, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, on Saturday, 18 November, 2023 joined her Sierra Leonean counterpart, Dr. Fatima Madda Bio, and the Angolan First Lady, Dr. Ana Afonso Dias Lourenço, to commemorate the first…

A non-governmental organization, Youth Alive Foundation Africa, has decried the alarming rate at which children and young people are tricked, forced and exploited or sold across the country, particularly in Akwa Ibom State. READ…

The Chief Executive Officer of CeCe Yara Foundation, Detutu Ajibodu, has counselled school teachers to create a supportive atmosphere in their various schools that would enable children to feel comfortable speaking up and seeking help when…

Child health and nutrition experts have warned that many complications are associated with feeding babies forcefully. READ ALSO:Experts call for More Funding and Partnership In Health Sector Speaking on the dangers of force-feeding…

Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN), has decried the rising cases of child Abuse in the country, noting that six out of 10 Nigerian children are abused or maltreated before they get to the age of 18. READ ALSO:PAN decry escalation of…

The Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN), has condemned the high rate of child Abuse menace in the country despite the existing Child Rights Act which was passed into Law in 2003. READ ALSO: NAPTIP partners with US against Child…