The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has said that it gets higher cases of abuse of women and children in Nigeria. Chidi Odinkalu, chairman of the governing council of the NHRC, disclosed this today at a one-day conference on reporting of women issues in Abuja. Stating cases of serious abuse of women and children, Odinkalu…
Police Rescue Three Kidnapped Children
The three missing Orekoya children ─ Aderomola, 11 months old; Adedamola, 4 and Demola, 6, that were kidnapped by Mary Akinloye who was employed as Nanny about three weeks ago at Surulere area of Lagos State have been found. Kennet Nwosu, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO who confirmed this to TELL said they…
US: Father, Seven Children Found Dead At Home
A man and his seven children have been found dead at their home in Princess Anne, Maryland, US, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning. According to the stepfather of the deceased, the 36-year-old, Rodney Todd, was trying to keep his family warm with a generator after the power was cut off due to an unpaid bill…
Australian Mother Charged with Murder of 8 Children
Australian authorities have charged Mersane Warria, a woman in the northern city of Cairns with the murder of seven of her children and her niece. The 37-year old was charged while in hospital where she is being treated under guard for self-inflicted knife wounds, police say. Post-mortem examinations are being carried out to determine the…
Children Found Dead In Australian Home
The Australian police said eight children have been found dead at a house in Cairns, northern Queensland. Police said a 34-year-old woman had been taken to hospital with stab wounds but was stable. The details of the incident and the woman’s relationship to the children, aged between 18 months and 15 years, are not yet…
The Trauma of Child Abuse
The video seems ordinary enough. A woman is feeding a baby and sometimes she feeds herself from the baby’s food. This is typical of most mothers. Then as the woman stops feeding, the child sits up and vomits the food. The woman then throws the baby on the floor, hits her several times with what…
