Father arrested for torturing 6-year-old daughter for 4 days over ‘witchcraft prophesy’ (PICTURED)

by Chi Ibe A 42-year-old man in Cross River State is currently under investigation after reports of child abuse that he tortured his six-year-old daughter because was ‘a witch’. Edet Etok-Akpan had received so-called revelation from a church prophetess about his daughter mysterious powers which made him lock her up in a room tying her hands and... Read More

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February 10, 2013

“I didn’t do anything” – Emaciated 17-year-old found handcuffed to a pole in father’s basement

Authorities found a frail 17-year-old boy handcuffed to a pole in his parents’ Kansas City basement, where he said he’d been kept since his father withdrew him from school in September. Police said Wednesday that they were still investigating and hadn’t turned over any of their findings to prosecutors for consideration of possible charges. Police... Read More

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February 7, 2013

40-year-old who (allegedly) confessed to raping a 15 year old girl now awaits trial in Kirikiri

by Rachel Ogbu Lagos State policemen have re-arrested the 40-year-old who allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl and got her pregnant. Police from Meiran Police Division in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government, Lagos State took Taju Adejumo into custody on Wednesday February 6 and charged to an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court after new evidence emerged. Yesterday, YNaija reported in detail how Adejumo, a... Read More

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January 23, 2013

Couple arrested for punishing their kids by forcing them into plastic boxes sealed with duct tape

An eastern Ohio couple pleaded guilty to punishing their three children by forcing them into plastic storage boxes sealed with duct tape and only a square cut in the top for air. A prosecutor said the children, ages 5, 6 and 8, were crammed into the boxes as punishment June 16 at the family home... Read More

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January 11, 2013

Monster Mum: Lawyer sold her teenage daughter for sex online, video taped the rapes, and even had sex with daughter

The allegations were almost too heinous and far-fetched to be believed. A New Hampshire lawyer who graduated at the top of her class and credited her success to Christianity was accused of using her 14-year-old daughter as a sexual pawn, at one point even engaging in a sexual act with the girl on camera. But... Read More

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January 3, 2013

Just mean: ‘Pastor’ sodomises a 12-year-old girl, his church blame it on a 6-year-old ‘witch’ whom they beat and parade

by Rachel Ogbu Alasco Sobowale, a pastor based in Lagos has been accused of raping a 12-year-old girl in Epe. The incident took place at the girl’s house located at 10, Togodo Street, Temu Town on December 15. Ngozi Anjorin, the victim’s aunty said the victim was new in Lagos from Imo state and only... Read More

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December 1, 2012

Mother raised daughter as a boy for two years before being discovered

A Brazilian girl was placed with a foster family when it was discovered her mother raised her as a boy for two years before an aunt discovered the truth, a Brazilian news program has reported. The mother named her female baby Samuel and managed to erase the “female” check box on her birth certificate at... Read More

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November 29, 2012

Atrocious: ’White witches’ charged for raping children during pagan rituals

by Rachel Ogbu Peter Petrauske, 72 and Jack Kemp, 69, belonging to a ‘witches’ coven’ wore ceremonial robes and used daggers as part of ritualistic sex abuse on girls aged between three and 15, a court held. The two men from Falmouth are in a Truro Crown Court facing charges of indecent assault and one... Read More

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November 27, 2012

Oprah Winfrey opens up on her childhood rapes during David Letterman lecture series

by Rachel Ogbu It was a very emotional moment for talk show queen, Oprah Winfrey as she as down with David Letterman in an interview. As part of the David Letterman Distinguished Professional Lecture and Workshop Series in Muncie, Indiana, the 58-year-old owner of OWN network and one of the most influential people in the... Read More

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November 13, 2012

TICKER: Tragic: Saudi religious preacher ‘beat daughter, 5, to death with whips and hot metal’

A five-year-old girl has died after her father – a ‘prominent religious scholar’ – allegedly beat her to death with ‘whips and hot metal’. Lamaa died in the intensive care unit of a Riyadh hospital in Saudi Arabia after months of ‘suffering from broken arms, [a] skull fracture and head bruises’. Al Arabiya news reported... Read More

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November 8, 2012

TICKER: Parents who beat and padlocked 19-year-old daughter for talking to a boy sentenced

Relatives who beat their teenage family member and padlocked her to a bed were all sentenced to two years’ probation in a plea deal on Tuesday. Arizona woman Aiya Altameemi, 19, was assaulted and imprisoned by her family because they saw her speaking with a male acquaintance, behaviour her mother said is forbidden by the... Read More

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November 4, 2012

TICKER: Sadist: How woman, 26, forced teenage boy to drink his own urine and lick blood for 4 years

A woman who sadistically tortured a teenage boy and made him drink his own urine during a terrifying two-hour ordeal has been jailed for four years. Kerry Howle, 26, forced the defenceless 15-year-old schoolboy to eat a mouldy sausage roll which she had spat on and coated in cigarette ash. She smashed a glass ashtray... Read More

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November 3, 2012

TICKER: Wow: 7-year old boy slammed into school bus window by woman

A prosecutor says a female transportation employee will not be charged after she was caught on video slamming a 7-year-old boy into a school bus window in southwestern Michigan. Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Fink made the announcement Thursday, saying the woman was acting in self-defense. A company hired to handle student transportation and the district... Read More

child abuse, self defense

September 23, 2012

Heinous: Man orally rapes his 15-week-old daughter to death

by Stanley Azuakola If there is an unforgivable offence, this is it: An American man allegedly killed his 15-week-old daughter while orally raping her. A court has found him guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual assault, and the man, Steven Deuman, 26, now faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole. according... Read More

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August 14, 2012

7 years: Nigerian couple in the UK jailed for child molestation

by Adeniyi Abdul A Nigerian man and his wife living in the United Kingdom have bagged seven-year jail terms for child molestation. The couple was accused of beating their six children with brooms, hoovers and wires, in attempts to cleanse them of evil spirits. The case is particularly noteworthy because it was brought to attention... Read More

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August 12, 2012

Olympics worker arrested for child molestation

by Adeniyi Abdul A worker at the London 2012 Olympic Games has been arrested by police on suspicion of child abuse. The 49-year-old man was on his way to work around 5.30 a.m on Friday when the policemen apprehended him. Police reportedly found him on Twitter where he shared information and pornographic pictures of sexually... Read More

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March 3, 2012

“Cruel, violent and manipulative” – Man gets 19 years for raping daughters

by Lekan Olanrewaju A man was yesterday handed a 19 year jail sentence for the rape of two girls. The victims were his daughter and stepdaughter who he reportedly raped up to three times a week and beat with a leather belt if they refused. The man, 51, whose identity has been protected fathered three children with... Read More

child abuse, rape

January 24, 2012

Seriously, isn’t it time to enforce the Child Rights Act?

By Adebola Rayo The Child Rights Act is only just one more law that is not properly enforced in Nigeria. Perhaps because of the harsh economic realities in the country, some parents are not disinclined to sending their children away with ‘aunties’ or ‘uncles’ who take them to other cities and subject them to all... Read More

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