[The Activism Blog] Why federal government template on child labour reporting might not work

The Federal Government through the permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr. Bolaji Adebiyi represented by the director, inspectorate, Mr. Solomon Ajibola has stated that it has designed a template for formal reporting of activities relating to child labour and human trafficking in the country. Speaking at a two-day capacity building workshop for... Read More

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child labour, nigeria, poverty

June 6, 2016

Opinion: I stand against child labour, but I have a 6-year-old housemaid

Child Labour is the state of involving children in work activities that deprive them of their childhood, education, health and dignity. Children due to their fragile and developing nature should not be forced into activities that can be mentally, physically, morally, socially harmful and dangerous to their well-being. Child Labour is sometimes misinterpreted by people... Read More

abuse, child labour, children, domestic workers, employers, housemaid, nigeria

June 20, 2013

Police parade 16 pregnant women from another baby factory in Abia

by Rachel Ogbu The State Security Service (SSS) in Abia State paraded 16 ladies aged between 17 and 37 in a baby factory yesterday where they were waiting to deliver and sell their children to prospective buyers. Director of SSS, Mathew Obodoechi described the house where the girls lived as very unhygienic and the women... Read More

Abia State, baby business, baby factory, baby-making factory, child labour, Cross Foundation International, human trafficking, selling babies

May 30, 2013

Beyonce under fire over H&M’s scandal in Bangladesh where child labour is rife

Critics: Beyonce is under fire for being the face of clothing giant H&M as more damaging allegations emerge about conditions its workers endure overseas Popstar Beyonce is under fire for being the face of clothing giant H&M as more damaging allegations emerge about conditions its works endure overseas. The singer signed a multi-million dollar... Read More

Bangladesh, Beyoncé, child labour, face sexual abuse, H&M

May 24, 2013

In advance: Pregnant woman and husband sell unborn child for N200,000 (PICTURED)

by Rachel Ogbu A man and his 23-year-old pregnant wife have been arrested in Lagos for selling their unborn child and then attempting to sell their neighbour’s son. On Thursday, Adaeze Mba told police at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters that she traded hers for N200,000, in advance and was negotiating with sellers to... Read More

baby business, baby factory, baby-making factory, child labour, human trafficking, selling babies

April 15, 2013

“We had to buy her from the whorehouse”: Joke Silva speaks of heart breaking experience rescuing a child prostitute

by Chi Ibe Nollywood actress and UN ambassador, Joke Silva recently revealed that the most heart breaking experience she ever had was when she met a 10 year-old girl who had been sold into prostitution, molested and had to be re-sold in order to be free. Silva who was recently interview said she came in contact... Read More

child labour, human trafficking, Joke Silva, Nollywood actress, prostitution, This Present House

March 14, 2013

“How I was tricked, gang-raped, and forced into prostitution at 10” – 18-year-old victim gives horrific details

by Rachel Ogbu In a detailed account of life as a prostitute, an 18-year-old girl has told the story of how he was taken from her home in Cross River State and brought to Lagos to prostitute when she was only 10 years old. Identified simply as Victoria, she said she had trusted her aunty,... Read More

10 years old prostitute, child labour, human trafficking, prostitute, sexual abuse

April 14, 2012

Short Story: The brave child hawker

by Idowu Oluwatoyin Later that night, I thought about Linda as I laid my bed. … a young girl’s destiny destroyed. Linda was young girl, no more than nine or ten years old. She worked in my neighbourhood at Ojuelegba, hawking bread to add to the puny income of her impoverished family. Acting as both father and mother... Read More

child labour, opinion, short story

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

child abuse, child labour, Child Rights Act, law, prostitution

[The Activism Blog] Why federal government template on child labour reporting might not work

Opinion: I stand against child labour, but I have a 6-year-old housemaid

Police parade 16 pregnant women from another baby factory in Abia

Beyonce under fire over H&M’s scandal in Bangladesh where child labour is rife

In advance: Pregnant woman and husband sell unborn child for N200,000 (PICTURED)

“We had to buy her from the whorehouse”: Joke Silva speaks of heart breaking experience rescuing a child prostitute

“How I was tricked, gang-raped, and forced into prostitution at 10” – 18-year-old victim gives horrific details

Short Story: The brave child hawker

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

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