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Lagos: The Lagos State Government, through its Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), has trained over 10,000 safeguarding officers across schools and institutions. The Executive Secretary of the DSVA, Mrs …

Katsina (Nigeria): The Katsina Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) says it has recorded about 110 cases of sexual assault since its establishment in December 2023. Of the cases recorded during …

Akure, Ondo State (Nigeria): Police in Ondo State have apprehended one Oyewole Adamolekun for allegedly impregnating his teenage daughter.  DSP Olushola Ayanlade, the command’s spokesperson, who made this known in …

Benin (Nigeria): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over Nigeria’s ranking as one of the world’s top three countries with a high prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation …

New York: Attacks on schools in conflict zones around the world have increased by a “staggering 44 per cent” over the past year. UN Secretary-General, António Guterres stated this in …

Ado-Ekiti: An 18-year-old man, Solomon Sunday, has been remanded in a correctional facility by an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court following allegations that he defiled his neighbour’s two-year-old daughter. The defendant, …

Maiduguri: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) disclosed that humanitarian interventions in some disadvantaged Nigerian communities in 2024 have climbed to about $50 million. The IRC Acting Country Director, Easter Agoriat, …