Child Protection
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Court Approves Overseas DNA Tests to Protect Mohbad’s Son’s Right to Identity and Parental Recognition
The Magistrate Court sitting in Ikorodu, Lagos, has approved three overseas laboratories to conduct DNA testing to determine the paternity…
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Presiding Magistrate Adjourns Inquest into Chimamanda Adichie’s Son’s Death to April 14, Sparks Wider Child Protection Accountability Debate
Presiding Magistrate Atinuke Adetunji has adjourned the inquest into the death of 21 month old Nkanu Nnamdi Esege, son of…
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Schoolchildren as Targets: Should the St Mary’s Debate Focus on Ransom Payments or Safeguarding Failures?
The controversy over whether ransom was paid for the release of nearly 300 pupils and staff abducted from St Mary’s…
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Child Safety First: Why NAPTIP’s Review in the Wake of the Simi Backlash Matters for Child Safeguarding
What started as resurfaced tweets has grown into a national conversation about child safety, accountability, and the standards expected in…
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AI Is Supercharging Violence Against Female children And the World Isn’t Ready, Warns UN Women
As artificial intelligence reshapes the digital world, child protection advocates are sounding the alarm: the same tools powering innovation are…
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473 Million Children Trapped in War Zones as Violence Against the Young Surges Worldwide
Nearly one in five children worldwide is now living in or fleeing from conflict, a staggering humanitarian crisis that is…
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Children as Young as 10 Seeking Drug Treatment in Africa, Experts Warn of Deepening Child Protection Crisis
Children in drug treatment are now as young as 10 in parts of Africa, according to medical experts who warn…
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Grieving Families Confront Meta CEO as Questions Mount Over Child Safety
LOS ANGELES — Testimony was delivered this week by Mark Zuckerberg in a Los Angeles courtroom as part of a…
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Behind the Headlines: What Davido’s Custody Battle Teaches About Protecting a Child’s Best Interests
When custody disputes play out in court and on social media, the loudest voices are often the adults. But at…
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Families Sue Texas Daycare After Alleged Abuse of Children Caught on Camera
What was meant to be a safe place for first steps and early learning has become the centre of a…
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