by Angela Onyebuchi | Feb 11, 2024 | Child Abuse
A flight attendant has been accused of secretly recording a 9-year-old girl while she used the bathroom aboard an American Airlines flight. Estes Carter Thompson III, 37, was arrested in January after a 14-year-old girl from North Carolina noticed an iPhone taped to...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Feb 7, 2024 | Child Abuse
Brian Kenneth Urban was caught after the girl’s mother installed cameras in the bedroom to monitor her seizures. Brian, 51, pled guilty to five felony charges after raping his 31-year-old disabled stepdaughter, Ashley Vigil. The 31-year-old woman has a rare...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Feb 2, 2024 | sexual abuse
The Abia State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the General Overseer and pastor of Liberation Word Assembly International in Aba, Peculiar Ginika, over allegations of sexually abusing a minor. Pastor Ginika is currently held at the Rapid Response Squad of...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Jan 31, 2024 | Child Abuse
What is neglect? Neglect is the failure of a parent or guardian to provide a child’s basic needs, including food, shelter, clothing, medical care, education, and emotional support. It can manifest in various forms such as physical neglect, emotional neglect,...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Jan 29, 2024 | Child Trafficking
A 45-year-old child trafficker, Alimot Haruna, has allegedly confessed to smuggling 42 northern children into Lagos without their parent’s consent in the last 5 years, to sell them into child labour. The suspect was arrested on Thursday, Jan 25, by a team of policemen...