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The Bayelsa Government has summoned the parents of a four-year-old girl and the 54-year-old man reportedly engaged in a marriage in the Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government’s intervention is coming on the heels of media reports of a Dec. 26 […]
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Numerous Child Rights Advocacy groups in Bayelsa State on Thursday, protested the marriage in a customary union of a 4-year-old girl to a 54-year-old man in Akeddei community, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The Child Rights advocacy groups including the Do Foundation, described the marriage as illegal, criminal and against the Constitution and […]
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Former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Sani Ahmad Yerima has given an update on the status of the 14-year-old Egyptian girl he wedded over a decade ago. Yerima’s decision to marry the underaged girl (with many reports claiming she was 13 years old) drew worldwide backlash when it was first revealed that he married the […]
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Aminu Danmaliki, a 60-year-old man based in Kano State has cleared the air surrounding his alleged marriage to an alleged child bride after his wedding pictures went viral online. While defending his actions in the viral video, the elderly man, said their marriage was born out of love and mutual consent. The video and photos of […]
Keep ReadingA 12-year-old-girl who was allegedly forced into marrying a supposed 50-year-old man in the Adaka area of Makurdi town has been rescued by the officials of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons, NAPTIP. This comes after a human rights activist, Lucky Iduh raised an alarm and then a Makurdi-based humanist, Ukan […]
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