MAKURDI, BENUE– Students of Holy Rosary College, Tse-Abu, Makurdi, have actually been geared up with critical abilities on safe internet navigation, psychological health conservation, and defences versus technology-facilitated abuse.
The detailed empowerment drive coincided with a specialised Digital Safety Training seminar and the formal launch of the school’s leader Digital Security Club.
The dual-pronged effort was arranged to commemorate the 2026 Children’s Day celebration, bringing together hundreds of trainees, secondary school teachers, and specialised assistance counsellors.
Browsing the Legal Truths of Cybercrime
The seminar opened with a hard-hitting presentation by the Creator of the Aza-Gbagyo Foundation, Mr Joseph Gbagyo, who focused greatly on the educational and efficient optimisation of contemporary internet connection.
Mr. Gbagyo warned the students versus developing addicting social media practices. He clearly warned them against secretly accessing or operating digital profiles on their moms and dads’ mobile phones without mature parental supervision.
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To drive home the seriousness of digital misbehavior, the structure head educated the teenage audience on the statutory provisions of Nigeria’s Cybercrime Act Law.
He discussed that the legal framework was enacted not just to punish web fraudsters, however to actively safeguard vulnerable teenagers from falling victim to malicious distributes running throughout foreign and domestic digital spaces.
Combating Online Grooming and Exploitation
The 2nd phase of the residency was assisted in by the Executive Lead of the Effort for Human Rights and Gender Awareness (IHRGA), Mrs. Nyiyam Ikyereve.
Her session focused on the mental risks of online grooming and the increasing wave of technology-facilitated gender violence.
The session turned into a highly interactive online forum where the students openly mapped out their everyday digital footprints.
Lots of participants noted streaming TikTok videos, consuming Korean dramas (K-drama), digital movie streaming, editing media through CapCut, and reading global news applications as their primary online leisure activities.
The collaborative defense layout was co-sponsored by the Center for Inclusive Future Women and Kid Advancement Effort (CIFWCDI).
The allied civil groups stressed that establishing the long-term school club guarantees digital safety literacy remains a sustainable peer-to-peer structure rather than a one-off lecture.
School administrators praised the intervention as extremely prompt. They kept in mind that as secondary school students get increasing access to affordable mobile data networks, active institutional oversight and early legal awareness are the just true shields efficient in safeguarding their academic focus and mental health.