The police in Cross River State have confirmed the arrest of one Michael Edet who raped a serving corps member (name withheld) after breaking into her residence in Ekpri-Obutong in the Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State. The incident happened on Friday at about 11pm at Block A6, Obutong Estate in Ekpri-Obutong when […]
A 25-year-old man, Sunday Aremu, who pleaded guilty to abducting a physically-challenged girl and raping her, on Monday appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The accused is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, abduction and unlawful carnal knowledge. The accused, however, admitted the charge. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Kehinde Omisakin had told the […]
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a man, Olalekan Ezekiel, for allegedly dressing like a police officer. Also nabbed by the police is a student of the College of Science and Technology, Ijero Ekiti, Busayo Kayode, who was arrested for allegedly tricking his bosom friend into the hands of 10-man gang of rapists. The […]
A coalition group, “the civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All” (CSACEFA), Delta State Chapter, has raised concern over the alleged frequent rape and violence against Women/Girls across the state. While alleging 261 rape/violence cases against women/girls in the past eight months, the group state secretary, Mrs. Augusta Keneboh however sought effective media collaboration […]
A Lagos landlady has approached a Lagos Magistrate court sitting in Ogba for justice after she alleged to be raped by her tenant and his gang. The complainant, (names withheld) alleged that the 54- year-old defendant, Segun Awogbemi, who was docked before Magistrate Mrs. Omolade Awope did have canal knowledge of her without her consent. […]
Gunmen in South Sudan have raped girls, seized boys to become soldiers and torched towns in some of the heaviest fighting seen in the 17-month-long civil war, the United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday. Over 300 000 civilians have been left without “life-saving aid” in the northern battleground state of Unity, after the UN and […]
As a result of the incessant rape cases in Niger State, Governor Babangida Aliyu, on Thursday, assented to the State House of Assembly bill seeking stiffer punishment for rapists and people engaged in sex offences. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Israel Ebije said other bills passed into law and assented to were […]
An elderly Belgian has been sentenced to 20 years’ jail for raping two girls, aged 11 and 13, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the lawyer of one of the victims said on Tuesday. Septuagenarian Jacques Francis Bellize, whose trial began in March, was sentenced on Monday “to a total of 20 years’ imprisonment” and […]
The story of Asiya is one parents should consider before breaking up. Raped at 14 in the Kaduna suburbs, the sociologist has become a voluntary counsellor to youths at organised forums. OVIE DANIEL spotted her in Lagos recently and reports. Pretty Asiya Abdulmumuni- Jinaidu is a soul caught between two opposing tribes and cultural interests at […]
Police investigating the rape of an elderly nun in the Indian state of West Bengal have arrested two men, more than 12 days after the crime, BBC reports This is following earlier detaining of several others for questioning. The incident caused outrage in India and led to street protests in many cities across the country. […]
Ms Ezinne Akudo, Winner of Miss Nigeria 2013, has described sexual violence as a crime against humanity and infringement on the rights of the victim, who carries the psychological trauma for life. Akudo, 24, said this at the formal inauguration of her project — the Eight Foundation Rape Crisis Centre — in Lekki, Lagos. “We […]
A 34-year-old civil servant, Segun Oluyara, on Tuesday appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl, NAN reports. Oluyara, who resides at No. 36, Oduntan St., Ketu, Lagos, is facing a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse. The prosecutor, ASP Godwin Anyanwu told the court that the accused […]
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the detention of one Michael Oyejide, 24, in the Ibara prison for allegedly raping to death his 18-year-old girlfriend. The Magistrate, Mr Martins Akinyemi, ordered that the accused be remanded in the prison pending legal advice from the state Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Oyejide, who resides at […]