The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, made this known at the end of the fourth meeting of the Council which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the State House, Abuja. Tallen stated that the Council’s decision to endorsed the stiffer penalties against sex offenders followed approval of a memo she presented […]
The House of Representatives has voted against a prayer seeking to recommend castration for rapists. The House, at the plenary on Thursday, considered and adopted a motion on the rising cases of sexual violence in Nigeria. A member, Mr James Faleke, had recommended that persons found guilty of rape should be castrated. Just before the […]
The Nigeria Police has paraded 16 notorious members of three kidnap for ransom and armed robbery gangs suspects that operate along Abuja- Suleja- Kaduna -Minna highways. The Force Public Relations Officer , CSP Jimoh Moshood who paraded the suspects at Sabin Wuse Division, Niger State on Tuesday, said the gangs members were responsible for the […]