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Alleged sexual assault: Baba Ijesha to be arraigned on June 24

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2021 0

Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka alias Baba Ijesha is to be arraigned at an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday over allegations of sexual assault of a minor. Baba Ijesha who has been in custody since his arrest on April 22, is to stand trial before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo on June 24

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Kiki Mordi, others react to sack of Nigerian journalist Adeshokan

Ihesiulo Grace 11 September 2020 0

Nigerian investigative journalist, Kiki Mordi has reacted to the sack of the Nigerian journalist, Oluwatosin Adeshokan working for an African magazine, the Africa Report. The magazine sacked Adeshokan on Friday, September 11, following calls from several women who accused him inappropriate sexual conducts on Twitter. On their different tweets, Daily Times reports that the

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Africa Report disengages Nigerian journalist Adeshokan over alleged sexual misconduct

Ihesiulo Grace 11 September 2020 0

A magazine for African politics, Business and Culture, the Africa Report has disengaged its West Africa correspondent, Oluwatosin Adeshokan over alleged sexual misconduct. Daily Times reports that the Nigerian journalist was called out on Twitter after several women accused him inappropriate sexual conducts. On their different tweets, the women alleged that Adeshokan is a

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Commercial motorcyclist receives 20 years sentence for testing daughter’s virginity

Ihesiulo Grace 29 July 2020 0

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 37-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Emmanuel Idoko, to 20 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting his 12-year-old daughter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Sybil Nwaka, while delivering judgment on the charge of sexual assault by penetration against Idoko, said the

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Ekiti establishes sexual assault referral centre for rape victims

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2020 0

The Ekiti state government has established a sexual assault referral centre where victims of rape and other sexual assault will receive medical and psychological attention, rather than being abandoned by the state. The government also assured that the state will strengthen the policy of naming and shaming perpetrators of rape by publishing their photographs on […]

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NGO demands sexual assault referral centres in Oyo

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2020 0

The Hug Place, a non-governmental organization has appealed to the Oyo state government to create sexual assault referral centres in all the 33 local government areas of the state. Founder of the non-governmental organization, Ms. Jesudunsin Okewunmi, made this appeal on Saturday in Ibadan during the maiden edition of the colour conference tagged: “Oyo SARC: […]

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We’ve recorded 108 sexual assault cases in Kafanchan in 2020 – Centre

Ihesiulo Grace 21 February 2020 0

Kafanchan – The Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government area of Kaduna State says it has recorded 108 reported cases of sexual assault between January and February 2020. The Centre Manager, Mrs Grace Abbin, made this known on Friday during an interview in Kafanchan. Of the 108 cases, Abbin said that […]

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Kaduna sexual assault centres record 725 cases in 2019 — Managers

Ihesiulo Grace 10 January 2020 0

Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) in Kaduna state said the centres recorded a total of 725 sexual and other assault cases in 2019. The managers of the centres made this known in separate interviews on Friday in Kaduna. Manager of SARC in Kafanchan, Kaduna state, Mrs. Grace Yohanna-Abin, said the centre recorded 219 cases […]

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The Unfinished Battle against Rape

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2020 0

A teenage girl was raped by her church pastor. She said that one day her mother and her sisters travelled, so the pastor noticed their absence from church that day so he came to her house to “check up on the family.” Realizing that she was the only one at home, he took advantage of […]

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NANS presidential aspirant opens online sexual assault register

Ihesiulo Grace 12 October 2019 0

Ado-Ekiti – Mr Sunday Asefon, an aspirant for the position of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) president, has opened an online register for students who had been sexually assaulted by lecturers. Asefon, who is a student of Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, promised to publish the online register if he became the president of […]