Police in Jigawa State have arrested an 18-year-old boy, Khamisu Ibrahim, over the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in Malam Madori Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for the command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, confirmed the arrest…
Residents of Uzebu community in Benin City, Edo State scampered for safety as rampaging cultists on a reprisal attack killed two members of a rival cult group in the remote community, leaving a woman dead. According to reports, her husband…
Honorable Justice Blessing Egwu has sentenced a 47-year-old man, Ita Okon to life imprisonment for defiling an 8-year-old minor. Ita Okon was convicted at the Family Court 2 sitting in Calabar yesterday after being found guilty of the crime. In…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ekiti State has paraded a 23-year-old man, Samuel Balogun, accused of rape, cyberstalking, conspiracy, and threat to life, among other crimes. The State Commandant, Mr. Agboola Sunday, paraded Balogun alongside three…
A Deputy Commissioner of Police in Borno, DCP Ahmad Bello, has called for stringent laws to stop withdrawal of rape and other sexual violence cases by relations of victims in court. He made the call in Maiduguri in his contribution…
BY OZO RAY, Awka Heinous crimes are allegedly being perpetrated at Obuofia village Aguluezechukwu in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State by bandits. It is reported that the villagers have deserted Obuofia because the daredevil hoodlums kidnapped, raped women…
By Fatai Kasali A 42-year-old man, Festus Nwaegela has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison custody by the Ikeja Magistrate Court on Tuesday for raping an eight-year-old girl. He was ordered to be kept at the facility by Chief magistrate O.…
The Medical Director, Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, has asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment of the lower court which convicted him of rape. The Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, had,…
Favour Enuji, a legal practitioner and rights activist, has urged the Delta State Chief Judge and the State Judiciary to release Chiemere Nneji, a 17-year-old male who is being detained at the state police station in Agbor following…
Rape cases have assumed a pervasive nature within the borders of Nigeria, as an increasing number of instances are being reported and subjected to legal proceedings in recent times. The nation has witnessed a surge in the occurrence of sexual…
