The Swedish Prosecution Authority announced that the inquiry into rape allegations against French footballer Kylian Mbappé has been closed due to a lack of sufficient evidence to proceed. This is according to multiple reports on Thursday morning. The allegations had…
The trial of Dominique Pelicot and 49 other defendants accused of orchestrating and participating in the mass rape and abuse of Pelicot’s ex-wife, Gisele Pelicot, has entered its final phase in Avignon, France. Prosecutors began presenting sentencing requests on Monday,…
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,…
