No fewer than 10 female students have been raped and robbed when armed robbers invaded six off-campus student hostels at Ifite, near the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. According to sources, the hoodlums, numbering about 20 stormed the area…
By Saka Laaro, Ilorin. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara Command, has arrested one Ganiyu Yusuf for alleged robbery and rape. This was contained in a statement issued by the public relations officer of the Command, Ayeni…
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo had sentenced a 36-year-old commercial motorcycle operator locally known as “okada” to 20 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl. The convict, Anietie Bassey Etim, a native of Ikot Itie…
Mrs. Hanan Buhari, Daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, has decried what she described as low reportage of rape, sexual and gender-based violence cases in the country. She said this at the inauguration of the Hanan Buhari Foundation which took place…
A man identified as Uchennaya Nwubi has been arrested for allegedly abusing his two infant daughters. The man was arrested in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State by the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare. Nwubi…
An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced 62-year-old Daudu Jimoh to life imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl in Ilupeju Ekiti. The convict was arraigned before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye on 5/8/2020 on one count charge of rape.…
The Zaria Branch of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) says it will embark on house-to-house campaign against rising cases of rape, gender and domestic violence in Zaria. Dr Lateefat Bello, Chairperson of the Association, said this at a…
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Thursday ordered remand of one Wasiu Toheeb, aged 20, for alleged rape of a 40-year-old woman. Toheeb, whose residential address was not provided, is charged with rape, assault and theft.He, however, pleaded not guilty.…
By Konyinsola Dawodu A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 27-year-old man, Musa Haruna, be remanded in a correctional facility for allegedly attempting to rape a 9-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the…
The Police Command in Benue on Monday arraigned one Jighjigh Aondoaver before a Makurdi Upper Area Court for alleged rape. The prosecutor, Inspector Veronica Shaagee, told the court that the case was transferred to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Makurdi from…
