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October 8, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands Man For Allegedly Raping Friend’s Wife

An Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Friday remanded a 35-year-old trader, Chigozie Ojinika, in Kirikiri Correctional centre for allegedly raping his friend‘s wife. The police charged Ojinaka, who resides at 72, Ayelara St., Surulere, Lagos with rape. The Magistrate, Mrs H....

May 10, 2022 No Responses

How I Was Raped By BRT Driver – Witness

A prosecution witness in the rape and murder trial of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominnikoron, on Monday narrated how she was allegedly raped by Ominnikoron after boarding BRT. Ominnikoron is standing trial on a five-count charge bordering.....

April 20, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands School Driver For Allegedly Defiling Three-Year-Old Pupil

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday, ordered that a 37-year-old primary school driver, Kingsley Okwumbu, be remanded for allegedly defiling a three-year-old pupil of the school. The police charged Okwumbu, who resides in Ikeja area of Lagos...

November 27, 2021 No Responses

Adamawa Records 149 Rape Cases In Ten Months

The Permanent Secretary, Adamawa Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Saso Ali, has disclosed that 149 cases of rape were recorded in the last 10 months in the state. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

September 20, 2021 No Responses

Kaduna Hospital Records 652 Rape Cases

Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Zaria in Kaduna State, recorded 652 rape cases where children below 17 years were the victims between February 2019 and August 2021. Hajiya Amina Ladan, the head of the c...

June 18, 2021 No Responses

Police Arrest Man For Allegedly Raping 85-Year-Old Stepmother

The Police Command in Ekiti State on Thursday said it has arrested a 65-year-old man, Durodola Ogundele, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his stepmother. A statement by the command’s Spokesperson, Mr Sunday Abutu, in Ado-Ekiti, said Ogundel...

January 21, 2021 No Responses

Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Raping 3-Year-Old Step Daughter In A’Ibom

The High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has sentenced a 23-year-old man, Iniobong Moses, to life imprisonment for raping his 3-year-old step-daughter in Ikot Akpe, Uyo Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom. The Court, presided over by Justice...

July 7, 2020 No Responses

Kaduna Considering Castration, No Bail For Rapists

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai on Monday said the Justice system of the State will no longer grant bail to rapists, just as it is considering castration for convicts. El-Rufai made the remarks when a group of women, advocating for...

July 2, 2020 No Responses

Rape: Afe Babalola Recommends Castration

Legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), on Wednesday condemned the rising spate of rape cases, and called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on rape matters. The elder statesman, in...

June 29, 2020 No Responses

El-Rufai Advocates Drastic Measures To Tackle Rape

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has said that drastic action was needed to tackle rape, including vigorous law enforcement to prosecute rapists. The governor made this known at a virtual meeting organised by the Movement Against Rape ...

June 12, 2020 No Responses

Court Sentences Driver To 15-Year Jail For Raping Employer’s Daughter

An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced a driver, Francis Apai, to 15 years imprisonment for raping his employer’s 17-year-old daughter in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Sherifat Solebo sentenced Apai after finding him gui...

June 3, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Condemns killing Of UNIBEN Student, Omozuwa

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of an undergraduate of the University of Benin, Miss Uwaila Omozuwa, by rapists at a place of worship in Benin. The president on his verified twitter page: @MBuhari on Tuesday directed the police...

December 14, 2016 No Responses

Lagos records 246 murder cases, 162 rape in one year

Not less than 246 persons were murdered in Lagos between December 2015 and November 2016. Also within the period, 542 vehicles were stolen and 486 armed robbery suspects arrested, 162 rape/defilement cases reported and 51 kidnapped cases were recorded while....