Tag: rape
Applicant remanded for rape of 9-year old girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State has ordered that a 21-year-old applicant, Amos Victor, who allegedly defiled a…
Mob lynches rapist, dumps body in refuse bin
A mob in the early hours of Wednesday lynched a suspect for robbing and raping a girl in Calabar Municipality…
23-year old rape victim sets herself ablaze, dies
A 23-year-old rape victim, who set herself on fire outside the office of Superintendent of Police (SP) in Unnao, India…
Rape of male children rises in Port Harcourt
Alarm has been raised about consistent increase in the number of male minors raped by adult sexual perverts in Rivers…
More than 1,200 women raped in Port Harcourt
Port Harcourt, Nigeria's oil city is in the throes of a rape crisis. The figures for admissions to the little…
Another woman set ablaze for resisting rape dies
A Muzaffarpur woman, who was set on fire in her home by a rapist for resisting him, died on Monday…
Rape: Lack of prosecution hampering fight – UN
The Spotlight Initiative, in partnership with the United Nations (UN), has identified the lack of prosecution of rape perpetrators in…
No hiding place for rapists in Lagos – OPD
The Lagos State Director Office of the Public Defender (OPD), Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi has warned rapists, perpetrators of violence against…
Woman set on fire on her way to rape case hearing
A 23-year-old alleged rape victim is fighting for her life after she was set on fire while going to court…
Men, 70 and 50 arrested for raping 11 year-old girl
Two elderly men have been arrested by Kebbi State Police Command for an alleged rape of 11-year-old primary school pupil…
Septuagenarian in court for raping, impregnating daughter
The Chief Magistrates Court 10 in Gombe, on Monday, remanded 72-year-old Ibrahim Yunusa in prison custody for allegedly raping and…
Teenager in court for raping neighbour’s 50-year-old mother
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Friday ordered that a teenager, Babangida Inusa, who allegedly raped his neighbour’s…
Teenager in court for defiling 13-year-old girl
A 17-year-old boy, who allegedly raped a 13-year-old appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday.
Man arrested for raping co-worker to death
The Ogun Police Command said it had arrested one Eniola Adenuga, a Mobile Money Agent, who allegedly raped a co-worker,…
‘Step-father raped me, sexually abused my sister’ – Lady tells all
An Ibadan-based fashion designer, Esther Isaiah, on Wednesday accused her step-father, John Dickson, of raping her and sexually abusing her…