Rape

An Umuahia-based non-governmental organisation, Public Enlightenment Projects (PEP), has called for the domestication of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act (VAPP) in Abia. Mrs Lilian Ezenwa, the Executive Director of…

‎ Two herdsmen have been arrested by the police in Ogun State for armed robbery and rape. ‎ The suspects, were identified as Abu Adamu and Muhammadu Aliyu, were among a group of ‎armed herdsmen that invaded a farm settlement…

‎ The Kaduna State House of Assembly has ‎approved castration as punishment for persons convicted of rape in the state. ‎ ‎ The development follows the passage of a bill to amend the Kaduna State Penal Court Law, 2017, by the…

‎A man identified as Akeem Adebayo has been arrested by the police in Osun State for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday at a stream in Ido Osun, in Egbedore Local Government Area…

Even with the serial killer, Sunday Shodipe presently in police custody, suspected hoodlums have raped and killed a lady in Alabata community in the notorious Akinyele council of Ibadan. The 18-year-old Mary Daramola, was reportedly…

‎Thousands of people have protested across Israel after a girl, 16, was 'gang-raped by 30 men' in a hotel. The teenager claims that one of the rapists 'offered to send her videos of her ordeal'. ‎ Two suspects have been arrested by…

A teacher, Omotayo Adanlawo, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl, in Ondo State. ‎ Justice Samuel Bola of the Ondo State High Court passed the sentence on Adanlawo after the court convicted him for the…

‎Police Command in Ogun has‎ arrested three members of a five-man gang which has been gang raping ladies in ‎the Sagamu area of the state. ‎ Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said the suspects were…

The Nigerian Police Force has cleared celebrated musician, Oladapo Oyebanjo aka D’Banj of rape allegation leveled against him by a lady, Seyitan Babatayo following the decision of the accuser to discontinue with the case. The…

A 30-year-old man, Musa Abubakar, said he defiled his nine-year-old stepdaughter because his wife refused to sleep with him. Abubakar, who was arrested by the police in Rivers State, said his wife, the victim's mother, always…