The Niger Police Command says it has arrested one Festus Okeke of Ishau village for having unlawful sexual intercourse with four minors in Paikoro Local Government...
A 100-level student of the Plateau State University, Bokkos, identified as Israel Emmanuel, has died after he fell off a vehicle during a protest by the...
A 50-year-old prophet in charge of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Oke-Igbala, Ifo, Tayo Shobowale, has been taken into custody by the Ogun police for alledged...
A group under the aegis of the Forum of North East Market Women Association (FNEMWA), has alleged that in the first three months of 2021, over...
In what could be described as one of the most shocking cases of brutality in India, a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old...
Nigerian-born UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya has lost a massive sponsorship deal with the German-owned motor company, BMW following his rape comment in an Instagram post....
The Amnesty International said on Wednesday the rape of women and children by Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East has increased at an alarming rate. In...
Four men who gang-raped a married woman in front of her husband whom they had tied up, were executed on Monday at the Mashhad Central Prison...
A 70-year-old man identified as Akeh Nicodemus, has been arrested by the police in Benue State for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl in the Naka area...
A middle-aged man, Usman Momoh, who was accused by his daughter, Fatima, of having s*x with her for many years has confessed to the Ondo State...
A serial rapist arrested by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun, Shina Adaramola, has confessed that he raped over 50 women before he was...
The Yobe State Police Command has informed that the incidents of rape cases in the state is on the increase. The alarm was raised in a...
Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested two men, Damilare Oyeniyi and Emmanuel Okori, for allegedly gang-raping a 19-year-old girl in the state. The men also...
A 50-year-old father of two, Kamoru Smaila, has been arrested by officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), for allegedly raping a 10-year-old...
A 30-year-old teacher, Promise Sylvanus Ogun, has been accused of raping a 13-year-old pupil to death in Bayelsa State. Ogun, a teacher at the school located...
A 24-year-old suspected kidnapper, Habibu Sale has been arrested by the Kano State Police for the alleged kidnap and death of an eight-year-old girl, Asiya Tasiu,...
A 30-year-old trader, Onyendu Eze, has been arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, on Tuesday, for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl. It was learnt that the...
At least 350 cases of rape and sexual assault have been recorded between May and October 2020 in Adamawa State, Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social...
The Kaduna State government has approved full surgical castration as capital punishment for those convicted or found guilty of rape in the state. The penalty was...
The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has advocated for the death penalty for rape and related offences, while also calling for stiffer penalty for other...
Again, a 34-year-old pastor, Chukwudi Chukwumezie, has been arrested by men of the Anambra State Police Command for the alleged rape of a 15-year old girl...
The Kogi State chapter of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, not to sweep under the carpet the...
As cases of rape continue to increase in Plateau State, Governor Simon Lalong has given a directive for the opening of a s*x offenders’ register. Governor...
Hajiya Ummi El-Rufai, the wife of Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai is clamouring for a law that would ensure the castration of any person found guilty...
The Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday sentenced an alumnus of the University of Lagos, John Otema, to 50 years...
A 34-year-old quantity Surveyor and facilities manager, John Osagie Otema, has been sentenced to 50-years imprisonment for raping a 19-year-old student of UNILAG. Otema, an alumnus...
It was with enormous pain and shock that I read a caption on social media, indicating that some individuals are advocating for the inclusion of paedophilia...
A 24-year-old man, Haruna Mohammed was on Tuesday arraigned in court for allegedly raping a 50-year-old woman, Ibukun Akinlo. Mohammed was arraigned by the Ondo State...
A 65-year-old man, Imole Akintewe, was on Tuesday sentenced to five years imprisonment for raping his two daughters. A High Court in Ado Ekiti presided over...
Katsina State police command has confirmed the arrest of a 51-year-old man, for allegedly raping five minors. The spokesman for the Katsina police command, SP Gambo...
The Niger State Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of two men who allegedly defiled and killed an 18-year-old girl in the state. The suspects...
The House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila has said that cases of rape had become a pandemic in Nigeria and should be treated like coronavirus. He...
The Senate on Tuesday passed an amendment to the Criminal Code removing gender for rape offences and increasing the statute of limitation in the period offenders...
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Pauline Tallen, has lamented the upsurge in rape cases across the country. The minister stated this when...
Following an investigation on rape cases in Kano State, the Police Command stated on Thursday that owners of uncompleted buildings used by rapists would be made...
An Ile-Ife Magistrate Court in Osun State remanded a 42-year-old teacher, Eronse Balat, on Tuesday, over alleged r*pe of his student. The prosecutor, Insp. Abdullahi Emmanuel...
Frank Amudo, former manager of popular music icon D’banj, who was recently accused of raping a lady, Seyitan Babatayo in 2018, has broken his silence. Ms...
Embattled afro-pop singer, Dapo Oyebanjo aka D’banj has filed a N1.5 billion suit against Ms Seyitan Babatayo, the lady who accused him of raping her in...
The Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, on Wednesday charged government at all levels to amend laws on rape to include outright castration...
The Coalition of Public Interests Lawyers and Advocates, COPA, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to immediately arrest popular musician, D’banj over a rape allegation...
D’Banj is my friend and we have spent so many beautiful moments together. Last time, I was with him in his then Lekki house, he asked...
A criminal complaint against ‘Koko Master’, Dapo Oyebanjo aka D’banj has been filed by Ms Seyitan Babatayo, the lady who accused him of raping her about...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, said on Wednesday the state government would soon open a rape and sex offenders register. Oyetola, who disclosed this when wives...
A 22-year-old man, Ikechukwu Okoli, has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Uzoegwu Street Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government...
Nigerian Music star, Oladapo Oyebanjo better known as D’Banj on Monday told Nigerians to desist from prosecuting him on social media platforms. He made the statement...
There is no denying the fact that Nigeria has a rape culture. Virtually everyday, women and girls of various ages are under threat of being abused...
Unconfirmed reports suggest that the recent endorsement deal worth N45 million offered to ‘Koko Master’ Dapo Oyebanjo aka D’banj by Heritage Bank has been suspended, following...
The Clans Club International, an Abuja-based non-profit organisation has added its voice to growing calls for stringent punishment against those found guilty of r*pe in the...
The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly is seeking tougher sanctions against rapists in the state and has thus urged all law enforcement agencies, courts and...
The Federal Government has promised to do everything possible to stem the growing rate of the rape in the country. This came against the background of...
