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  • Rapists should face death penalty –Tonto Dikeh

    Rapists should face death penalty –Tonto Dikeh

    Popular actress, Tonto Dikeh has stated that death should be the punishment for rape.

    According to her: “In Nigeria, cases of rape are fast assuming a threatening dimension that requires urgent intervention. Rape, like other forms of violence against women, is an infringement on women’s rights, privacy, self-preservation and dignity. There is little or no policy or law that protect the victims as they are most times blamed, stigmatised and humiliated by society if it is brought to the public domain. This hinders victims from embracing a mindset of reporting such an inhumane crime to the appropriate authorities.

    “I believe that any person found guilty of rape should be sentenced to death either by hanging, firing squad, lethal injection or electrocution. I would also recommend castration. Rape cases and sexual molestations have become the order of the day, and the victims are not getting enough justice. Most of these perpetrators still walk freely”, she told Punch.

    Dikeh also urged rape victims to be vocal about their predicaments.

    “Yes, we can eradicate rape and work towards zero tolerance. Firstly, we need to speak out against the root causes. Rape culture festers when we buy into ideas of masculinity that see violence and dominance as ‘strong’ and ‘manly’, and when women and girls are less valued. It is also underpinned by victim-blaming—an attitude that suggests a victim, rather than the perpetrator, bears responsibility for an assault. When discussing cases of sexual violence, a victim’s sobriety, clothes and sexuality are irrelevant. Instead, we need to counter the idea that men and boys must obtain power through violence and question the notion of sex as an entitlement. The law on rape should be amended and its definition expanded.”

     

  • SAD! Adesanya loses juicy BMW endorsement over comments about rape

    SAD! Adesanya loses juicy BMW endorsement over comments about rape

    BMW has dropped Kiwi UFC superstar Israel Adesanya as an ambassador following his comments about rape.

    Adesanya was due to be unveiled as the new face of the BMW New Zealand on Monday, the same day as the launch of the new BMW M3 and M4 models.

    However, the offensive comments Adesanya made earlier this week on social media -threatening to rape a fellow UFC fighter Kevin Holland – have landed him in hot water.

     

    “Bro, I will f….n rape you,” Adesanya said as part of what he perceived as “fight talk.”

    In a statement to the Herald, BMW said, “Due to the comments made by an athlete online, we have reviewed our pending association with said athlete and we have decided not to push forward with a specific ambassador for the brand at this time in New Zealand.”

    Adesanya’s stock has risen immensely in the public sphere in recent years, becoming one of UFC’s biggest stars. He has gained a 20-0 record in the middleweight division for which he is champion in, and was named Sportsman of the Year at the 2019 Halberg awards.

    Earlier on Friday, Adesanya apologised for the comment on Instagram, which has since been

     

    “Last weekend fight talk escalated to a point in which I crossed the line. I understand the gravity of this word and how it can affect and hurt other people apart from my opponent, although that was NEVER my intention,”

    Adesanya said, “I am still growing under the spotlight, and I take this as a lesson to be more selective with words under pressure.”

     

  • Court left in shock as 12-year-old girl in rape case says the unthinkable

    Court left in shock as 12-year-old girl in rape case says the unthinkable

    A 12-year-old girl involved in a rape case has left a magistrate court in Port Harcourt in a state of shock after saying the unthinkable with the matter adjourned as a result.

    However, the magistrate court remanded the middle-aged man involved, Alfred Chikere in prison for allegedly eloping with the 12-year-old girl.

    The court also ordered the detention of the minor in a remand home for agreeing to have consented to sexual intercourse with Chikere.

    Chikere was slammed with two counts of abduction and defilement of the teenager and will be prosecuted under Section 361 of the Criminal Code of the Rivers State Laws.

    The Police in the charge sheet alleged that Alfred Chikere, 38 camped the 12-year-old girl in his house for up to a month before the parents launched a search for her whereabouts.

    The Prosecutor ASP Omorujia further told the court that the man abducted the girl as a virgin and deflowered her through the one month he took her in.

    But Senior Magistrate C.J Digwe was shocked when the 12-year-old girl said she consented to the sexual advances of Chikere because she “likes sex”.

    The Court adjourned the matter to April 20, 2021 for hearing.

  • Covenant University opens up on lecturer who raped 17-year-old student

    Covenant University opens up on lecturer who raped 17-year-old student

    Covenant University on Thursday expressed readiness to prosecute its erstwhile lecturer, Dr Stephen Ukenna, for allegedly defiling a 17- year- old student of the institution.

    The institution’s Registrar, Dr Segun Omidiora, said the school has taken further measures to prevent recurrence of such incident.

    He said a meeting was held with students directing them on what to do to prevent such act.

    “It is the truth. We had meetings with all the students yesterday on how to prevent a recurrence of such dastardly act.

    “We are willing to prosecute him by ourselves,” he said.

    The university set up a panel to look into the matter, which recommended sack of the lecturer.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Ukenna, who was a lecturer in the Department of Business Management, had admitted having carnal knowledge of the victim but didn’t give any reason for his action.

    Police authorities said he would be charged to court upon completion of investigation

  • How I lost my virginity in a rape — Demi Lovato opens up on sexual assault at 15

    How I lost my virginity in a rape — Demi Lovato opens up on sexual assault at 15

    American singer cum actress, has recounted how she was raped which led to the loss of her virginity at 15.

    The award-winning entertainer made this known in ‘Dancing With The Devil,’ her new documentary, which premiered on Tuesday.

    Lovato said she was first raped by someone she knew when she was working with Disney in the late 2000s.

    “I lost my virginity in a rape. And, you know what, f**k it, I’m just gonna say it: my #MeToo story is me telling somebody that someone did this to me, and they never got in trouble for it. They never got taken out of the movie they were in,” she said.

    The singer hinted that the incident started on a consensual note but explained that when she withdrew her consent, her abuser continued, leaving her traumatised eventually.

    “We were hooking up but I said, ‘hey, this is not going any farther, I’m a virgin and I don’t want to lose it this way.’ And that didn’t matter to them, they did it anyway. And I internalized it and I told myself it was my fault because I still went in the room with him, I still hooked up with him,” she said.

    The 28-year-old did not reveal where the assault took place or the identity of her abuser. She also did not mention who she told about the incident at the time.

    She, however, said the incident happened when she was “a part of that Disney crowd that publicly said they were waiting till marriage”.

    Lovato also narrated how she was raped and “left for dead” during her fatal 2018 overdose by her drug dealer.

    According to the singer, both experiences were “textbook trauma re-enactments, and I really beat myself up for years, which is also why I had a really hard time coming to terms with the fact that it was a rape when it happened”.

     

  • Covenant University lecturer arrested for allegedly raping 17-year-old student [+Photo]

    Covenant University lecturer arrested for allegedly raping 17-year-old student [+Photo]

    A lecturer in the Department of Business Management at the Covenant University Ota, Dr. Stephen Ukenna, has been arrested for allegedly raping a teenage girl.

    The victim is a 17-old-year old student of the university.

    The 41-year-old lecturer was arrested following a complaint at the Ota Area Command by the girl’s parents.

    They reported their daughter called she was invited by the lecturer to his office on Thursday under the pretence of planning a surprise birthday party for her close friend.

    But on getting to Dr. Stephen’s office, he reportedly seized her, locked the door and forcefully had sex with her atop a table.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the Area Commander for Ota, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Muyideen Obe, deployed detectives to the school where they arrested the lecturer.

    The suspect has admitted to having non -consenting sex with the victim but was unable to give any reason for his action.

    According to Abimbola, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has given a directive for the transfer of the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for thorough investigation and prosecution.

  • How I was raped in my husband’s house -Iyabo Ojo

    How I was raped in my husband’s house -Iyabo Ojo

    Popular actress and filmmaker, Iyabo Ojo has opened up on rape ordeals she under went as a 14 year old.

    The beautiful mother of two made the revelation in her vlog, ‘Bare it all with IY’.

    Narrating her ordeal, she revealed that the first time she was raped, it was in her aunt house. Traumatic as the experience was, she said she couldn’t tell anyone then because rape was more like a taboo, hardly spoken about.

     

    According to her: “It’s not something I enjoy talking about, but I just feel it’s time for me to talk about it. I have been raped before. Not once, not twice; I was raped five times. Trust me when I say it wasn’t easy. The first time I was raped, I was 14. It happened in my aunty’s house. I didn’t tell anyone about it then because it was more like a taboo. I opened the door. I allowed the person come in but I didn’t know it would happen at the end of the day. When it happened, I was scared because the person in question had threatened me. He also begged me. I felt it was going to cause a whole lot of drama so I kept it to myself. That person kept coming back to tell me that he did it because he loved me. At a point in time, I think I actually believed that lie”.

    Recounting her third rape experience, she said: “My third experience was orchestrated by a neighbor. We lived close to each other. My other experience was done by a friend to my first boyfriend but much older than him. I never knew he had such intentions”.

    Iyabo Ojo added that her fourth rape experience happened while she was married with two kids in her husband’s house.

    According to her, “the other one happened after I got married to my husband and had my kids, then we moved to Ikeja.”

    “I was raped by one of the armed robbers who came to our house. It is not easy to talk about rape. No matter how much you talk about it, you have to realise that it is painful, but you are not alone,” the actress added.

  • Nigerian arrested in US for raping 83-year-old American Woman

    Nigerian arrested in US for raping 83-year-old American Woman

    52years old Nigerian man, Olabamidele Olumide Bewaji, has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping an 83-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease in the United States.

    Bewaji was accused of attacking the elderly woman at the Pillars of Mankato home in Minnesota since the beginning of March.

    He was nabbed by the woman’s son who set up a surveillance camera in his mother’s room so he could keep an eye on her while at home.

    The son told a local newspaper that Bewaji, a carer, caressed his mother, before stripping her clothes off and sexually assaulting her as she lay in bed.

    He alleged that the carer then climbed into his mum’s bed, where he allegedly sexually assaulted her a second time.

    A court heard that a surveillance camera set up by the victim’s son was equipped with a speaker, which let him broadcast his voice into her room.

    The son ordered Bewaji to leave his mother alone, it is alleged. He was said to have eventually complied with the son’s demands.

    The Free Press reported that the police arrived at the scene after being called by the victim’s son. They found the elderly woman half-naked and unable to understand what had happened to her.

    It was gathered that Bewaji was identified as a suspect, and initially denied the charges against him. He is then said to have admitted sexual contact with the elderly woman, but claimed he only did so after she made overtures to him.

    The Nigerian man also admitted a second sexual encounter with the woman in February, despite knowing she is a vulnerable adult.

    He has been charged with felony sexual assault and is being held in jail ahead of his next court appearance.

  • I haven’t had sex in 40 years- Aged rape victim laments

    I haven’t had sex in 40 years- Aged rape victim laments

    A 97-year-old rape victim in Yobe State has said she had not had sex in over 40 years until the encounter with her infatuated assailant recently.

    TheNewsGuru gathered that the woman lost two teeth from the pounding she received from her rapist who forcibly tried to cover her mouth.

    The woman was brought to the state CID headquarters in Damaturu from Gadaka for investigation.

    She looked tired and fatigued but could still speak clearly and answer a few questions.

    Her 35-year-old rape suspect has been remanded in police custody by a magistrate court.

    Mohammed Faruk on February 8, 2021 invaded the woman’s house at Gadaka, Fika Local Government Area, and assaulted and raped her.

    A police statement released by spokesman Dungus Abdulkarim said the suspect confessed to the crime.

     

  • Delta closes lesson centres over rape, child abuse allegations

    Delta closes lesson centres over rape, child abuse allegations

    Following an increase in reports of alleged rape, sexual abuse of minors at private lesson centres, the Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah has ordered the closure of lesson centres.

    Ukah said the decision was taken in the public interest.

    Ukah, spoke in Asaba, yesterday , while receiving members of the Delta State Child’s Rights Implementation Committee.

    Ukah said all lesson centres should be closed and apply to operate as private schools for proper supervision.

    Chairman of the committee, Mrs. Kevwe Agas urged an investigation into the activities of a proprietor of a popular lesson centres, his brother, a pastor and staff accused of inappropriate conduct.

    She noted that cases of allegations of misconduct by proprietors of lesson centres had risen in the last one year.

    According to her, the suspects had a way of making rape victims stop talking after a case of rape or sexual abuse has been opened.