Tag: Rape
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HORROR! Five suspects rape 11-year-old to death on Independence Day
An 11-year-girl was on Thursday, October 1 (Nigeria’s independence Day) raped to death in Lagos. Five suspects have been arrested by police in connection with the incident. It was gathered that the victim, Favour Okechukwu, was gang-raped until she died in a shack in the Power Line area of Ejigbo community. Sources said the assault…
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To Castrate or Detain? Rise of Illiberal Governance – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta Our faulty federalism comes with some blessings and innumerable curses. One curse is the latitude it has allowed for the sprouting of different shades and models of gubernatorial overlordship at the state level. Our state governors are some of the most licentious sovereigns on the face of the globe. They are a whole…
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Rape law in Bauchi will be amended to include castration – Gov
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has bemoaned the rising cases of gender-based violence, especially rape in the state, saying that the Violence Against Persons Prohibition bill he recently signed into law will be taken to the State Assembly for amendment to include castration of rapists. Mohammed said this when he received the Minister…
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Prophet detained for raping 11-year-old girl during deliverance session
A suspected serial sexual philanderer and paedophile operating in the sleepy Umuazu village in Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been arrested over the alleged rape and other indecent sexual acts against an 11-year old girl (names withheld). The suspect, Prophet Ikechukwu Nwadike, was said to have moved into the premises…
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Two Rivers pastors arrested for raping corps member
The Police in Rivers State have arrested two pastors for allegedly raping a 27-year old member of the National Youths Service Corps. The corps member is observing her primary assignment at the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The pastors, identified as Austin Emmanuel and Peter Davies, are currently being detained at the State…
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Landlady’s sons allegedly rape seven-year-old girl in Anambra
Chidimma Ezeokoli (aged 23) and his 11-year-old teenage brother (name withheld) have been accused of repeatedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a seven-year-old girl in Oko, in the Aguata Council of Anambra. The mother of the victim, Miss Chinenyenwa Ozulumba, (27), who narrated her story on Sunday in Awka, said the boys were two biological…
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Kogi commissioner charged for alleged rape
Kogi State commissioner for Water Resources, Abdulmumuni Danga has been charged to court for alleged raped Police on Tuesday in Abuja perfected charges against Danga for the alleged rape and assault of one Elizabeth Oyeniyi, earlier this year, in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The police filed a seven-count charge against the commissioner at a…
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Police arraign Kogi Commissioner for rape
The embattled Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, Abdulmumuni Danga, has been charged to court for alleged rape offence. The Police in Abuja perfected charges against Danga for alleged rape and brutalisation of one Elizabeth Oyeniyi in Lokoja, Kogi State. The police, in a seven-count criminal charge filed against the Commissioner, at a Federal High…
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Family sacks’mother of 8-year old rape victim for seeking justice
Ifeyinwa Ezukamma, a 40-year old mother of five has been chased out of her matrimonial home by her husband’s family, for insisting on justice for her 8-year-old daughter, raped by her tenant. Ezukamma told newsmen that the incident took place in their country home, Ogidi, Idemili North Council Area of Anambra. She said though she…
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Nigeria seeing rise in rape, incest – IPAS
A non-profit organisation, IPAS, says that Nigeria is witnessing a rise in sexual violence, including rape and incest. This is contained in a communique issued at the end of a three-day media training for journalists on Women’s Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights/Global Gag Rule (GGR). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the media…