RAPE

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 ...

A 6-year-old girl was raped by a 22-year-old man and the child’s guardians are being forced to take money and end the case.   Hon. Omosedei Igbinedion shared a photo of the child and explained that the girl lost her mother and her biological father is nowhere to be found. ...

An Islamic teacher, Ismaila Saheed, 38, and one Toliha Sabith, 20, have been arrested by men of the Ogun state police for allegedly defiling a girl   A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the duo were arrested over the weekend by detectives ...

The accusation comes after Daud Kim took over twitter trends over allegations of rape and sexual assaults. Korean Youtuber Daud Kim, who has come under attack for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a foreign woman during her trip to the country, has been accused by a Twitter user @leyloyami for using Islam ...

Human Rights Initiative for the Downtrodden is pushing the case on behalf of the woman Mariam Ukpoji, who worked as a steward for the Frenchman Gueho Benoit, and her husband Clement Ukpoji.  A rights group has petitioned Lagos police after a Lagos-based Frenchman attempted to rape his Nigerian staff in ...

The girls said they also slept outside the Nigerian embassy in the country for four days, amid other nasty experiences like molestation. Nigerian girls repatriated from Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, say they were rendered homeless after they fled the homes of their employers where they worked as domestic servants. The girls ...

Rape victims often have to give up critical therapy because prosecutors fear they may be ‘coached’ by their therapists. I first visited the United Kingdom in 2013. I was 20 years old with a sparsely stamped passport, intending to spend the summer in London studying acting. I arrived five months ...

Seek support for victims. Sanwo-Olu’s wife, others canvass indigenous languages against rape, others Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has said that sensitisation campaigns against rape should be carried out in indigenous languages to allow members of the public to understand the need to shun rape and ...

A black book to register perpetrators of rape and gender-based violence has been opened in Plateau State to ensure maximum punishment and deter others. Governor Simon Bako Lalong made the disclosure in Jos on Wednesday during a webinar on addressing sexual, gender-based violence and rape in Nigeria organised by Gideon ...

The police in Lagos state have arrested a 40-year-old man, Gbenga Taiwo, for allegedly defiling his 15-year-old daughter under the pretext he wanted to check if she was still a virgin.   According to reports, Taiwo who is a widower, lived in a rented apartment at Baruwa, Ipaja area of Lagos State ...