Anambra records 80 rape cases during COVID-19 lockdown
By Vincent Ujumadu Awka – NO fewer than 80 cases of rape have been recorded in parts of Anambra State since the lockdown of the country occasioned by Coronavirus pandemic. The worrisome figure was given at Isuaniocha in Awka North local government area of Anambra State by the director of child welfare services in the […]
Fayemi declares no more mercy, bail for rapists in Ekiti
Following incessant cases of sex abuse in Ekiti state in recent times, Gov. Kayode Fayemi, on Saturday, said no person convicted for sex offence, such as rape in any part of the state would enjoy his powers of prerogative of mercy. The governor made the declaration in Ado Ekiti, while signing the Compulsory Treatment and […]
Four men allegedly rape 13-year-old girl in Kaduna
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Development, in Kaduna, has commenced investigation into a rape allegation against four men.
Justice for Sekinat, Tina, Uwa is hope for the girl-child
By Sherifat Lawal Three girls, Sekinat Agbelade aged 15; Tina Ezekwe, 16, and Vera Uwaila, 22, must be sharing a thing in common — pity for the Nigerian girl-child. If her father is not exorcising his demons by toying with her sexual organs, a man is taking advantage of her outside. And then the system […]
Boozy nights are no excuse for men to grope women
A culture of heavy drinking has led to sexual molestation becoming the norm on a night out for young women – and they feel they have to put up with it, an academic report warms. In a disturbing insight into how 18 to 24-year-olds behave on a night out, a survey has found one in […]
Shattered dreams of young female Nigerians: Gang-raped, murdered
By Evelyn Usman She never saw it coming, neither did she in her wildest imagination, envisage such would happen at a place so revered and considered safe. Like every other day, on May 27, 2020, she took her books and walked into the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ikpoba Hill, Benin City, Edo State, where […]
