A 35-year-old man, James Izuchukwu, who allegedly defiled an 11-year-old girl, was on Friday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. Izuchukwu of No 23, Aronoju St., Ebute Metta, Lagos, was charged with two counts of indecent assault and defilement. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against him. READ […]

A 23-year-old woman (name withheld) on Tuesday at an Ikeja Special Offences Court, said that she was violently attacked and raped as a teenager by one Francis Apai, a 33-year-old driver to her family. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the witness was a 17-year-old when the attack occurred five-years ago on Nov. 19, […]

A British teenager found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus broke down in tears today and hugged her family as she was spared jail – paving the way for her to return home immediately. The emotional 19-year-old woman from Derbyshire, who MailOnline has chosen not to name, declared she was ‘relieved’ as she […]

But for the bravery of one teenage victim, Reynhard Sinaga’s crimes may never have come to light. The 18-year-old sixth-former woke up in Sinaga’s flat to find himself being sexually assaulted. Although still in a ‘confused and disorientated’ state he was able to push Sinaga off and fought with his naked attacker in order to […]

A mentally ill Chinese woman has reportedly been locked up by a farmer at his home for more than 20 years and forced to have children with him. Her self-proclaimed ‘husband’, 70-year-old Mr Dong, also beats her regularly and even sold two of their children, a neighbour has accused. Mr Dong, who lives in the […]

By Adeola Badru A middle-aged commercial motorcycle rider identified as Oduola Gbenga has been arrested for abducting one Mrs Bosede Jimoh, 34 and killing of her five-year-old son named, Fadeyi Opeyemi after raping the victim. Gbenga was paraded by the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, CP. Shina Olukolu at the force state headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan […]

The Mexican Football Federation Tuesday sanctioned four youth players of Club America for “making fun of and being disrespectful” of the viral feminist anthem against sexual violence, “The Rapist is You!” A video of the footballers, dancing half naked in a locker room parodying the choreography of the song by the Chilean feminist collective LasTesis, […]

“They forced their way in at around 2am. They raped us. And when they left, they stole our phones and money.” In those simple words, Sarah describes the nightmare that she and her flatmate endured when two armed men broke into their apartment in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s oil hub. Who the men were was, and […]

Failure to report immediately as well as the absence of hard evidence as of time of report, are primary reasons most rape victims do not obtain justice in the court of law.

The director of a French theatre, Jean-Pierre Baro, has resigned the day after his staff went on strike urging him to quit over the fallout from a rape allegation. Jean-Pierre Baro, the first major theatre figure to be hit by the #MeToo movement in France, denied assaulting a colleague in 2011 and police dropped the […]