We’ve supported over 3,000 victims of rape, child abuse — NGO
An NGO, Crime Victims Foundation (CRIVIFON), in charge of Human Right Advocacy, says it has supported no fewer than 3,000 rape victims and 1,000 complainants across the country.
Rape: FG, NGOs sensitise FCT residents, traders
Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and some NGOs, on Saturday, embarked on a walk in the FCT to sensitise traders in markets and other residents on the need to end rape and other forms of violence against women and children.
Rape: Special ritual must be performed for my daughter; I to be well — plaintiff
Court dissolves 9-year-old marriage As husband rape, abuse stepdaughters Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Thursday dissolved a nine-year-old marriage between one Mary Dickson and John Dickson for persistently raping the two daughters she had before marrying him. Odunade pronounced the union dissolved, adding that the court might […]
16 Days of Activism: FIDA calls on stakeholders to unite against rape culture in Nigeria
As Nigeria joins the international community to commemorate this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence which begins each year on November 25th which is the International Day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the International Federation of Women Lawyers, Nigeria, has called on stakeholders to unite against the culture of rape in Nigeria.
Nurse rapes patient who he was meant to look after
A nurse has been kicked out of the profession after he was jailed for 15 years for raping a patient. Mohamed Kamara, 48, pulled the curtains around the woman’s bed at Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, on May 15, 2017, Metro reports. He then tried to force-feed her sleeping pills before sexually abusing her. Kamara had […]
I don’t know who raped me, but will meet him again — Ibru
Nollywoods screen top shot, Elvin Ibru, on Monday said she would love to meet her 2004 rapist, expressing confidence of seeing the armed robbers again. Ibru, a star actress, who played the role of Mopelola in the blockbuster movie, “Lagos Bling” in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) urged rape victims to […]
#End rape: Make rape universally illegal — UN Women
The Executive Director, UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngouka has called for a total end to rape while recommending the recruitment of more women into the police forces and training them adequately as a crucial first step in ensuring that survivors begin to trust again. READ ALSO: ‘Break silence, speak up’, women lawyers urge victims of rape In […]
‘Break silence, speak up’, women lawyers urge victims of rape
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria, Abuja chapter, has called on victims of rape to break the silence and speak up.
Court remands three men over alleged rape
By Shina Abubakar Three men, Ogundeji Ridwan, 22, Tiamiyu Jelili, 25 and Asimiyu Olaitan, 20, arraigned before a magistrate court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly defiling a girl. They were said to have unlawfully and indecently assaulted a girl whose age wasn’t known (name withheld) by unlawfully having carnal knowledge of her through rape. According […]
Rape, Abuse: Chairman urges protection for blind children
Mr Danlami Basharu, the Chairman, UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on Thursday, urged government to protect blind children from rape, other forms of abuse and discrimination. He made the call at a news conference in Abuja. According to him, an alleged case of sexual assault on a girl in 2018 by […]
Chairman urges protection for blind children against rape, abuse
Mr. Danlami Basharu, the Chairman, UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on Thursday, urged the government to protect blind children from rape, other forms of abuse and discrimination. He made the call at a news conference in Abuja. According to him, an alleged case of sexual assault on a girl in 2018 […]
