An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded two secondary school teachers, Olaofe Ayodele and Gbenga Ajibola charged with rape in correctional centre, pending legal advice. The defendants had been arraigned on Feb. 28 and the court ordered that they be remanded in police facility, and adjourned the case for ruling on bail till March 4. […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ekiti High court has sentenced a 55-year-old man, Bashiru Adeyanju to a fourteen years imprisonment for attempted rape of his seventeen-year-old daughter. The court found Bashiru guilty of the offence of attempted rape of his daughter due to his confessional statement and witnesses called during the trial. The presiding judge, Justice Monisola […]

WOMEN Aids Collective, WACOL, has requested that the Nigerian Police immediately commence disciplinary measures against indicted police officers who invaded WACOL office in Enugu and brutalized it’s staff over a reported rape incident.

The Edo State Government has concluded plans for the establishment of a Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), as part of efforts by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to tackle the incidences of rape and other sexual assaults, as well as cater for the needs of survivors in the state. Commissioner for Social Development and Gender […]

The police on Monday arraigned two men, John Ayika, 48, and Olatunji Olasesan 52, in a Chief Magistrates Court in Surulere, Lagos for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl. The defendants, who reside at Mushin area of Lagos, pleaded not guilty to rape. The Police Prosecutor, Anthonia Osayande, told the court that the defendants committed the […]