NIGER: 8 LGAs under siege as bandits kill, rape
Of the 25 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in Niger State, eight are under the siege of bandits. They invade communities at will, killing, maiming, burning down houses, and dispossessing residents of their valuables.
Mentally ill woman locked up, beaten, raped by farmer who forced her to be his wife
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 […]
Man abducts, rapes woman, beheads 5-yr-old son in Igbo-Ora
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 […]
Mexican U17 players fined over ‘Rapist is You!’ parody
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, […]
Rape victims find their voice in crime-hit Nigerian city
“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 […]
RAPE: Alimosho LG has highest prevalence – Warien Rose Foundation
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.
