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, Defilement: Akwa-Ibom receives over 180 cases, prosecutes 18 culprits
By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Akwa Ibom state government says it has received over 180 cases and prosecuted over 18 culprits for cases of defilement and rape since 2018. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Women Affairs, Dr. Glory Edet made the disclosure Monday during a press briefing on the commemoration of 16 days of activism […]
Forced to marry as teenagers, raped in their matrimonial homes
It is no longer news that abuse in all its forms is a daily reality for many Nigerian children, women, and girls. Although both women and men experience violence, evidence suggests that the risk factors, patterns and consequences of violence against women and girls are different than violence against men and boys.
FG, NGOs sensitise FCT residents, traders on rape
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. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the walk was carried out simultaneously in different […]
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 […]
