A 29-year-old man, Akinseli Joshua, has been remanded in prison custody by a Badagry Magistrate’s Court in Lagos after he was arraigned for raping a woman who is still receiving treatment at Badagry General Hospital.

LAGOS—A 12-year-old housemaid has said her master, aged 36, raped her five times in the less than seven months she stayed in his house, without fulfilling all he promised her.

New Delhi – A 22-year-old woman was dragged out of a car and raped in front of her husband and brother-in-law, who were held at gunpoint in the northern Indian state of Haryana, the police said on Tuesday. The incident, according to police, took place Sunday night in Sector 56 of Gurugram on the outskirts […]

A 79-year-old American man was sentenced to one year in prison for raping a 10-year-old boy in Siem Reap in 2017, local media reported on Monday.

Ibadan – A 45-year old carpenter, Olumide Akinleye, who allegedly cohabited with and raped his own daughter, is to remain behind bars pending judgment, an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court ordered in Ibadan on Friday. Chief Magistrate Modina Akanni, who gave the ruling, said Akinleye should be kept in police custody until when hearing would begin. […]

The FCT High Court, Maitama, has fixed March 27, for the adoption of addresses on charges of alleged rape and attempted abortion on a minor, brought against a clergyman, Apostle Basil Princewill.

A 25-year-old auto mechanic, Kayode Oladipupo, who allegedly raped a teenage girl, was on Friday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.

Mrs Victoria Nduka, a lecturer at the Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has advocated   the establishment of a special court to handle rape cases.

The Katsina State Police Command says it recorded 210 cases of rape and unnatural acts in the state in 2017.

Often times than not, we forget the aftermath of terrorist attacks, especially on women and children. What becomes the fate of girls forcefully turned into  women, what becomes the fate of the likes of Alele Williams,  Funmi Ransome Kuti, Chioma Ajunwa , etc who due to insurgency get deprived of education, the hope of the common man?

A research carried out by a Non-governmental Organisation, NGO, Participatory Development Alternatives, PDA, revealed that incidences of rape against women among other vices, were high, especially in rural areas across the state as such acts were usually not reported.

Some Chief Magistrates in Bauchi State have called on stakeholders to adopt mentoring, counselling and equity among spouses and youths to end Gender Violence (GV).

An 18-year-old boy, Saidu, who allegedly raped his eight-year-old blood sister (name withheld) has been arraigned before a Katsina Senior Magistrate’s Court.

A 40-year-old security guard, Salisu Yakubu, who allegedly raped a teenager appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
Yakubu, who resides at No. 1, Chike St., Ipaja, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for rape.

A 31-year-old man, Abayomi Oyedeji, was on Tuesday docked  in a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly detaining and defiling two sisters, aged two and four.