Chief Magistrate N. A. J. Ogunbona of the Ibadan Magistrate’s Court, Iyaganku- Ibadan, Oyo State capital, yesterday, rained curses on those who take pleasure in raping minors, as a 52-year-old man, Mr. Gabriel Olaniyan, was brought before her over allegation of raping a nine-year-old girl.

For eating the forbidden fruit of his 16-year-old sister-in-law, a 52-year-old, Olusola Williams, is to cool his heels in prison, an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court ruled on Friday.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger command, says it has arrested four men for allegedly raping a 19-year old girl in Barkin Sale, Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger.

An international research project on Monday accused armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) of raping men and boys for years in an emerging pattern of sexual violence that is “under-reported and largely ignored”.

ONE woman, who gave her name as Mrs. Patricia Okpako, has said she escaped being raped by herdsmen by throwing her menstrual pad at them.

A 31-year-old choirmaster/teacher, David Eyo, Tuesday, was brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old pupil (name withheld) and infected her with Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD).

The Commissioner of Police in Borno, Mr Damian Chukwu, has expressed concern over the spate of rape cases in the state and called on victims to seek redress.

A Consultant Paediatrician with the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, says parents and the government are to blame for the alarming incidence in rape cases, sexual molestation and other forms of abuse.

A 42-year-old man, Michael Ntia, who allegedly raped his neighbour’s daughter, was on Friday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.

Police in Mali said Thursday they had arrested eight people in connection with two gang rapes and a separate case of paedophilia, as campaigners urged the adoption of laws penalising gender-based violence.