A  Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded an applicant, Daniel Iorkua, 26, of Nyon Layout, Gboko Road, Makurdi in prison custody for allegedly raping an 11-year old girl.

An Ibadan High Court, yesterday, remanded a 35-year-old man, Segun Majeed, in prison over alleged rape.

STATISTICS on rape incidents may still not be a good reflection of the extent of the crime. Stigmatisation of rape victims keeps the numbers low, a further armoury to the criminals.

FOR robbing a couple at gunpoint and raping their teenage daughter, a Delta High Court sitting in Warri, yesterday, sentenced a 26-year-old furniture maker, Chijioke Ede, to death by hanging.

The Police in Zamfara on Tuesday paraded two persons for allegedly raping two girls aged nine and 10.

Tragedy struck at the university town of Nsukka, EnuguState, weekend, as unidentified gunmen raped a young girl, who was celebrating her birthday with her lover boy, who was also shot in the head.

The alleged sexual molestation of a 10-year-old girl (name withheld) at Abraham Adesanya estate, Ajah-Lagos, by a tanker driver simply identified as Edward, believed to be in his late 30s, is currently raising dust as the victim’s father has cried out against the ‘unsatisfactory’ manner the case was handled by the Police at the Ogombo Police station. He alledged he was being forced to drop the charges on the grounds that it was a “minor offence”, and that there was no “penetration in the course of molestation”.

An Abeokuta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ogun State, yesterday, remanded a 33-year-old man, Olasunkanmi Ikuomola, in prison custody for beating his girlfriend to a state of stupor.

A 27-year-old man, Oluwatosin Olapade, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court, Lagos, over alleged rape and stealing of phones.

Rival cultists, Tuesday night, clashed in Somolu and Ketu areas of Lagos, leaving four persons dead and several others injured.