After nearly 10 years of legal battles that initially led to an acquittal, a former French government minister faces at least three years in prison after a court found him guilty of raping two employees during “foot massages” in his office. The conviction of Georges Tron, 63, comes as France is confronting a wave of […]

The Police Command in Yobe on Friday said it arrested one Sani Sale, a vulcanizer, for allegedly raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in Gadaka town, Fika Local Government Area of Yobe. The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu. He said the incident occurred on February 10 at about […]

The Police Command in Yobe on Tuesday said it had arrested one Mohammed Faruk for allegedly raping a 90-year-old woman (name withheld) in Gadaka town in Fika Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu. He said that the incident occurred at about 2 […]

By Aliyu Dangida – Dutse A State High Court sitting in Dutse, Jigawa State has sentenced a 27-year-man, Suleiman Ahmed, to life imprisonment, after convicting him of rape. The court also sentenced another person it found guilty of the same crime to 21 years in jail as it equally discharged and acquitted another suspect. In […]

A 19-year-old lady, Fatima Usman has revealed that her 52-year-old father Usman Momoh took her virginity at age 12 on the floor in their kitchen in Owo area of Ondo state. Fatima had in a viral video said that her father had been sleeping with her ever since while her mother refused to do anything whenever she reported to her.

The rising incidence of kidnapping has assumed a ubiquitous trend in Nigeria. Almost on daily basis, Nigerians are inundated with news of the abduction of unsuspecting persons, in different parts of the country.

A Dutse Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, ordered the remand of a 55-year-old man, Ibrahim Jallo, in a correctional centre for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl and preventing her baby from being born alive. The defendant, a resident of Buma Ruwa village in Gwiwa Local Government area, is facing a two-count charge, bordering on rape […]

For women in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo’s second city, a curfew may help fight the coronavirus, but for many, it comes with a dread of burglary and rape. Residents in DRC’s economic capital have reported a string of housebreaking and sexual assaults, some by armed men in uniform, since the authorities imposed a nightly […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure Anxiety gripped residents of Akure, the Ondo state capital over the murder of a middle aged lady and the wife of a member of the state Nation Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW. The two deaths raised security concern across the state. Reports had it that the corpse of the […]

By Victoria Ojeme Federal Government on Tuesday announced the rehabilitation of rape victims in country. Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Mariam Yalwaji Katagum made this announcement during a courtesy visit by a delegation from the Federation of West Africa Freelance Journalist Association (FWAFJA) led by its President, Mr. Abayomi […]

By Peter Okutu — Abakaliki A young girl(names withheld) was, last weekend, raped by a middle-aged man, Emeka Chukwuani, at the popular Fatilami Park, Onwe Road, Abakaliki, as she was returning home around 8p.m. It was gathered that the suspect, who is from Agwu, Enugu State, snatched the girl’s phone and ran into Fatilami Park, […]

A 50-year-old father of two, Kamoru Sumaila, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Vanguard gathered that the suspected rapist was arrested by officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC in the state.

By Rotimi Ojomoyela The Ekiti State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olawale Fapohunda, has alleged that battle against rape in the state is being impeded by some influential individuals. He said the interference of these powerful individuals who are found interceding for rape offenders, is causing a serious set back to the fight […]

…Homicide only second to kidnapping in Niger State …Suspects with grenades to attack homes arrested …240  kidnap, robbery , rape suspects arrested in 10 months …40 abducted victims rescued , 1598 arms, ammunition recovered …As CP Usman reveals strategy of arrest By Evelyn Usman Niger State in the North Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria  has […]

A 21-year-old agricultural worker from Karnataka’s Haveri district in India was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping and murdering his mother. The Police said that the man allegedly accused his mother of having affairs with multiple men. He had allegedly asked her to stop seeing other men. On the evening of November 12, the mother […]