…It appears barbaric’- Hayab …Islam does not prescribe castration’- Maraya …as KSHA insists rapist’s organ be surgically removed By Ibrahim HassanWuyo As the Kaduna State House of Assembly, KSHA, has approved castration as punishment for anybody convicted for rape in the state, the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Kaduna, Rev, John […]

Kaduna State Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba on Friday, commended the state Assembly for passing law approving castration as punishment for rapists in the state. The Commissioner made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. Mrs Baba said that the approval by the […]

Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has advocated death penalty for rape and related offences. Tallen made her stand public during the Flag-off of National Cooking Gas and Tree Planting project held in Girei town, headquarter of Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa on Friday. The minister also advocated stiff penalty for child labour offences and […]

By Bashir Bello – Kano Fatima Ahmad LL.B, B.L is a Member of the International Federation of Women Lawyers in Kano State and currently the Kano state Coordinator under the Women Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative, WRAPA /Rolac project on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, SGBV. The advocate for women and child rights, in this interview, […]

The US Justice Department is seeking to take over President Donald Trump’s defense in a defamation lawsuit from a writer who accused him of rape. After New York state courts turned down Trump’s request to delay E. Jean Carroll’s suit, Justice Department lawyers filed court papers Tuesday aiming to shift the case into federal court […]

By Bashir Bello A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Kano has on Tuesday remanded a 35-year-old carpenter, Balarabe Usaini in a correctional facility for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. The Presiding Judge, Chief Magistrate Muhammad Idris, ordered the remand of Usaini till 17th September when the case was adjourned for mention. Usaini, was charged to […]

By Kingsley Omonobi Senior Police sources at the Force Intelligence Bureau, Force headquarters, under which the Police Gender Unit operates, on Tuesday affirmed that the Nigerian Police Force has charged the Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, Abdulmumuni Danga to court for allegedly raping and assaulting a lady, among other charges, over a Facebook post. […]

By Ozioruva Aliu A middle-aged man identified as Okhehelem Onyenma Monday protested the purported rape of his six years old daughter (name withheld) in Edobor Street, Uwelu quarters alleging that the suspect, Destiny Obiyan lured his six years old daughter with rice and egg to defile her. Oyenma who took his protest to the Secretariat […]

By Anayo Okoli & Chinedu Adonu PROMINENT women group, Umuada Igbo, has called on the Federal and state governments to declare a state of emergency on rape and other forms of gender-based violence, saying that it would help to address the rising cases of the menace in the country. According to the President-General and founder […]

By Charly Agwam, Bauchi The police in Bauchi State have confirmed the arrest of a suspected serial rapist, Yusuf Bako, who allegedly defiled a four-year- old girl in a mosque. According to the Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed Wakil, the police team rescued Bako from an angry mob after he […]