Senate passes new bill, says no gender bias, man or woman can be raped
By Henry Umoru The bill which was read the third time on Tuesday and passed further prescribed that there should be no gender bias in rape offences, explaining that a man or woman could be raped. The new Bill as passed by the Senate also approved the deletion of the limitation period for the prosecution […]
Man, 25, defiles 6-year-old girl in Ekiti
…As Court remands teenager for raping 4year old girl By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti A 25-year-old man, Segun Ige, has been remanded at the Correctional Centre by an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl. According to the police prosecutor, Mr Caleb Leramo, the defendant committed the offence on June 13 in […]
Again, Akwa Ibom Police command nab another pastor for rape
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has once again arrested another clergy, one Prophet Nnamso Friday Jocab alias “Major Prophet Honesty Jesus” over alleged rape of a 16-yr-old girl.
Over 40 suspected rapists arrested in Katsina in three months
By Andy Asemota No fewer than 40 suspected rapists have been apprehended in the past three months in Katsina State for assaulting women and children. The Commissioner of Police in Katsina, Sanusi Buba, who paraded the suspects before newsmen Thursday, lamented that one of the sex offenders sodomized three boys aged seven to nine years […]
Rape of minors in A-Ibom by pastors, persons in authority worrisome – Police
The Akwa Ibom state police command has decried the perpetration of the rape and defilement of minors in the State by pastors and persons in authority.
Rape allegation: D’banj’s accuser releases statement
Nigerians react By Juliet Ebirim Seyitan Babatayo, the lady who accused singer Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj of rape, has formally filed a criminal complaint against the music star. In a press statement released by Babatayo on Wednesday morning, detailing the timeline of events since she came out with her story, she revealed […]
Rape: Seyitan returns to social media with more allegations on DBanj
By Lawal Sherifat Following the rape saga in the public space between Ms Seyitan Babatayo and Oladapo Oyebanjo popularly known as Dbanj, the former has further accused the latter of intimidation and coercion. Ms Seyitan revealed in a press statement via Twitter that Dbanj and his team have resulted to coerce, intimidate and pressured her […]
DBanj’s rape allegation: The twists and turns
By Juliet Ebirim If you have missed the story of how Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, the one everybody knows as DBanj, was accused of rape and turned the social media apart, here is a timeline as to how it all became and who said what. Singer accused of rape Nigerian singer, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known […]
Alleged Rape: I was locked up in police cell with criminals for speaking up, says Dbanj’s accuser
By David Royal Ms Babatayo Seyitan, in a statement released on Tuesday, has come up with another revelation concerning the rape allegation against popular musician, D’banj, alleging that she was arrested and locked up in a police cell with criminals who violated laws. For over two weeks now, the Nigerian musician, Oladapo Oyebanjo, better known […]
RAPE: JSD trains 40 persons on sexual gender violence
A non-governmental organisation under the aegis of Justice and Security Dialogue (JSD), has trained 40 persons to handle sexual and gender based violence (SGBV).
Police arrest 20 suspects for theft, sodomy, rape in Bauchi
By Charly Agwam – Bauchi The Bauchi State Command of the Nigeria Police said it has arrested over 20 suspects in connection to crimes ranging from theft, sodomy and rape. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Ahmed Wakali made this known on Friday in a press statement made available to Vanguard. He said […]
Oyo Govt apprehends father for assault on 7-yr-old daughter
Oyo State Government on Friday said it had rescued a seven-year-old girl who had been a victim of physical abuse, torture, and assault by her father. Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Alhaja Faosat Sanni, in a statement in Ibadan on Friday, described the incident as an inhuman treatment meted out to an innocent […]
After 5 years, court acquits man accused of defiling neighbours’ 9-year-old daughter
By Onozure Dania – Lagos Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere has discharged and acquitted a man, Niyi Oyelami, who was accused of defiling his neighbours’ 9-year-old daughter. The court discharged and acquitted the defendant after finding him not guilty of the offence of defilement after five years of trial. […]
Fighting the heinous crime of rape
By Imam Murtadha Gusau Dear brothers and sisters, the reports on rape of our young girls and women across the country is alarming. According to police figures, the South has the highest number of sex crimes in the country with an average of one every 24hours. The viciousness and ferociousness of this assault on women […]
42 rape cases recorded in six months in Kano ― Police
By Bashir Bello KANO — Kano State Police Command on Thursday said it has recorded no fewer than 42 rape cases between the period of January 2020 till date in the state. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna who confirmed this to VANGUARD said the number of cases dropped with 14 cases when compared […]
Akwa Ibom Assembly demands speedy prosecution of Rape/Defilement perpetrators
By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Akwa Ibom state House of Assembly has decried the upsurge in rape and defilement as well as other cases of gender-based violence in the state in recent times. The House, therefore, directed the state ministry of justice to pursue more vigorously and speedily the prosecution of perpetrators of rape, defilement […]
