By Avril Eyewu-Edero This week there has been a lot of sad stories about sexual assaults in the news in Nigeria. This crime has continued to ruin a lot of lives, both male and female, and justice is usually a long shot. It is important to define and understand the terminologies involved to be able […]

US presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday emphatically denied sexually assaulting a former staffer, saying the incident she claims occurred in 1993 “never happened.” “They aren’t true. This never happened,” Biden said of the accusations made by Tara Reade, a former staffer in his US Senate office. Biden, who broke a month of silence on […]

Pressure is mounting on Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden to personally respond to a sexual assault allegation made by a former Senate aide — despite a strong denial issued by his campaign. Tara Reade, 56, claims that the assault took place in 1993, when she was a 29-year-old staff assistant in the office of Biden, […]

…They video recorded the moment as they stripped me, inserted fingers in my body -Victim By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Police in Rivers State on Friday disclosed the arrest of an eight-man vigilante team in Diobu, Port Harcourt for alleged rape and kidnapping. The arrest followed the report by a 21 year old girl […]

A high-profile sexual assault investigation in China has prompted many to come forward online with similar experiences of abuse in a country where it remains tough to get justice for such crimes. A prominent Chinese lawyer who sat on the board of telecoms equipment maker ZTE stepped down last week after local media reported he […]

Want help-desks established for report of cases By Joseph Erunke – Abuja Women groups numbering 286, have alleged increase in sexual violence against women and girls as Nigerians observe the ongoing stay-at-home directives of both federal and state governments over coronavirus outbreak in the country. To this end, the groups faulted President Muhammad Buhari for […]

A Family Court in Benin on Monday, ordered that a 43-year-old nanny, Mrs Esther Ehikhoya, be remanded in Oko Custordial Center for allegedly sexually assaulting a 2-year-old girl. The Chief Magistrate, Dorothy Adamaigbo adjourned the consideration of the defendant’s bail application until March 26. She said that the full panel of the family court would […]

The Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government area of Kaduna State says it has recorded 108 reported cases of sexual assault between January and February 2020.

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 37-year-old man, Afolabi Shuaib, for allegedly having canal knowledge of a 12-year-old daughter of his neighbour. Shuaib, who lives at Adebayo Salami Street, Igeshu in Ayobo Area of Lagos, is facing a two-count charge bordering on unlawful sexual assault and defilement. The defendant, however, pleaded not […]

But for the bravery of one teenage victim, Reynhard Sinaga’s crimes may never have come to light. The 18-year-old sixth-former woke up in Sinaga’s flat to find himself being sexually assaulted. Although still in a ‘confused and disorientated’ state he was able to push Sinaga off and fought with his naked attacker in order to […]

A woman who alleges disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16 filed suit against him on Thursday and rejected a settlement reached by other accusers. Kaja Sokola said the $25 million settlement with dozens of women, designed to resolve almost every misconduct lawsuit brought against Weinstein, is neither fair nor […]

Malawian police officers raped and sexually assaulted women, some of them in the presence of their children, during a security operation in October, an official state commission responsible for investigating human rights violations has said. In a damning report published on Wednesday, the influential Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) said its investigations revealed that at […]

Sexual assault is a severely traumatic experience that disproportionally affects women and girls. The unfortunate aspect of it is the fact that survivors continue to live with the pain for the rest of their lives.

US comedian Bill Cosby, who is serving a three and a half year jail sentence, on Tuesday, lost his appeal against his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 15 years ago. Cosby had appealed to Pennsylvania’s Superior Court, which issued a 94-page ruling upholding his conviction. He could now take his case to […]

Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc said it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault related to its 1.3 billion rides in the United States last year, in a report aimed at ensuring drivers and the public it was serious about safety. The figure represents a 16% fall in the rate of incidents from the previous […]