Tag Archives: Rape

The Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI) has called on governments at all levels and the judiciary to ensure strict enforcement of legislative provisions and penalties against incidences of rape and other acts of violence against women and the girl-child. The call followed series of violence perpetuated against women and children in different states in Nigeria during the past …

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Oloruntimilehin Ayomide A 39 year old married woman, Happiness Nwokocha who resides at No. 26 Adesola Street, Agodo, Egbe Lagos has been declared wanted for sexually abusing a 14 year-old-boy for two years. The suspect who carried out the abuse in Egbe is married to Mr. Kingsley Nwokocha who hails from Umuahia the Abia State capital. The marriage is blessed …

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Associate Professor of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Dr. Oloruntola Sunday has called on the Federal Government to investigate cases of rape and corruption in the Internally Displaced Persons’ camps in Nigeria. The university teacher made the call during the public presentation of ‘Muffled Voices’, a publication published by Christian media group, Journalists For Christ (JFC) in Lagos recently. The …

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A trader, Mrs Tope Ogba on Monday told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offence Court, that her husband, Mr Gabriel, allegedly raped their two adult daughters. Led in evidence by Mrs K A Momoh-Ayokambi, the Lagos state prosecutor, Tope also alleged that her husband defiled their underage daughter and almost set her ablaze when she reported him to the …

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Dr Kemi Ademola-Aremu, a Gender Activist, on Wednesday said incidents of rape are alarming and under-reported in the country. She also described as worrisome the non-availability of correct statistics on rape cases in Oyo State. Ademola-Aremu, the Executive Director, Choice Solution Welfare Initiative International (CSWII), made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan. She noted that rape incidences were …

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Anyone found guilty of rape should be jailed for 25 years, Lagos State Governor,Akinwumi Ambode,has recommended. He made the suggestion on Monday when he led a walk against Domestic and Sexual Violence in Alausa, Ikeja, along with top government functionaries. He said it was time to walk the talk and ensure that all hands were on deck towards safeguarding the …

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Tayo Olanipekun A female Corps Member has taken to the social media to narrate how she wrestled with a commercial motor cyclist, popularly called Okada rider, who attempted to rape her in an isolated part of the road from her place of primary assignment for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Explaining on Instagram, today, under the username,Snowwhite2911, Wannirebie Ayo …

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Olabode Adaramola A  Chief Magistrate Court in Minna, Niger State has ordered the remand in prison custody of a 33-year-old Pastor, Paul Aderinwa, over allegation of raping an under age Girl. The Clergyman was arraigned in court on Thursday on One  count charge of rape, contrary to section 283 of the penal code law. The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Gunduma Ibrahim, …

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A South Korean female naval officer apparently killed herself after being allegedly raped by a senior colleague, a defence ministry spokesman said Thursday. The victim, a lieutenant, was found dead in her single-room apartment on Wednesday, where a message was found reading: “Tomorrow, I won’t be in this world any longer.” “The lieutenant appeared to have committed suicide,” a military …

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Folake Sokoya A 42-year-old man, Lucky Emmanuel, who was paraded at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja on Wednesday for defiling a 13-year-old girl has said that he already paid the sum of N64, 000 partial payment of the girl’s bride price to her parents when she was confirmed pregnant. The suspect who resides at Ilaje, Ajangbadi area of Lagos …

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