castration

A 50-year-old man has been arrested for raping his neighbor’s six-year-old daughter at Hanyi Danmasani, Rigasa in Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State. He faces surgical castration or death sentence as Kaduna State House of…

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has lamented the rising cases of gender-based violence, especially rape in the state. He expressed that the Violence Against Persons Prohibition bill he recently signed into law will be taken to the…

Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has signed the Kaduna State Penal Code (Amendment) Law 2020 on Wednesday, September 16. According to a statement by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye, the amendment…

Director-General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), Dame Julie Okah-Donli, has rejected castration as punishment for rapists, saying the ideal penalty should be considered on a case by case basis.…

Islamic scholars in Kano state, under the aegis of Council of Ulamas, have kicked against castration as punishment for rapists. The state House of Assembly had adopted the proposal for the castration of confirmed rapists, following a…

Kano State House of Assembly has begun a process to further amend the State’s Penal Code amendment (No.12), Law of 2014 to provide for castration as punishment for rape in the state. The Assembly took the decision following a motion…

Members of House of Representatives members have rejected castration as punishment for people convicted of rape. Hon James Faleke made the suggestion during a debate on Thursday on the motion of increased sexual violence against women…