rape

A 29-year-old tailor, Adebomi Oke has said that the devil pushed him to sexually abuse a four-year-old neighbour’s daughter in Ondo State. Speaking on the arrest, Mr Hammed Abodunrin, Ondo State NSCDC Commandant, said that Oke was…

Disgraced Hollywood mogul, Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a courtroom in Los Angeles on Wednesday to all 11 charges of rape and sexual assault against five women in California hotel rooms. The convicted rapist who is already…

An Ekiti High Court has on Thursday sentenced a 24-year-old man, Dayo Asiwaju, to life imprisonment for rape. Delivering judgment, Lekan Ogunmoye, held that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. He said; The…

Eastern Cape police in South Africa have launched a manhunt for the suspects behind the “heartless” attack and rape of two elderly women aged 91 and 75 at Sigubudwini Administrative Area in Tsomo on Sunday night, June 6. The women were…

Former French government minister, George Tron has been sentenced to three years in prison after a court found him guilty of raping an employee during “foot massages” in his office and at the home of his co-defendant. The sentence comes…

Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ekiti state has on Thursday ordered the remand of a 29-year-old man, Olaleye Jimoh, at the Correctional Centre in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly raping a 50-year-old woman. The defendant is standing trial…

Family Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State has sentenced a 47-year-old man, identified as Emmanuel Thompson Udo to life imprisonment for raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter. Udo was on Thursday, December 3, found guilty of raping…

Ministry of Human Services and Social Development in Kaduna State, has announced the arrest of a 40-year old man for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl in the state. The suspect, Musa Hassan was arrested by the Nigeria Security and…

Aminu Hayatu Tafida, the son of a Special Adviser to Sokoto state Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has been remanded in prison for allegedly raping a minor. The suspect also known as Jaffa, was arraigned before a Sokoto magistrate court on…

A civil servant in Osun State, Mr Gbenga Ayenioye, and his friend, a theatre practitioner, Mr. Tunde AmokeOja, have been arrested for allegedly raping a teenage girl in Osogbo. According to reports, Ayenioye, a Financial Accounting…

Police in Anambra state have arrested a 46-year-old man, Ifeanyi Atogu of Ofenta Nsugbe in Anambra East LGA of the state for allegedly defiling his friend's seven-year-old daughter. A statement released by the command's spokesperson,…

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…

Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old man, Stanley Okpara for defiling a 10-year-old girl in Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the suspect allegedly lured the girl into his shop and…

Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 20-year-old man, Samana Shua'ibu, who allegedly raped a 9-year-old girl after threatening to stab her with a knife in Dini Village, Toro local Government Area of the state. Spokesman of the…