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Jigawa State Government has enacted the child protection law that prescribes the death penalty for rapists without the option of life imprisonment. Dr. Musa Adamu, the Commissioner for Justice and the Attorney General, disclosed this on…

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…

Liberian President George Weah has declared rape a national emergency and has ordered new measures to tackle the problem after a recent spike of cases in the poor West African state. The moves comes after thousands of Liberians…

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…

Lawmaker representing Ipokia-Idiroko constituency in the Ogun House of Assembly, Mrs Sikiratu Ajibola, has prescribed life imprisonment for convicted rapists in the country. Ajibola made the suggestion in an interview with the News…

Oyo State Police Command has on Friday paraded three persons arrested in connection with the killing of five residents of Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State and other criminals. Five persons were murdered in six attacks on…

Akwa Ibom Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old pastor identified as Nnamso Friday Jacob better known as ‘Major Prophet Honesty Jesus,’ for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl inside his church. According to Police Public Relations…

Nollywood actress and founder of Passion Against Rape and Abuse Africa (PARAA) Foluke Daramola-Salako has revealed that about 75% of rape cases being handled by her organization were perpetrated by religious leaders. She made this…

5 men were today descended upon by an angry mob after they were caught raping an 8-year-old girl at relief market in Owerri, Imo state. The victim was reportedly selling sachet water around the market when the men allegedly called…