sexual assault

Nigerian Embassy in Berlin, Germany has suspended a member of its staff simply identified as Mr. Martins over allegations of sexual abuse and other serious criminal activities. The official was suspended for allegedly having sex with…

Former NBA All-Star, Eddie Johnson, who was hit with a lifetime ban from the NBA for drug use and was later sent to prison for sexual assault of a child, has died while serving a life sentence. The 65-year-old passed away on October 26…

A Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday has ordered that a 41-year-old cleric, Adam Faruk, who allegedly defiled eight pupils, be remanded in a correctional centre. Lagos State Government, charged…

Global rights group, Amnesty International, has condemned the treatment of children arrested for allegedly engaging in terrorism. Amnesty International claimed that the children are usually locked up with adult terrorists who sexually…

Many Nigerians on social media have called for justice for a 18-year-old girl simply identified as Jennifer who was allegedly gang raped by five men in Kaduna state.  A video which was posted by a Twitter user with the handle…

Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old man identified as Timothy Abijo for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old minor with Down Syndrome. It was gathered that on April 17th 2020, Timothy Abijo who visited his cousin at…

Director of Finance in the Sokoto State Urban and Regional Planning Board, Ahmed Yahaya, 52, and two other workers of the board, have been charged to court for alleged procurement and sexual exploitation of a 12-year-old female sachet…

Harvey Weinstein, seen arriving at court in Manhattan on February 24, has been on trial for over a month A court in New York City has on February 24 found Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein guilty of criminal sexual assaults including…

A High Court in Ikeja, Lagos State has on February 20 sentenced a former part-time lecturer in the University of Lagos, Baruwa Afeez Akin, to 21 years imprisonment for raping an 18-year-old admission-seeker. The trial judge, Justice…

A 24-year-old gay man, nicknamed 'Bow Berlin', has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 4-year-old with hearing impairment at Dagbolu Idiroko, Abule, Ikorodu, Lagos. It was gathered that the boy, whose parents are also deaf, had…

Promise Eshiet, a 53-year-old man told an Ogba Chief Magistrate Court how he has been sleeping with his 13-year-old daughter in the past three years. He blamed his action on the devil, saying he was attracted by his daughter’s beauty.…

US prosecutors have launched a probe to determine whether film star Sylvester Stallone should be charged in connection with a sexual assault reported last year, a spokesman said Wednesday. “A case was presented today by the Santa…