Tag: Rape
Outrage as Nigerian, Izu Madubueze commits suicide after rape accusation
Some Nigerians have taken to Twitter to demand justice for a young man, Izu Madubueze who committed suicide after he was added to a “list of rapists” [...]
Man arrested for raping, impregnating his teenage daughter in Rivers
Men of the Rivers state police command have arrested a 47-year-old man, Eromosele Mahmud, for allegedly impregnating his 16-year-old teenage daughter [...]
Senate passes bill recognizing males as rape victims
The Senate has passed a bill amending the criminal code, to remove gender restrictions in the issue of rape, and recognise males as rape victims too. [...]
Kano Assembly adopt castration as punishment for rape
The 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 [...]
Nigerian hairstylist bags 20 years in prison for rape
A 28-year-old hairstylist, Tayo Bakare, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for rape and [...]
60 year old man rapes eight year old girl after luring her with N100
The Niger state police command has arrested 60-year-old Haruna Lawal, for raping an eight-year-old girl in Wushishi community in the state.
A state [...]
20-yr-old BCHT student raped, murdered in Ilorin
Abdulrahman Safau Omowumi, a 20-year-old student of Bathelomew College of Health Technology, Shao, Kwara State, has been raped and matcheted to death [...]
70-year-old rapes eight-year-old girl In Niger, gives her N80 to stay silent
A 70-year-old man, Mohammed Sani Umar (Tela), has raped an eight-year-old girl in Chanchaga area of Minna, Niger State. Umar raped the girl twice befo [...]
D’banj sues Babatayo, lady who accused him of rape for N1.5bn
Singer, Oladapo Oyebanjo, more popularly known as D’banj, has sued Seyitan Babatayo, a Nigerian lady, who accused him of rape for N1.5 billion.
Thi [...]
Sokoto Hisbah Commission records 155 rape cases in 6 months
Sokoto State Hisbah Commission said it recorded 155 rape cases in six months, adding that it mostly involved young girls and teenagers between the age [...]