Rape in Nigeria
Nigeria’s justice system should prioritize cases of gender-based violence, says Olawunmi Ifeoluwa in an exclusive interview with PSN
Olawunmi Ifeoluwa is a gender and inclusion specialist, a development practitioner, and senior manager at Gender Mobile Initiative. She is a passionate advocate...
Togolese man kills nurse-landlady in failed rape, farm hand also rapes, kills 80-year-old woman on her farm
A ghastly sexual crime has been reported in Ondo State involving a Togolese farm hand, who snuffed his landlady, a nurse in an...
Demon-possessed Akwa-Ibom prophet bags 21 years in jail for deflowering stepdaughter, 10
A “man of God and prophet”, who blamed the devil for raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter in Akwa-Ibom State, has been sent to prison...
Choir mistress, female church member held me as ‘pastor’ raped me, 21-year-old hairdresser alleges
“Few minutes after she got inside the room, Daniel locked the door and increased the volume of the Television set, while Ms Favour...
“Man of God” eats “forbidden apple”, bags life imprisonment
“He is a danger to our children, I have no choice, the defendant is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment” A horny 29- year-old...
In Ekiti State, in spite of stiff penalties for rape, an incestuous father has deflowered his 11-year-old daughter
In spite of the stiff penalties for rape and other forms of sexual violence in Ekiti State, an incestuous father has chosen to...
Rape, sexual violence: Ekiti Govt. goes tough, to confiscate hotels, houses, facilities used for the crime
In Ekiti State, the government is to henceforth confiscate any private residential apartment, facility and hotel used for the rape of a minor....
Post videos of sexually abused minors and go to jail for 5 years — NAPTIP
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking (NAPTIP) has warned that posting of videos of sexually abused minors on the social media...
Land speculator, 3 others seize, gang-rape, kill mother of four
The long arm of the law has caught up with a man, Prince Reuben, for allegedly conspiring with his three friends to kidnap,...
Judge to rapist: You are guilty as charged! Convict, 27, begins lifelong journey to jail
The full weight of the law and maximum penalty for rapists has been invoked by a court in Ekiti State as a...
HIV-racked 70-year-old man arrested for raping 5-year-old toddler
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 70-year-old man has been apprehended by the police for serially raping a five-year-old girl in Gwer West...
Incestuous father bags life jail for raping daughter
A randy father, Alo Olusola, is to spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping his daughter, an Akure High Court...
Rape: Osinbajo prescribes stiffer penalty for offenders
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has advocated stricter punishments for rape offenders especially in situations involving lecturers and their female students in the...
Stepfather, friend, gang-rape 15-year-old stepdaughter, cool their feet in prison
A 50-year-old man and stepfather, Paul Nnadi, and his friend, Ayobamidele Olaiya, are to spend the next 37 days in prison pending legal advice for their...
Bill to protect rape victims against stigmatization scales second reading at Senate
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday began debate on a bill seeking to protect victims of rape against any form of stigmatization. The...
VIDEO: Rapists should be castrated and made to suffer – FCT Minister of State, Ramatu Tijani Aliyu.
In video below FCT Minister of State Ramatu Tijani Aliyu has said rapists should be castrated as existing laws had proved to...
