Rape in Nigeria

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...

Nigeria’s forum of First Ladies kick start action against sexual, gender-based violence

    Worried by the recent spike in rape cases and violence against women, states’ First Ladies have lent a strong voice to the...