Police in Kebbi paraded one Bashiru Sani of Helende village in Argungu Local Government Area of the state before newsmen on Friday for being in possession of N316,000 counterfeit naira notes. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ahmed Magaji-Kontagora, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the money was...
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A nine-year-old girl identified as ‘Tsholotso girl’, has been delivered of a baby girl at United Bulawayo Hospital in Zimbabwe. According to Zim Live, the minor delivered the baby on Monday morning via a caesarean section. The girl who is a victim of rape becomes the youngest mom ever...
A Catholic priest in France is being investigated for the rape of a minor, according to the Paris public prosecutor’s office on Thursday. The clergyman in his fifties from western France was remanded. He was also alleged to have administered drugs to the assaulted teenager without his knowledge at...
Mrs Pauline Tallen, Minister of Women Affairs, has prescribed capital punishment for perpetrators of rape. Tallen made the prescription as a guest at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. She said that only capital punishment and other forms of punishment commensurate with the inhuman crime of...
An Ado- Ekiti High Court on Monday sentenced 42 -year -old Adewale Ilesanmi to life imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl in Isan Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti. The police arraigned Ilesanmi, who on Dec.16, 2021. Delivering judgment, Justice Monisola Abodunde, held that the crime of rape...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Director of Academics at Nigerian Law School, Abuja, Barrister Chibueze Okorie, says rape as one of the types of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) is not just an offence but an abominable crime against humanity. Barrister Okorie stated this on Wednesday in Sokoto...
The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested two suspected rapists in two separate incidents in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Ahmad Magaji-Kontagora told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday that one of the suspects raped an 8-year-old girl while the other raped his mentally unstable sister. “One...
A Zimbabwean woman who lied about a man having unlawful carnal knowledge of her has confessed, stating that she was under pressure. The man identified as Simbarashe Chadiwa was handed a 20-year sentence for the r#pe of a 10-year old minor. Chadiwa who has been in prison for eight...
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has on Wednesday sentenced a 31-year -old “Okada” rider, Ojo Adebayo to life imprisonment for defiling a nine- year-old girl. The defendant was arraigned on one count charge of defilement before Justice Olalekan Olatawura in March. Delivering judgment, Justice Olatawura, held that identification of the...
Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), says that adopting “native solutions’’ will go a long way in curbing rape cases and other vices. Runsewe made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 1,460 suspects have been arrested for kidnapping, armed robbery, rape and other crimes in 722 cases across Bauchi, the Commissioner of Police in the State, Umar Sanda has said. CP Sands also disclosed that about six AK-47 riffles, 23 dane guns,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Commissioner, CP Abdu Umar has paraded 59 suspects for various offences ranging from human trafficking, kidnapping, raping, vandalism, burglary, theft, amongst others. The suspects were paraded on Thursday at the Command Headquarters in Maiduguri. Briefing newsmen during the parade at the...
The Police Command in Bauchi State has commenced investigation into the rape of an 18-month-old baby and murder of a 13-year-old girl in the state. A statement by the Spokesman of the command, SP Ahmed Wakil on Saturday in Bauchi, said a 59-year-old man has been arrested in respect...
Toyin Lawani, Nigerian Entrepreneur sits with Chude Jideonwo, host of #WithChude and founder of Joy, Inc. to share about her miscarriage, her family and her previous relationship. “I can’t say I feel relieved but I felt a weight left because I was very worried that my child was still...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 60-year- old Ghanaian, Edward Quayson, be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s daughter. The police charged Quayson, who resides at 14, Kalejaiye St., Sasha, Lagos with defilement. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B. O Osunsanmi refused...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday, granted the request of the mother of late 14-year-old student of Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Karen-Happuch Akpagher to be joined in the suit filed by the school. The school filed the suit seeking to stop the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC)...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has suspended Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong for allegedly raping minor. The AGN President, Emeka Rollas, announced the suspension on Saturday in a statement signed by its Director of Communications and veteran actress, Monalisa Chinda. Mr. Rollas noted that...
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 34-year-old native doctor and driver, who resides Behind Mobile Barracks, Makurdi, Benue State for allegedly defiling a minor who came for treatment. The Magistrate, Mr. Vincent Kor, didn’t take Iordye Edwin’s plea for want of jurisdiction. Kor ordered that the defendant...