Rape

A 20-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos, name withheld, on Monday, recounted to a Lagos High Court in Ikeja how her lecturer, Dr Obinna Ojogbo, allegedly raped her in his underground office. Ojogbo is standing trial on a…
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A 20-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) told an Ikeja High Court she was allegedly raped by her lecturer, Dr Samuel Ojogbo. Led in evidence by State Counsel, Mr Owolabi Azeez, the student alleged the lecturer…
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the arrest of one of its active personnel, Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi, following a disturbing petition alleging the abduction, sexual exploitation, and forceful conversion of a 16-year-old Muslim…
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A Kano High Court presided over by Justice Musa Ahmed adjourned ruling on a case involving a teenage girl allegedly raped by a 65-year-old man, after lawyers representing the Attorney General of the state filed fresh applications before the…
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A  High Court of Justice in Kano will on Thursday rule on the case of a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by a 65-year-old man, following controversy over the matter being reframed as adultery. The girl, identified in the suit as…
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The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, has said Jigawa State recorded the most vigorous prosecution of rape cases in Nigeria during his tenure as Attorney…
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The Police Command in Gombe State, says it has arrested a 47-year-old father for allegedly raping his two- year-old step-daughter. The Command’s spokesperson in the state, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, disclosed this in a press statement issued…
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Namibia’s president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has dismissed the southern African country’s agriculture minister, who Namibian media have reported is under investigation for alleged rape, her office said on Sunday. A police spokesperson…
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Three persons, identified as John Moses, Yakubu Mohammed and Mustapha Musa, have been sentenced to death by hanging and surgical Castration following two count charges of rape in Kaduna. The Ministry of Human Services and Social…
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An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s Court, on Wednesday, ordered that a 42-year-old man, Christopher Israel, should be remanded in the correctional centre for allegedly raping his 22-year-old daughter. The police charged Israel with rape and…
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