A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, yesterday convicted Yunusa Dahiru for the abduction of 14-year-old Ese Oruru, an indigene of Delta State

The Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital, has sentenced Yinusa Dahiru to 26 years in prison after he was found guilty of child trafficking and other charges. Dahiru took Ese Oruru from her home in Bayelsa on August 12, 2015, to Kano State where he 'forcefully' married her and changed her name to…

After winning last year’s presidential election, the coming of President Muhammadu Buhari on the mantra of change, following his assuming office on May 29 was pregnant with expectations ...

The unwholesome ripple effects and social anomie caused by immorality, forced marriage, child’s marriage, criminal abduction, sexual exploitation and unlawful carnal knowledge of the minor ...

Just when the outrage at the scandalous abduction of Ese Oruru by a lecher who forced her into marriage is about quitting smouldering, there is now another paedophilic case to stoke the fury over the development.

Abductor of the Delta-born 14-year Ese Oruru, Yunusa Dahiru was at the weekend granted bail after a four-month detention in Okaka Prisons in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.

The absence of the lead defence counsel yesterday stalled the resumed trial of the abductor of Ese Oruru, Dahiru Yunusa, who is standing trial on a five charge of criminal abduction...

Ese Oruru, yesterday began giving evidence in camera at the resumed hearing in the case between the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and her abductor, Yunusa Dahiru at the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

Does it ever occur to her that such undue publicity being given to her child could ruin her chances of getting a decent man to marry her in the future?

Rescued 14-year old Ese Oruru gave birth to a baby girl on Thursday in Yenagoa.

Justice Aliya Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, yesterday granted an application by lawyers to Ese Oruru, requesting that the young girl’s evidence be taken in camera.