rape
28 Feb 2017
The learned silk, noted that prosecution of such cases are increasing by the day, adding that it was a taboo even mentioning the fact that one was raped, worst still, coming to court to say so before now.
25 Feb 2017
To tackle rampant cases of sexual abuse among youths, secondary schools in Ekiti and Nassarawa States are set to educate their students on sex and reproductive health.
20 Feb 2017
Keeping them in prison custody for long, according to experts, may aggravate the problem, as they are likely to constitute security risk to themselves and others.
17 Feb 2017
A man and a teenage boy on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly abducting and raping a 14-year-old girl.
15 Dec 2016
The Delta State Government has advocated the need for an assault referral centre for rape victims.
17 Sep 2016
First of all, we have violence; it’s a sin and no matter how we look at it, it’s wrong. Where does this violence happen mostly? In the home and the home is referred to as the domestic church.
16 Sep 2016
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said 120 cases of rape and domestic violence had been prosecuted by the command between January and August 2016.
2 Sep 2016
Stigmatisation and lack of medical evidence are two key issues impeding the rate of convictions in rape cases, the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem has stated.
29 Aug 2016
The Kaduna State Government has proposed life sentence for rapists in the new Child Right Bill forwarded to the State House of Assembly for passage into law.
1 Jul 2016
Residents of Ughelli, Ughelli North local council of Delta State and environs now live in fear following the serial killing of three persons, who were murdered in mysterious circumstances ...
21 Jun 2016
A twenty-nine-year-old welder, Mr. Obor Omodavwejie, was yesterday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour, by a Delta State High Court, sitting in Warri, for raping a teenage girl.
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