An Ikeja Magistrates Court in Ogba, Lagos, has dismissed a sexual assault charge against a 42-year-old man, Mr Emmanuel Emeruwa, following a lack of prosecutable evidence.

Two men have been remanded in custody by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates' Court in connection with separate child defilement cases. Waheed Ibrahim, 32, from Ibeju-Lekki, is accused of defiling a four-year-old girl on September 3, 2024.

A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a teenager, Damilare Olanrewaju, to five years in prison for indecently assaulting a minor.

More than 79 million women and girls across sub-Saharan Africa have endured rape and sexual assault as children, according to data presented by UNICEF on Thursday. The UN children's agency said newly collated data showed the region was among the worst places in the world to be a girl. Globally, UNICEF estimates that sexual violence…

Police in Ogun State have arrested Olayemi Olawale Shedrack, 33, who was wanted in connection with an armed robbery and sexual assault at Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijagun.

Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, has sentenced a motorcycle taxi (Okada) rider, Monday Olukunle, also known as Seaman, to seven years imprisonment for his involvement in the group sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl at an uncompleted building.

A Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has heard how a defendant, Chinyere Osondu, allegedly inserted a stick into her step-granddaughter’s private parts for bed wetting.

A French retiree goes on trial Monday accused of recruiting dozens of strangers online to rape his wife after he drugged her into unconsciousness, in a case that has horrified the country. Fifty other men are also on trial in the southern city of Avignon alongside the main suspect, a 71-year-old former employee at France's…

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, has remanded a 19-year-old boy, Femi Ayepola, his mother, Esther Ayepola, and a suspected quack doctor, Olalekan Lawrence, for alleged sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl (name withheld). The state police command arraigned Femi, his mother and Lawrence on a four-count charge bordering…

Association of Lawyers with Disabilities in Nigeria (ALDIN) has applauded a high court sitting in Kebbi State for sentencing three persons to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting an 18-year-old hearing-impaired woman. In a statement yesterday, ALDIN applauded the judgment and said it serves as a significant milestone in the fight for disability rights and justice…

Lagos State government has intervened in the sexual assault saga involving a female employee of ARM Pension Managers (PFA) Ltd and her male colleague following an official party of the firm.

ARM Pension Managers (PFA) Ltd has expressed readiness to cooperate with security agencies, while the allegation of sexual assault that was levelled against one of its executive directors by another staff member, is being investigated.