Tag: Rape
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Bus conductor docked for allegedly attempting to rape girl
A 22-year-old bus conductor, Mufutau Kodri was on Wednesday docked in a Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly attempting to rape an 18-year-old girl. Kodri, whose address is unknown, is charged with attempted rape and breach of peace. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Akpan Ikem told the court that the defendant committed the offence…
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Enugu records 25 rape cases in 3 months — Official
No fewer than 25 rape cases were recorded in Enugu State from January to March 2021, the Centre Manager, Tamar Sexual Assault Referral Centre (Tamar SARC), Mrs Evelyn Onah, said.Onah disclosed this on Saturday in an interview with our correspondent in Enugu.She said that 31 cases of attempted sexual assault and five Gender Based Violence…
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Lawyers, FCT residents differ on whether man can be guilty of raping wife
ome Abuja-based lawyers, on Friday, expressed divergent views committed by himself upon his lawful wife under the Nigerian law. The lawyers, who made this known in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja, said the spousal or marital exemption principle implies that by mutual matrimonial consent and contract the wife had given up her herself…
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Zamfara First Lady urges residents to report rape cases
The Wife of the Zamfara Governor, Hajiya Aisha Matawalle, has urged parents and guardians in the state to report incidence of rape and other gender-based violence (GBV) to authorities. She made the call on Monday in Gusau while speaking at the campaign against rape and GBV at the Government Secondary and Primary Schools in the…
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Court sentences man, 36, to 14 years imprisonment for raping a minor
An Abeokuta High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 36 -year old man, Mutiu Ajibola to 14 years imprisonment for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl. The court tried and convicted Ajibola, who resides at Somoke Village at Owede Agbe area in Ogun, on a one count charge of having sexual intercourse with a minor. In her…
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Court remands man for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl in Ekiti
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado Ekiti on Thursday ordered that a 28-year-old man, Babatunde Ayomide, who allegedly defiled a 14-year-old be remanded in a correctional centre. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olufumike Anoma, did not take the plea of Ayomide pending legal advice from the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Anoma adjourned the case until…
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Houses without decent toilets can encourage rape — NAWOJ
Jennifer Yarima, the Chairperson of Plateau chapter of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has observed that women and girls living in houses without decent toilets are more at risk of being raped. She made the observation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Jos, adding that if…