Rape

It is no longer news, the alleged cases of sexual abuse at Stephen Centre International School Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria with deaf ears or little attention from the Director of the centre who is said  to have  allegedly…

By Joseph Edegbo: Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta, South West Nigeria has remanded the Director of St. Stephen International School and Children Home, Rev. Isaac Oluwole Newton-Wusu on a five count- charge. The charges…

South Africa National Police Commissioner General, Khehla Sitole says he welcomes the Conviction and sentencing of a 29-year-old mother in connection with the rape of her two-month-old baby. In November last year, a doctor at…

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna, northern Nigeria, on Monday, ordered a 63-year-old man and three others,  remanded in prison custody, for allegedly raping a neighbour's 10-year-old daughter, pending legal advice from the…

By Longtong Ibrahim Kaduna (Nigeria) – Worried by the high rate of rape cases especially of minors in the society, the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Kaduna state chapter has on Thursday staged a peaceful rally…

Incidents of rape and sodomy from January to March last year have increased from 1,585 to 1,765 during the same period this year, according to the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC). Quoting police sources, Executive Director of…

Pretoria (South Africa) – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) was not happy that three high court judges decided to reduce the jail term of a 51 –year old man who raped an 11- year old girl because the girl, according to the judges, had…