Rape

A former BBNaija housemate and actress, Bamike Adenibuyan, popularly known as BamBam, has revealed that her nanny sexually abused and raped her. She made the revelation in a video shared on her Instagram page on Sunday. BamBam said…

An eighteen-year-old medicine undergraduate has told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that her 32-year-old family friend, Anthony Okoye, raped and impregnated her. The girl revealed this as the National Agency for the Prohibition of…

The Police Command in Benue on Monday arraigned one Kakule Aondonyega, 18, before a Makurdi Upper Area Court for alleged abduction and rape. The Police Prosecutor Insp Rachael Mchiave told the court that the case was received at Criminal…

A hotel manager, who allegedly raped a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Osogbo, will appear in court on Tuesday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known in a telephone…

Police in Kano State on Saturday appealed to relatives of rape victims to stop withdrawing charges against culprits. Police spokesman in the state, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that withdrawing…

The Roost Foundation on Monday urged government at all levels to criminalise out-of-court settlement of rape cases, saying the practice is sabotaging efforts toward curbing the trend. The Executive Chairperson of the Foundation, Mrs…

A 38-year-old teacher, Sukairaj Kabir has been ordered remanded in a correctional centre in Kano for allegedly raping his 15-year-old mentally-ill student. A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano ordered the accused person’s remand in…

A 53-year-old man, Michael Adebayo has been arrested for having carnal knowledge of his friend’s daughter. The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said in a Tuesday statement that it arrested the…

The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a Professor of Geophysics in Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, (AE-FUNAI), Prof. Felix Anyaegbulam for allegedly defiled his 13-year-old house help. The state Police spokesperson,…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed that unknown gunmen have attacked Nuku village in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara. This is contained in a statement signed by the Spokesman of Kwara Command of the…

The Police Command in Benue on Monday arraigned three minors before a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Godwin Ato told the court that the three minors resided in the same…

Mr Francis Adebisi, the Controller, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) in Lagos State, says inmates involved in defilement of minors and other rape cases will not be considered for presidential pardon. The controller made this known on…

A 42-year-old man, Jacob Joel, has been remanded in a Jos Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl. The Police told the court that the victim, who is a friend to the defendant’s daughter, was said to have been…

An FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Monday sentenced one Kabiru Oriyomi, 43, to 12 years in prison for raping a 17-year-old girl. The convict, a resident of Mai-Angwa, Zone 7, Dutse Alhaji, Abuja, was prosecuted by the…

Magistrate Saka Afunso of an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates Court has granted an ex-parte motion brought before him, to remand one Olatimehin Olayitan in Nigeria Correctional Centre, for 30 days, pending completion of police investigation.…

A 17-year-old girl has alleged that her 45-year-old father, Nelson Akinsowon, began sleeping with her when she was 10. She said that this occurred whenever he was drunk. Akinsowon, who was arrested by the Fagun Divisional Police…

Manchester City have suspended defender, Benjamin Mendy following his arrest by police on Thursday. The 27-year-old Frenchman is due to appear in court on Friday charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.…

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Friday, ordered that a 19-year-old man, Umar Ibrahim, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly raping 20-year-old housewife. The police charged Ibrahim, who lives in Rijiyar Lemo…

Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday ordered two dropouts of Babcock University, accused of drugging and gang-raping a woman in a hotel in Lekki, Lagos to open their defence. The duo…

The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the demise of one Jagbefume Oriagioge, who allegedly committed suicide after he was accused of raping his neighbour's underage daughter. Although called 'pastor', Oriagioge was until his…

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested a 35-year-old man in Kebbi State on suspicion of defiling a five-year-old girl. Commandant of NSCDC in the state, Alhaji Umar Musa-Bala, told newsmen in…

A middle-aged woman, Uzoamaka Okoli, on Monday told Enugu State High Court sitting in Enugu how one Obinna Ogianya allegedly raped her under Trans-Ekulu Bridge and collected her N250. Narrating the incident before Justice E.M Egumgbe,…

An Ekiti High Court on Thursday sentenced a 24-year-old man, Dayo Asiwaju, to life imprisonment for rape. Delivering judgment, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, held that the prosecution has proved its case beyond the reasonable doubt. “The…

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Friday sentenced a trader, Adelaja Oloyede,43,  to 25 years imprisonment for raping a tailor. Justice Abiola Soladoye found Oloyede guilty of rape contrary to Section 260 of the…

A teenager (name withheld) on Tuesday narrated before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, how she was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a traditional healer who was to treat her father. The 17-year-old testified as the…

A British-Nigerian man, Adeyinka Ajose has been jailed for 18 years after admitting multiple sexual offences committed against a child. The Metropolitan Police Service disclosed in a statement that Ajose, 64, was jailed by a Croydon…

The Police Command in Ekiti on Thursday said it has arrested a 65-year-old man, Durodola Ogundele, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his stepmother. A statement by the command’s spokesperson, Mr Sunday Abutu, in Ado-Ekiti, said…