by Angela Onyebuchi | Dec 7, 2023 | Rape
The director Violet Avoid, who was born in Zimbabwe, took her own life just one day after turning 33. According to reports, Violet poisoned her to death with rat poison. This happened two months after she described how being raped at a work function caused her life to...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Dec 5, 2023 | Rape
A 62-year-old farmer, Sunday Falana, has been arrested for allegedly raping his neighbour’s 7-year- old daughter in Aaye Oja-Ekiti, Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The suspect, popularly known as Sebukky in the community, was said to have defiled the...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Dec 1, 2023 | Rape
The government of Kaduna State has reaffirmed that it is prepared to perform bilateral salpingectomy on female perpetrators and surgical castration on male perpetrators. Remember that the modified Penal Code 2020, which mandates surgical castration and removal of...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Nov 29, 2023 | Rape
Three people are been held by the Ogun State Police Command in connection with an alleged armed robbery gang that is terrorising polytechnic students in the villages of Ode Remo and Ipara. Remember that some female students of Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade, who reside...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Nov 28, 2023 | Rape
Dele Eric was given a 14-year prison sentence by a magistrate court in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, Edo State, for his involvement in the gang rape and abuse of a 22-year-old lady who was allegedly a person with a disability. BraveHeart Initiative (BHI),...
by Angela Onyebuchi | Nov 26, 2023 | Rape
Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen, a Catholic priest, has been placed under detention by the Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Court, which is housed in the Chief Magistrate’s court in Awka, Anambra State, for allegedly raping and impregnating a teenager....