Thousands took to the streets across French cities on Saturday to demand an end to rape and support the main plaintiff in a mass sexual assault trial that has shocked the country. Gisele Pelicot, who is using her married name, has requested the trial of her ex-husband and 50 co-defendants since 2 September be made public to raise awareness about …

The Chairman of Women Rights Protection Alternative (WRAPA), Alhaji Muhammad Kanya, has said the group has secured the prosecution and convictions of no fewer than 50 rapists in two special courts established to try cases of rape and other gender-based violence in the state. According to him, “The decision to skip conventional courts in the cases of rape and gender-based …

The Bauchi State police command has arrested one Bala Mohammed for luring and raping two girls aged 16 and 17 years in his room. All three, suspect and victims are residents of Unguwar Mahaukata Quarters in Bauchi metropolis. According to the Command’s Police public relations officer (PPRO), Superintendent (SP) Ahmed Mohammed Wakil in a press statement on Friday, the suspect …

The Rivers State Police Command said it has arrested one suspect, Emeka, who was suspected to have raped a pregnant woman, Mrs Chigbewejim Steward, to death. The suspect was said to have come with a gang of men who raped the victim to death in Abarikpo community of Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that …

A 47-year-old secondary school teacher, Mr Ojo Ezekiel has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a 7-year-old girl in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Justice Abiodun Akinyemi of Ogun State High Court delivered the judgement on Monday almost two years after the convict was first arraigned on 1 July 2022. The prosecution counsel, Mr Olusegun Olaitan earlier told …

A 39 year old married man, Ernest Okporu, has allegedly defiled his landlord’s 11-year-old daughter (name withheld) in Osubi community, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State. The incident is said to have occurred last Saturday. The suspect is cooling off his heels in detention at the Orerokpe Police Station. It was learnt that the suspect asked the victim to …

The Amotekun Corps in Osun State, on Monday, said that a 26-year-old commercial driver, Taofeek Oyekola was arrested for allegedly using a magic ring to lure a teenager to his residence. The suspect was reportedly said to have attempted to rape her at his residence in Osogbo, the state capital. In a statement on Monday, the state Amotekun spokesperson, Mr. …

A court in Spain has found former Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub. He has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. The 40-year-old, who is one of the most decorated footballers in history, had denied sexually assaulting the woman in the early hours of 31 December 2022. …

The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye to life imprisonment for the defilement of his wife’s niece. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced him after he found him guilty of the offence of defilement and sexual penetration of a 15-year-old girl. The judge held …

An Abuja High Court has sentenced a public officer, Dr Abubakar Danraka, to life imprisonment for rape (sodomy) under section 1 of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act, (VAPP ACT) of 2015. Trial judge, Justice A. Akanbi-Yusuf handed the sentence, having found the convict guilty. The convict, Abubakar, a former Chief Pharmacist of National Hospital, Abuja, and Senior Special Adviser …