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 …

The lifeless body of a 53-year-old woman, Amarachi Nwanozie has been discovered near her farm at Ngwama village, Isiala Ngwa South LGA of Abia State. Her corpse was discovered naked by men of Abia State Community Policing/Vigilante Service two days after the victim was declared missing by her husband. A village source told newsmen that the farmer, who was popular …

Former Manchester City defender, Benjamin Mendy, on Friday, broke down in tears after he was cleared of rape and attempted rape. The 28-year-old was accused of carrying out sex attacks on two ladies at his four million euros mansion. But Mendy was cleared after three hours of deliberation by a jury at Chester Crown Court. The Frenchman became emotional and …

Eruwa community, in the Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State, was thrown into confusion as a middle-aged man (simply known as Ajibode) allegedly raped a 16-year-old Olayemi Agbeloba, the apprentice of his wife at their residence. The victim reportedly committed suicide after the incident. Ajibode, who is a welder, was reported to have threatened to kill the girl …

A footballer, Babajide Folorunso and a plumber, Damilola Ayodeji have been ordered to be remanded in prison by a family court sitting at Oke-Eda, in Akure, the Ondo State capital, for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old girl. The accused persons, who were brought before the court on two-count charge of conspiracy and rape, allegedly committed the offences on 24th March 2023, …

The Oyo State Police Command on Friday paraded 21 suspected robbers, including a gang that allegedly killed a middle-aged man, Makanjuola Ogedengbe, and raped his two girls at Apaatuku/Onireke village, Akobo, in the Lagelu Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Adewale Osifeso, who paraded the suspects at the command headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, …

A 65-year-old man, Waheed Kareem has been arrested and detained at the Oyo State Criminal Investigation Department for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. Waheed, an indigene of Abeokuta, Ogun State, alongside his 60-year-old younger brother, Rasheed Kareem, who is at large, were said to have assaulted his stepdaughter at Olude, Apata, in Ibadan, Ido Local Government Area of Oyo …

Tragedy struck at the weekend in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State following the killing of an 80-year-old grandmother. The body of the octogenarian was found inside her farm in the Costain axis of the local government following suspicion that she had been raped before her assailants murdered her. Before her body was discovered, the deceased had been declared …