Tag: rape
Security, peaceful coexistence: DIG engages communities in Kaduna
Kaduna, April 9, 2026 (NAN) The Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations, Shehu Nadada, and the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Rabiu...
Police arraign 2 men for alleged stealing, threat to life
Badagry (Lagos State), April 1, 2026 (NAN) The Police on Wednesday arraigned two men in Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, over alleged stealing and...
NGO urges survivors against out-of-court settlements in rape cases
Lagos, Feb. 27, 2026 (NAN) The Initiative to Resist Institutional Slavery and Exploitation (IRISE) an NGO on Friday advised rape and sexual violence survivors...
UN official regrets violence in Sudan as 11,300 killed in 2025
New York, Feb. 27, 2026 (NAN) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk says three years of war in Sudan have been marked...
Man bags life sentence for raping 8-year old minor in C’...
Calabar, Feb. 24, 2026 (NAN) A High Court in Cross River on Wednesday sentenced one Mr Uduak Udo to life imprisonment for raping of...
Mukhtar pledges robust livestock sector, receives best minister award
Abuja, Feb. 7, 2026(NAN) The Minister of Livestock Development, Maiha Mukhtar, says the Federal Government is determined to deliver a robust livestock sector to...
Court sentences security guard to life imprisonment for raping nurse
Ikeja, Jan. 28, 2026 (NAN) An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday sentenced a security guard, Emmanuel Buchi, to life imprisonment...
Man arraigned over alleged sexual assault on minor
Lagos, Jan. 16, 2026 (NAN) The police in Lagos, on Friday, charged a 25‑year‑old man, Christopher Monday, before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, over...
Alleged defilement: Court remands 2 suspects
Ikeja, Jan. 16, 2026 (NAN) An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of two men in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly...
Man docked for allegedly raping lover’s friend
Ikeja, Jan. 16, 2026 (NAN) The police in Lagos on Friday arraigned a 29-year-old man, Femi Falomo, before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for...
Scrap dealer pleads guilty to rape, remanded in custody
Awka, Sept.4, 2025(NAN)The Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Offences Court sitting in Awka, Anambra, has ordered the remand of a 30-year-old scrap dealer, Kalu...
PECAN renews commitment to malaria elimination
Lagos, Aug. 22, 2025 (NAN) The Pest Control Association of Nigeria (PECAN) has expressed its renewed commitment to a malaria-free country just as Nigeria joined the...
ICPC, COREN working to curb quackery in Engineering – Don
Bauchi, Aug. 18, 2025 (NAN) Prof. Adisa Bello, former Registrar, Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), says the council is collaborating...
FRSC to clamp down on vehicles without speed limit devices
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Command, says it will start arresting drivers and impounding vehicles without speed limit devices in the...
Court sentence 3 to life imprisonment for raping deaf woman
Kebbi High Court 7, sitting in Birnin Kebbi, presided over by Justice Shamsudeen Jafar, has sentenced three people to life imprisonment for raping an...
Police detain officer over alleged teenager’s rape
The Police Command in Lagos State said it had detained one of its officers who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl at the Area H...
Police seek stringent laws against withdrawal of rape cases
A Deputy Commissioner of Police in Borno, DCP Ahmad Bello, has called for stringent laws to stop withdrawal of rape and other sexual violence...
