Monthly Archives: January 2016

The girl-child as endangered specie

By BILKIS BAKARE  IN recent times, insurgent activities have taken a worrisome turn as more women and girls are now being recruited as suicide bombers. Few days ago at a crowded market in Damaturu, the capital city of Yobe State, North Eastern Ni­geria, a 10- year- old girl blew up herself, killing over 15 people and injuring several others. This …

Pastor jailed for 10 years for raping girl while father was present

A pastor who raped a girl as she lay blindfolded on a bed has been jailed for more than 10 years in what a Perth judge has described as depraved and degrading offending. Dawid Volmer, 41, had advertised sexual massages on Craigslist, initially meeting the girl and her father, who cannot be named, when she was 12, although her father said she was 16. …