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Child rapists on the loose: How Nigerian policemen aid paedophiles to escape justice

  One cold afternoon, 11-year-old Bisi Adebola (not real name) was running errands for her mother in Ipaja area of Lagos, when a paedophile living just few metres away from their house, called the girl into his house and raped her. Shy and afraid, Bisi told her story, on the prompting of her mother, how the man, whom she referred to as ‘Alfa’, …

HOW A 13-YEAR OLD GIRLWAS DEFILED AND BATTERED BY A COUPLE

A couple, Mr Francis Onyeji and his wife, Chibuzor, are presently battling with the law over the assault and severe injuries inflicted on a 13-year old girl (names withheld) living with them as a ward in Ekpan, near Warri in Delta State. It was learnt that the woman, Mrs Chibuzor Onyeji, was arrested by the police at Ekpan over the weekend for allegedly …

Kano child bride accused of murder freed

KANO – A Kano High Court sitting in Gezawa, Tuesday, discharged Wasila Tasiu 14 over the murder of her late husband and 3 others. In a landmark judgement,  Justice ruled that based on the formal application before the court from the office of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, “the case is hereby terminated and the accused is discharged”.

Man to die by hanging for killing 6-year-old girl

Bauchi—Bauchi State High Court  had sentenced to death by hanging Ibrahim Idris, 40, for killing a six-year-old girl after failing in his attempt to rape her. Idris was dragged to the court, presided over by Justice Yelim Bogoro, by the state Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Dawud Yakubu, who charged him with culpable homicide, an offence contrary …

WICKEDNESS: Housewife Dumps Day-old Baby Into Toilet

Residents in Okpoko of Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State were, on Thursday, shocked when the news broke that a housewife in the community, names withheld, had dumped her newborn baby into the toilet. She was said to have a protruded stomach, a peculiar nature that made many people in the area, not to be aware that she was pregnant. She decided …