Category Archives: Violence against women and girls

Children protest over killing of their parents for three consecutive days in Katsina

Scores of children took to the streets with sticks to protest over the killings of their parents by bandits for three consecutive days in Katsina. Bandits have reportedly launched several attacks on different villages in Katsina, including the Wurma community which was attacked for three days, without intervention from security operatives, Wurma Village …

Ekiti Govt confirms the abduction of pupils and their teachers

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has urged the citizens of the state not to despair over Monday’s kidnapping of some school pupils and their teachers in Emure- Ekiti, assuring that efforts are on to get the children and their teachers rescued. Six pupils of a private school in Emure-Ekiti, three teachers and the bus driver were abducted …

Catholic Priest in Anambra arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating a minor.

A Catholic Priest in Anambra State identified as Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen has been arrested for raping and impregnating a minor. An Awka Chief Magistrates’ Court, otherwise known as the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court , Anambra State remanded the priest in prison till December 6, 2023. The magistrate ordered the prosecutor to transmit …

Police in Ogun state arrest teacher for Defiling his 14-year old student

The Ogun state police command have arrested a secondary school teacher, Azunyere Chima, for allegedly defiling his 14-year old student. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement, said the suspect was arrested following a report by the father of the alleged victim at Ibafo divisional …

7-year old girl passing through sexual abuse, need urgent rescue

A concerned Nigerian sent us this report from Ogun state. The little girl you see in this picture is 7-year old. She lives with her grandma in Eleruku Palace, Ewekoro local government in Ogun state. She has been suffering consistent sexual abuse for a long time The abuser is allegedly the King’s Driver. She has become so addicted to the abuse …

Man arrested during church service for defiling his two underaged daughters

  A 40-year old man, Terry Ikechukwu Iheme, has reportedly been arrested for allegedly sleeping with his two underage daughters at Igbo-olomu, Agric area of Ikorodu, Lagos State The suspect, who is a driver, was arrested in Church on Sunday after the matter was reported at Owutu Police Division. He was subsequently charged before the Ikorodu Magistrate …

44-year old man caught Defiling a 15-yr old got inside container in Lagos

A 44-year old married man, Olamide Joseph, has landed in trouble after he allegedly took a 14-year old school girl into a container by the roadside in Lagos, slept with her and was eventually caught. It was reported that the incident happened at Taiwo Estate, Iponri area of Lagos, where they reside. It was disclosed that Mr. Joseph had two wives and …

Man rapes and impregnated her 13-yr old daughter in Abia state – get 10-yr banishment

A man, identified as Ugochukwu Nwonwu, is currently on the run after he was discovered to have raped and impregnated his 13-year-old daughter in Abia State. We learnt the victim is a product of an incestous relationship the suspect had with his cousin many years ago. Ugochukwu’s brother, Chukwunyere, said the suspect recently brought the young …

I rape small girls to cool off tension – 18-year old boy confesses

Niger State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old suspected rapist identified as Mizanbilu Yusuf, for molesting about six small girls. Yusuf met his waterloo after the father of a 9-year-old girl he recently raped in Kafin Koro community in Paikoro Local Government Area of the state, reported him to security operatives. While being paraded after …

Child marriage and it’s Consequences

In Nigeria and also in Africa generally, early child marriage is a norm that has been in practice for many years where a girl child is being given a hand in marriage at her early age, mostly before the age of 18. Regardless of the physical and emotional wellbeing of a girl child, many parents, however, have continually been giving out their young girls …