Tag: Rape
Islamic teacher jailed 7 years for raping 35 boys
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Monday sentenced an Islamic teacher, Abubakar Abdullahi, to seven years imprisonment for having anal sex with 35...
Anglican priest jailed 5 years for defiling 5-year-old girl
An Ado-Ekiti State High Court has sentenced a priest of the Anglican Communion, Gabriel Asateru, to five years in prison for defiling a minor....
Ekiti bishop wants capital punishment for rapists
The Bishop of Ekiti
Diocese of Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev Christopher Omotunde, has called on the
state government to enact a law that will attract maximum...
Fatoyinbo returns to COZA pulpit one month after stepping down
Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly
(COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo, has returned to the pulpit a month after stepping
down following rape allegations against him...
World Bank partners Ekiti to tackle gender-based violence, genital mutilation
Ekiti State Government and the World Bank Group have
forged an alliance aimed at working together to tackle gender-based violence,
rape and female genital mutilation in...
Native doctor jailed 21 years for raping, impregnating daughter
A native doctor, Jacob Alonge, has been jailed for 21 years for raping his daughter, Gift, at their home in Ososo village, Akoko-Edo, Benin,...
Benin pastor, two others arrested over rape of teenage orphan
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking
in Persons (NAPTIP), Benin Zonal Command, says it has arrested a pastor and two
others for allegedly raping...
CAN gives PFN two weeks to submit report on Fatoyinbo rape...
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)
has given the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) two weeks to submit
report of its probe on the rape allegation against...
I raped my daughter to protect her, security guard tells court
A 37-year-old security guard, Wasiu
Orilonise, on Thursday told an Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court that he raped
his 15-year-old daughter in an attempt to protect her.
Mr...
Rape scandal: We stand by Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo – CAN
The leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria
(CAN) has expressed support for Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of
Zion Assembly (COZA) over rape scandal which...