South Sudan civilians had their eyes gouged out, were castrated and were forced to rape each other by the country’s warring sides, according to UN rights investigators. The investigators collected evidence against more than 40 senior military figures. The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Friday presented information pointing to crimes against […]
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An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered that two teenagers, Olajire Ayomide,18, and Tope Owoeye ,19, be remanded in prison over alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old. The Prosecutor, Insp Johnson Okuade, told the court on Wednesday that the accused committed the offence on Feb. 8 at Afao Street, Ikere-Ekiti. He said the accused on […]
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A supervisor at Chrisland School in Victoria Garden City in Lekki Lagos raped a two-year-old pupil several times. An ex-social worker, Miss Gloria Chinoyera said this today in a testimony at the newly-inaugurated Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court. The school supervisor, Adegboyega Adenekan, 47, is facing a charge of child defilement. The prosecution alleged […]
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Five men on Tuesday appeared before the newly inaugurated Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, for allegedly using social media to lure, kidnap and rape two women in Lagos. The accused are Gabriel Obinna, 20, Nnadozie Akabueze, 21, Hector Ugochukwu, 32, Chinedu Ezechukwu, 21 and Godwin Balogun. They are facing a six-count charge of […]
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A 52-year-old teacher, Segun Durojaiye, has been arrested for allegedly raping his daughter for four years. The suspect, a teacher at the Ijagba Community High School, Sotubo, Sagamu, was held along with his brother, Emmanuel Durojaiye, for the offence. The victim lived with her father on Baba-Benja Street, Oreyo, Igbogbo Ikorodu. It was gathered that […]
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Former Manchester City and Real Madrid striker Robinho was sentenced to nine years in prison in Italy on Thursday after he was convicted of gang rape. According to local media, the alleged incident occurred in January 2013, when Robinho was playing for Milan in Serie A. He was found guilty in absentia by an Italian […]
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American rapper Nelly has been released from jail without charges pending an investigation of rape allegations, police in Washington said. Nelly, 42, was arrested early Saturday in Auburn, Washington, after a woman accused him of raping her in his tour bus. Police said Nelly — born Cornell Haynes Jr. — had been booked for investigation […]
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American rapper, Nelly, who was arrested in the early hours of Saturday on a charge of second-degree rape following an incident on his tour bus, has issued a statement in which he strongly denied the allegation. A spokesperson for the Auburn Police Department confirmed in a statement to The Blast: “At 3:48 AM a female called 911 […]
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Fulani herdsmen have allegedly raped a 72-year-old woman identified only as Victoria in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Narrating her ordeal, Victoria explained that she was working on her farm when two herdsmen attacked her. “Before I could question them on their mission in my farm, they gagged me and tore my […]
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Patients at the Edo Central Hospital in Benin and their caregivers on Tuesday staged a protest against alleged robbery and rape in the hospital. The patients and their caregivers, who protested around the central hospital premises, appealed to the management of the institution to put in place security measures to ensure the safety of their […]
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