•Speed Darlington and NAPTIP logo Controversial music artiste, Darlington Okoye, a.k.a. Speed Darlington or Akpi, has said that the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has no right to declare him wanted. NAPTIP had declared Darlington wanted in connection with alleged offences including rape, cyberbullying, and cybers...
A French court yesterday sentenced two teenagers to nine and seven years in prison over the gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl last year outside Paris. The crime, when both were 13, shocked France’s Jewish community at a time of rising antisemitic attacks, reports AFP. The presiding judge justified the harsh sentence against the […]...
•British soldiers in Kenya A British soldier in Kenya has been arrested on rape allegations, the UK defence ministry said yesterday, confirming a BBC report. “We can confirm the arrest of a service person in Kenya,” a ministry spokesperson told our correspondent, adding that no further comment would be made while the matter was being […...
•Emir Umar Faruq Umar The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Faruq Umar, has dethroned Iliya Mantau, the Village Head of Mantau, Yarmaulu ward, in the Baure Local Government Area of Katsina State, over his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and rape of a married woman. The emir announced that Iliya Mantau ceases to be the […]
•Pastor Timothy Omotoso A Nigerian televangelist, Pastor Timothy Omotoso, of Jesus Dominion International Church in South Africa, has been arrested by the Department of Home Affairs Immigration Inspectorate alongside South African Police in East London, South Africa. This was disclosed in a short video of the National Commissioner of the South...
•Fulani herdsmen The Angwan Kari community in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State has been thrown into mourning following the gruesome murder of Mr Williams Wasiu Jimoh and his wife, Mrs Banke William Jimoh, by unknown assailants, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, in their apartment. The couple reportedly met their untimely death when...
•British actor and stand-up comedian, Russell Brand British comedian and actor Russell Brand denied rape and sexual assault allegations yesterday after being charged with five offences by London’s Metropolitan Police. Brand, 49, who became known internationally as the husband of pop star Katy Perry after forging a career in Britain with risque...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Aggrieved women of Yenizue-Gene and Okutukutu communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, yesterday, barricaded the Melford Okilo Road in protest of alleged rape, harassment and destruction of their farmlands by Fulani herdsmen. For several hours, the protesters halted vehicular movement as they laid s...
•Late Bamise Ayanwola Oluwabamise A Lagos State High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square has set May 2, 2025, as the date for delivering judgment in the trial of Andrew Ominikoron, a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver accused of raping and murdering his passenger, Bamise Ayanwola. Justice Sherifat Sonaike announced the decision after both the prosecutio...
John Moses and Yakubu Mohammed have been sentenced to death by hanging over two count charge of rape in Kaduna. While, Mustapha Musa was sentenced to life imprisonment on a 2 counts charge of Rape under Section 258 of the Penal Code Law and sentenced to life imprisonment, reports Nigerian Tribune. This was disclosed by […]
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