raping

The Chief Magistrates’ Court 10 in Gombe, on Monday, remanded 72-year-old Ibrahim Yunusa in prison custody for allegedly raping and impregnating his biological daughter. Yunusa of Dadinkowa, Yamaltu/Deba Local Government, Gombe State had…

An FCT High Court in Apo on Tuesday sentenced a 31- year old man, Emeka AkIle, to 12 years in prison for raping a 19-year-old in Lugbe, Abuja. Delivering his judgment, Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, sentenced the convict under section 2B of…

JUSTICE Muslim Hassan of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 58-year old farmer, Yesiru Onajobi, to a jail term of 10 years for rape and defilement of his teenage daughter. The Judge, who noted the rising wave of rape in…

AN Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Tuesday remanded one Maxwell Oriaku in prison for allegedly raping his neighbour’s nine-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O. Ogunkanmi, remanded Oriaku, 34, at Agodi Prisons…

A Jos High Court on Friday ordered that six men who allegedly kidnapped and raped two girls, be remanded in prison custody, pending hearing in their bail applications. The Attorney-General (AG) of Plateau charged Inusa Yahaya, Rabiu…

AN Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that a vagrant, Sikiru Bolaji, for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl, pending the outcome of an investigation. The police charged Bolaji with criminal force, intimidation and rape.…

An Egor Chief Magistrates' Court in Benin, Edo, on Friday sentenced 40-year-old Lucky Idahosa to 14 years imprisonment for raping his 17-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Igho Braimah, jailed the accused after he pleaded…