The Kastina State Police Command is holding a family of five in its custody for allegedly feeding a day-old baby boy to a dog as meal.The incident happened at Saika village in Batsari Local Government Area. The suspects include 15-year-old Wosila Halilu, her three stepbrothers and her mother. It was …
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A 36-year-old man, Imeh Akpan, accused of raping his wife’s 15-year-old step-sister for 10 years has been arrested by the police in Lagos. The suspect, who was paraded before reporters on Wednesday afternoon, however denied the allegation, insisting that he only did it once. Akpan, according to the Police Commissioner, …
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A former elementary school principal awaiting trial on charges of raping possibly dozens of pupils has hanged himself in a prison in central France, sources close to the case said Tuesday. Romain Farina, the 46-year-old former head of a school in Villefontaine near Lyon, was charged about a year ago, …
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The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwukah, has constituted a panel to investigate alleged sexual assault on a female student of Queens College, Lagos by a male teacher. Mr Ben Bem Goong, the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Education, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said …
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An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 14 year-old teenager (names withheld) at the Boys Correctional Centre, Isheri, a suburb of Lagos, for allegedly raping a five year-old daughter of his neighbour. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, who remanded the accused, over the alleged defilement, then adjourned …
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An Ogbesun Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin on Wednesday ordered the remand a 41-year-old Prophet, Benjamin Bernard, in prison custody for alleged defilement of his seven-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Taiye Omoruyi, refused to admit the cleric to bail. The Prosecutor, Kenneth Ugiagbe, said the pastor committed the incest …
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Charges against five teenage boys who were accused of gang-raping an 18-year-old girl at a playground in Brooklyn last month have been dropped after she admitted to having consensual sex with the boys and her father. The unnamed girl has recanted her allegations of sexual assault against Denzel Murray, 14, …
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In another case that has highlighted the increasing child sexual abuses in Nigeria, a 65-year-old landlord, in Akowonjo area of Lagos, Mr. Ganiyu Sani, has allegedly raped a seven-year-old girl, Blessing. But this time, the parents of the victim believe he did it for ritual purposes. The civil servant mother …
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