Women & Children

Pushes for domestication of law in States, prompt dispensation of justice The Federal Government on Wednesday said that with the “embarrassing” rate of rape cases

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday at plenary confirmed Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as substantive President of the Federal Court of Appeal. Justice Dongban-Mensem was sworn-in as

Facing backlash and unprecedented criticisms, a member of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ahmed Jaha, a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) from

The House of Representatives would engage the 36 State Houses of Assembly on the imperative of domestication of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act and

Arrest another man for alleged serial rape of his two daughters The alarming rate of rape in Nigeria is coming to the open as Niger

The House of Representatives by majority decision on Thursday rejected a proposal to castrate rapists as a means of stemming rising cases of rape in

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Wednesday remanded one Moses Oloko, 57, in Ilesa Correctional Centre, for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. The Magistrate,

Global human rights group, Amnesty International, says the poor response of Nigerian government to rising cases of rape across the country was encouraging perpetrators, describing