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Police Are Conniving With Alleged Rapists To Frustrate Justice For Rape Victims
Susan Innocent* was merely 15 when she was allegedly raped by Pastor McDouglas Omosokpea of the Peculiar Generation Assembly Church…
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Borno Police Arrest 4 Rapists
The police in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria, on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, paraded four suspects who are currently being charged…
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#MeToo Movement: What Does Winning ₦15m Damages Against Police, AEPB Mean For Sexual Assault Cases In Nigeria?
On the evening of April 26, 2019, Blessing* was shopping for groceries at the popular H-medix supermarket in Gwarimpa, Abuja,…
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Househunting: Harassment, Discrimination Trap For Single Nigerian Women
When Adanna Nwankwo was moving to Lagos, there were so many things she did not think of. Having lived most…
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Protest Brewing In Southwest Nigeria Community After Gender-Based Violence on 60-Year-Old
Civil unrest is brewing in Owu-Ijebu community in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, following the…
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Sexual Violence Survivors In Borno Find Succour In ATJLF-Funded Project
When she was only 14 years old, Aisha, a resident of Borno, a state in northeast Nigeria, was kidnapped by…
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Police Arrest Man Who Allegedly Defiled Daughter In Ogun
Akanji Oluwaseyi, a 45-year-old man, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police command for forcefully having a…
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Controversy: Alleged Sexual Harassment Victim, Father Withdraw Case Against Ogun Commissioner
The allegation of sexual harassment against Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, the suspended Commissioner for Environment in Ogun State, has taken a new…
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Minor Accuses Former House of Rep Member Of Sexual Harassment
Melojuekun Barakat, a 16-year-old student of Victory Model College, in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria…
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Canadian Govt, CODE Call For Prompt Passage Of VAPP To Curb Abuse
As part of plans to end Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria, the Canadian High Commission and Connected Development…
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