The Minister of State FCT, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has called for stiffer penalties against rapists to check the increasing cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence. Mr Austine Elemue, Special Assistant on Media to the minister, in a statement on Sunday, said Aliyu made the call while presenting palliative items to the FCT […]
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Student raped, killed in Ibadan ‘Enforce laws against sexual violence’ Rapists seem to be getting bolder. Last week, 22-year-old Vera Omozuwa, a first-year student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) was gang-raped and killed in Benin, the Edo State capital. In Kaduna, before the Omosuwa case, a lady simply identified as Jennifer was reportedly raped […]
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Ekiti State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of a 78-year-old grandmother and widow by persons suspected to be ritual killers in Ikere Ekiti, Ikere Local Government Area. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident, described it as “unfortunate and mysterious.” Abutu said the investigation had begun into […]
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An 18-year-old student of the Federal College of Animal and Production Technology, Moore Plantation, Apata, Ibadan, has been raped and killed in Ibadan. The victim, Barakat Bello, who was undertaking the National Diploma programme in Science Laboratory Technology, was reportedly attacked on June 1, 2020. According to reports, the 18-year-old was attacked at her home […]
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The first son of Archbishop Joseph Masin, the Nasarawa State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, who was kidnapped on May 28, Bishop Miracle Masin, has said he sold about three cars belonging to him, his wife and his father before he could raise the ransom to secure his father’s release. He noted that […]
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Students take protest to Ooni, police over incessant rape in Osun A 27-year-old man has been remanded in police custody by an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court in Osun State for allegedly raping and assaulting a 17-year-old girl. According to the police prosecutor, ASP John Idoko, the victim, one Abiodun, has been hospitalised since May 17, that […]
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Lawan, group seek stiff penalties, arrest of suspects, MWAN demands justice The Federal Government yesterday ordered the police authorities to unravel the circumstances surrounding the rape and murder of a female student of the University of Benin, Vera Uwaila Omozuwa in Benin City, Edo State. It also ordered immediate investigation of the sexual abuse of […]
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The Police in Edo have arrested one person suspected to have been part of the gang that raped and killed a 100-level Microbiology student of UNIBEN, Uwaila Vera Omozuwa. Chairperson of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, confirmed the development on her twitter handle @abikedabiri. She hinted the police carried out the arrest through the […]
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Police in search of culprits, say no one is volunteering information Obaseki orders police investigation into death of student The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) yesterday confirmed the death of one of its students, 22-year-old Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, who was gang-raped and clubbed to death by yet-to-be-identified persons. The incident took place […]
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Nigerians on Twitter are demanding justice for the rape and murder of a University of Benin Nursing student, Vera Uwaila Omosuwa by unknown men and the killing of a 17-year-old girl Justina Ezekwe by trigger-happy policemen in Lagos. The hashtags #JusticeforUwa #JusticeforTina #WeAreTired have been trending on Twitter seeking justice for the victims. Omosuwa was […]
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