Category Archive for : ‘NIGERIA’

November 3, 2019
Julie Turkewitz
The New York Times
 
 
Fakhrriyyah Hashim, an activist from Nigeria’s conservative north, began using the hashtag #arewametoo to publicise incidents of sexual assault, on Sep 16, 2019. Women in West Africa who accuse men of sexual abuse have recently seen some change, but also an intense backlash including threats and even a police investigation. (KC Nwakalor/The New York Times)

It was, she said, a secret that burned so badly she could no longer keep it inside. So at age 34, Busola Dakolo, a well-known Nigerian photographer, went on television

Unbelievable, Sex Offenders & Others In Positions Of Trust; Family Members, Sex Offenders and Others Who Reoffend, Nigeria

Oct 4, 2018

Daily Trust

A middle-aged man in Edo State has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling and impregnating his 13-year-old daughter. The suspect, Friday Moses, was among 76 suspects paraded by the police commissioner, Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, for alleged involvement in various crimes in the state.  Kokumo said they were arrested for various crimes including robbery, kidnapping, rape and cultism, adding that 47 arms and many ammunitions were recovered from them.

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