Police Say Some Are Raped for Ritual, Recorded 717 Cases in 5 Months

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice Say Some Are Raped for Ritual, Recorded 717 Cases in 5 Months

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 15, 2020

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has said it recorded 717 rape incidents in 5-months. IGP Adamu disclosed this after a meeting with President Buhari on Monday on issues of rape and gender-based violence. According to the Nation, he was accompanied by Minister of Women Development, Dame Pauline Tallen and the Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. “It has come to the public knowledge now that because of the COVID-19 restrictions, we...

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Rape: NAWOJ Embarks on Nationwide Protest

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaRape: NAWOJ Embarks on Nationwide Protest

PilotnewsJune 15, 2020

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has started a one-week nationwide protest against increased cases of rape, killings and other forms of violence against women in the country. The NAWOJ National President, Mrs Ifeyinwa Omowole, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Omowole said that the protest would be virtual, in compliance to the federal and state governments’ physical distancing protocol on the management of COVID-19, which discourages large gatherings. The...

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CAN Appeals to Govts to Tackle Insecurity

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaRegionsCAN Appeals to Govts to Tackle Insecurity

PilotnewsJune 15, 2020

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State Chapter has appealed to government at all levels to tackle the security challenges facing the country. Rev. John Hayab, the Chairman of CAN made the appeal in a statement on Monday. Hayab said that the chapter was sad and upset with the killings and increasing insecurity in the north, especially in Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto and Borno States. “Our governments must therefore live up to their responsibility by...

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Female Poly Student Macheted to Death in Ibadan

Crime & SecurityNigeriaPeopleFemale Poly Student Macheted to Death in Ibadan

PilotnewsJune 14, 2020

A 21-year-old female student of Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Oyo State, Grace Oshiagwu, has been macheted to death by an unknown assailant(s) in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state. SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan. Fadeyi said that the deceased was macheted on the head in a church building in Idi-ori area of Shasha, off Expressway, by an unknown...

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Lockdown:One Dead as Soldiers Assault Members of COVID-19 Committee in Borno

CoronavirusCrime & SecurityNewsNigeriaLockdown:One Dead as Soldiers Assault Members of COVID-19 Committee in Borno

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)June 14, 2020

At least one person has been confirmed dead and four others injured as a fracas broke out on Saturday at the Auno checkpoint in Borno, when some soldiers attached to the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, allegedly assaulted members of Borno State COVID-19 Committee enforcing the interstate lockdown order. Reports say that the state Attorney General, Malam Kakashehu Lawal, and Commissioner for Health, Dr Salisu Kwaya-Bura were among the committee members when the incident...

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Thunder: Police Confirms Killing of Alleged Kidnappers in Cameroon, Not Adamawa

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNigeriaThunder: Police Confirms Killing of Alleged Kidnappers in Cameroon, Not Adamawa

PilotnewsJune 13, 2020

The Police in Adamawa has confirmed the alleged killing of 18 suspected kidnappers by thunderstorm in the neighbouring Republic of Cameroon and not in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesman of the state police command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, on Saturday in Yola. The police command is reacting to viral social media reports on Friday that thunderstorms had killed 18 kidnappers in Toungo Local Government Area of Adamawa. Nguroje said...

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RAPE: NOA Enugu Calls on Lawmakers to Make Stringent Laws Against Rapists

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaRAPE: NOA Enugu Calls on Lawmakers to Make Stringent Laws Against Rapists

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)June 12, 2020

The State Director, National Orientation Agency, Mr. Isaac Onukwube on Thursday condemned any form of violence against women and children especially the alarming increase of rape cases all over the States of the federation. Onukwube further advocates for more stringent punishment for rape offenders to serve as a deterrent to persons who commit such heinous crime. This he said when an Association Against Child Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Enugu State Chapter staged a protest campaign...

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SPECIAL REPORT: Nigeria’s Faulty Institutions that Deny Rape Victims Justice

Crime & SecurityNigeriaSpecial ReportSPECIAL REPORT: Nigeria’s Faulty Institutions that Deny Rape Victims Justice

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)June 12, 2020

On the morning of 24 October 2014, 20-year-old Jane *(not real name), was happy to set out on a trip to attend her uncle’s wedding in Kogi State. By the end of that day, her crisis-free life had taken a traumatic turn — she was gang-raped by three men somewhere in Kogi State. “There was terrible traffic on the way especially around Okene, we ended up getting to Lokoja around 7:30 pm. I boarded a...

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Cross Border Banditry: Thunderstorm Kill 18 Kidnappers In Toungo, Adamawa Border Community

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCross Border Banditry: Thunderstorm Kill 18 Kidnappers In Toungo, Adamawa Border Community

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)June 12, 2020

Residents of Toungo border community and it’s environs may have a sigh of relief as thunderstorm reportedly killed 18 suspected Kidnappers in Toungo forest while sharing largesse. An official of Toungo Local Council who preferred anonymity confirmed that the local hunters couldn’t retrieve the corpses.  “The bandits that gathered, had collected over 20 million from their wealthy victims at a remote village between Koncha in Cameroon and Toungo in Nigeria. “Angered by the incessant attacks...

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Massacre in Northern Nigeria Involves Cattle Rustling, Jihadis, and Vigilantes

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsSpecial ReportMassacre in Northern Nigeria Involves Cattle Rustling, Jihadis, and Vigilantes

PilotnewsJune 11, 2020

According to Nigerian and international media, at least eighty-one people were killed in communities in Gubio local government area (LGA). One of the villages mentioned is Felo. This number was revised upwards from sixty-nine initially reported following the governor of Borno state’s visit to the area. Seven others, including the village head, were reportedly abducted. The town of Gubio is about fifty miles north of the Borno state capital of Maiduguri. The media also reports that between four hundred and twelve hundred cattle...

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