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Nigeria: We Analysed Media Reports On Rape Cases. This is What We Found
The Conversation Africa, 12 August 2020
In Nigeria, the media continues to play a key role in tracking rape cases where reporting of rape to the authorities remains low. Read more »
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Nigeria: Of Rape and the Way Forward
This Day, 17 July 2020
Some days ago, the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen disclosed that Nigeria reported 3,600 rape cases since the beginning of lockdown in the country. Besides, the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Rape, Insurgency, Kidnapping, Evils of Drug Abuse, NDLEA Laments
This Day, 12 August 2020
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed 16,697 kilogramme of illicit drugs seized in Plateau State. Read more »
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Nigeria: The Rape Scourge in Nigeria
This Day, 30 June 2020
Is it that the crime of rape, especially against women and the girl child, has suddenly taken on unimaginable proportions and dimensions in the past few months, or countless rapes… Read more »
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Nigeria: Group Charges Govt On Women's Rights
Vanguard, 13 August 2020
An advocacy group, Nigerian Feminist Forum has called on the Federal Government and all stakeholders to adopt public policies that will protect and enhance the rights of women and… Read more »
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Nigeria: 'I Got Father's Permission to Rape, Impregnate Teenage Daughters'
Daily Trust, 4 August 2020
A 28-year-old man that the Gender Unit of the Lagos State Police Command said was arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating two teenage sisters has said he did the act with… Read more »
How the Media Reports On Rape in Nigeria - Analysis
The Conversation's Oludayo Tade has examined the coverage of rape incidents in the country. Two national newspapers, Punch and The Sun which reported on over 331 rape cases, were analysed. It was found that perpetrators were mainly people that the rape survivors knew - fathers, neighbours, clergymen and relatives - with very few being total strangers.
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