NIGERIAN LAWYER, ADEOYE WINS $75,000 WAISLITZ GLOBAL CITIZEN AWARD
A Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Oluwafunke Adeoye, has emerged as one of the winners of the 2023 Waislitz Global Citizen Awards, with a prize money of $75,000. Adeoye, who is the founder of Hope Behind Bars Africa said that with the award, she plans to fully launch Justicepadi – a tech platform […]
US GRANTS ASYLUM TO 12-YEAR-OLD NIGERIAN CHESS PRODIGY AND HIS FAMILY
A chess prodigy, Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi and his family, who left Nigeria in 2017 in search of greener pastures, have officially been granted asylum in the US. Tani, now 12, came into the limelight at just 8 years old, when he defeated 73 of the best chess players in his age group in New York […]
COURT SENTENCES SEXUAL OFFENDERS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has sentenced Abiodun Matthew, a 39-year-old driver to life imprisonment for raping a 4-year-old pupil of the University of Lagos Women Society Nursery and Primary School, Akoka, Lagos. In another case, Sunday Oyedele was also sentenced to life imprisonment with no option of fine […]
JUSTICE FOR SEXUAL & GENDER BASED VIOLENCE SURVIVOR
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced a 54-year-old man, Bashir Olashekere, to life imprisonment without an option of fine, for defiling his neigbour’s child. Justice Abiola Soladoye while delivering the judgement said, “the evidence of the survivor during the trial was consistent and unshaken especially during cross-examination. It is hoped that […]
SEXUAL ABUSE: TODDLER FINALLY GETS JUSTICE AFTER THREE YEARS
Seun Aina, a 38-year-old man, has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for deling a 15-month-old baby in 2018. The judgement which was delivered on September 28th by Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court convicted and sentenced Seun Aina without the option of fine. The judge also ordered that the convict’s […]
DUCHESS OF CORNWALL BECOMES MIRABEL CENTRE FIRST INTERNATIONAL PATRON
Mirabel Centre, the first Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) in Nigeria, has welcomed her first international patron, the Duchess of Cornwall. Mirabel Centre was founded in July 2013 by Itoro Eze-Anaba to provide medical and psychosocial support to survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). Congratulations!
ONDO AND SOKOTO STATES PASS VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONS PROHIBITION (VAPP) BILL
We are making progress! Ondo and Sokoto States have finally passed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Bill. This is a big step forward, as the VAPP Act ensures that survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) are protected by law to get justice. We are excited that the governor of Ondo has assented to […]