The management of Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology Wudil, Kano State, has announced the suspension of a lecturer for meting out corporal punishment on some students. A video that went viral shows the lecturer at the Kano State-owned varsity, punishing students by subjecting them to flog jumps in a lecture hall. The video generated widespread criticism and condemnation on social media. A statement issued on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, and signed by the Deputy Registrar, …
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Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, has said that as much as he hates the death penalty, no punishment meted on a rapist is too severe. In a video broadcasted on Dove TV on Sunday, June 14, the clergyman condemned the act, saying it leaves an eternal scar on women. Speaking specifically about UNIBEN student, Uwaila Omozuwa, who was raped and murdered in one of the RCCG parishes in Edo state, the …
For a while now in Nigeria, rape has been the foremost conversation on social media. The rape and murder of Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, Barakat Bello, Mrs Queen Igbinevbo, and so many others has sparked outrage and intensified the conversation about rape. Unfortunately, this conversation has been going on for years and very little will change if we do not change tactics – if we do not act. To eradicate rape, a zero tolerance policy and stiffer punishment for rapists must …
House of Representatives members on Thursday June 4, rejected castration as punishment for people convicted of rape. Hon James Faleke made the suggestion during a debate on the motion of increased sexual violence against women particularly the rape and murder of two girls in Oyo and Edo states recently. The lawmakers who identified “weak institutions, poor enforcement, poverty and unacceptable social practices” as part of the reasons for sexual violence against women, rejected Faleke’s suggestion when Speaker of the house, Femi Gbajabiamila …