LASG HOSTS Y2024 WOMEN'S ASSEMBLY TO EMPOWER, CELEBRATE WOMEN. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 LASG HOSTS Y2024 WOMEN'S ASSEMBLY TO EMPOWER, CELEBRATE WOMEN Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to advancing and empowering women, describing them as the pillars of communities, contributing in numerous ways as mothers, entrepreneurs, educators and leaders.  Governor Sanwo-Olu stated this in his keynote address at the 2024 Women's Assembly for Local Government and Local Council Development Areas organised by the Ministry of Women's Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) at the De Blue Roof, LTV 8 complex, Agindigbi Ikeja.  The Governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Governor, Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, described the Assembly as a critical platform for celebrating women’s contributions and tackling challenges affecting their well-being. He restated his administration’s commitment to prioritising women through policies and programmes aimed at economic empowerment, political inclusion, and grassroots engag...

MAN SENTENCED TO 125 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR ELEVEN COUNTS OF RAPE. (PHOTO)


 A 58-year-old rapist, Aphane Fenkana Coccen, has been sentenced to 125 years imprisonment by the Polokwane High Court for facing eleven counts of rape. The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has welcomed the sentence.



The accused was found guilty of raping victims aged between 12 and 23 during 2010, 2011, and 2012, in various policing areas under the Sekhukhune district. In one incident, he threatened four young girls with a firearm, took them to a bushy terrain, and raped them.


The accused was arrested, positively linked to the incidents, and kept in custody until sentencing. The court sentenced him to 25 years imprisonment for each of the eleven counts of rape, with the sentences running concurrently, totaling 125 years imprisonment.

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