A Chinese national has been sentenced to death after finding him guilty of killing his girlfriend in kano State, Nigeria. “The suspect was accused of stabbing his 22-year-old girlfriend in self-defense at a residence in Kano,” according to reports. The suspect was convicted by a local court in Kano State, …
Read More »Seven family members die in fire
At least seven members of a family have been confirmed dead following a midnight fire in the Tudun Wada area of Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria. “The incident occurred as a result of a spark from an electricity plug when power was restored in the area,” according …
Read More »Woman arrested for stabbing six-year-old child
A six-year-old girl is battling for her life after a woman stabbed her to protest her father’s advice to her husband to marry a second wife in Kano State, Nigeria. “The suspect was annoyed when she learnt that the victim’s father, a friend of her husband, has been the one …
Read More »Man strangles pregnant girlfriend to death
Men of the Kano State Police Command have arrested a man for strangling his 22-year-old pregnant girlfriend in Tudun-Wada Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria, reports said. “We received information from a Good Samaritan that a lady was seen lying on the roadside, unconscious on Kano-Jos Road in Anadaria …
Read More »Nigeria: 22-year-old prince marries two women on the same day
Mustapha Ado Bayero, a prince from the Nigerian state of Kano married two women at the same time on Saturday July 02, 2022, a story that shocks the web. Famous young prince of Kano, Mustapha Ado Bayero got married with his two loves Badi’a Tasiu Adam and Fatima Ibrahim Adam. …
Read More »Nigeria: Man sentenced to death for murdering 5-year-old nephew
A High Court in the northern Nigeria has sentenced a 19-year-old man to death for the kidnapping for ransom and killing of his five-year-old nephew in 2019. Ibrahim Khalil allegedly kidnapped his sister’s son, Ado, and used a sellotape to cover his nose and mouth before burying him in a …
Read More »Nigeria: five dead after being buried alive in sand
Five people have died in Nigeria’s northern Kano state after being buried alive in a trench while helping their friend build a house ahead of his wedding, local media report. They were digging sand in Yanlami village when part of the trench collapsed. The deceased are between the ages of …
Read More »Nigeria: 20 people die after capsizing boat
A boat carrying more than 50 people capsized in Kano state, northern Nigeria, on Tuesday evening, killing at least 20 people, most of them students, BBC News reports. The boat was carrying dozens of people from the village of Badau to the town of Bagwai, where they were due to …
Read More »Nigeria: at least 21 dead in a road accident caused by floodings
At least 21 people have died in a road accident in the northern Nigerian state of Jigawa. It comes after their vehicle plunged into a collapsed bridge during heavy rains and floods. The police spokesperson in the state, Shisu Lawan Adam, said the victims included nine military job seekers who …
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