An Islamic teacher has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for attempting to sexually assault his 15-year-old pupil in Nigeria. The convict was handed down the sentence by Justice Rahman Oshodi following his guilty plea to the two amended charges of attempted sexual assault by penetration and indecent treatment …
Read More »Gunmen kill eight soldiers, policemen in Imo state
Gumen have killed eight security agents comprising soldiers, policemen and Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps in Imo State, Nigeria. The joint security taskforce team who were in two security trucks were ambushed and set ablaze by their attackers. “None of them survived as they were burnt inside their operational …
Read More »Nigeria: teacher defiles 13-year-old male pupil
A 43-year-old teacher was arrested for defiling a 13-year-old male pupil in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The suspect has been having carnal knowledge of the minor through the anus no fewer than six times at different times inside his room,” reports said. …
Read More »Nigeria: two workers buried in shallow pit
A 40-year-old man has been arrested for killing two casual laborers for ritual purposes in Taranka village, Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. “The suspect suspected to have come to the village for charcoal business, and in the course of his stay, the two persons went missing,” according …
Read More »UAE announces lifting of visa ban on Nigeria
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have annonced the lifting of a year-long visa ban imposed on Nigerian travellers. The restriction placed last October was lifted following negotiations between Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu and UAE leader Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, on Monday. President Tinubu’s spokesperson …
Read More »More than twenty-five people die in a boat accident in Nigeria
At least 26 people died in Nigeria’s northern Niger state after a wooden boat they were travelling in capsized in a dam on Sunday. The vessel was carrying over 100 passengers, including women and children, who live in communities between Jebba and Kainji dam in Mokwa area of the state, …
Read More »Bandits burn a Catholic seminarian to death
Some bandit invaded St. Raphael Parish as they razed the parish house with a Seminarian, Kafanchan Diocese in Southern Kaduna, Nigeria. “Some priests escaped during the incident but one of them who was a seminarian, was caught in the inferno,” reports said. His remains had since been deposited in the …
Read More »Nigeria: man stabs friend to death over food
A man has lost his life after his friend stabbed him to death over an argument on who to pay for a plate of food in the Ifako Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. “The suspect went and ate a plate of food in their usual buka and …
Read More »A couple starves their 5-year-old child for days
A 47-year-old father and his 23-year-old wife have been arrested for starving their five-year-old child for days in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. “The couple were obeying their pastor’s prophecy that the five-year-old is a witch, hence, does not deserve to live,” according to them. The State …
Read More »Nigeria’s election tribunal to decide if Tinubu stays as president
Nigeria’s presidential election tribunal is due to rule on Wednesday on whether Bola Tinubu should stay as president after two rivals challenged his victory in February’s disputed vote, Reuters reported. There have been numerous legal challenges to the outcome of previous Nigerian presidential elections but none have succeeded. Most political …
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