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A community chief in Delta State has been arrested by men of the state police command for defiling a 14-year-old girl in the Ukwuani Local Government Area of the stat, Nigeria. “The victim was lured with N50 for the third time into an uncompleted building,” reports said. The suspect had …

Men of the Borno State Police Command have arrested 10 persons for killing a police constable in Maiduguri, the state capital, Nigeria. “The suspects were two females and eight males,” reports said. The officer killed was attached to the command’s fissure police unit and deployed in Malari, in the Konduga …

A 37-year-old farmer has been sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s six-year-old daughter in Ijebu-Owo, Owo Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. The suspect was arrested by men of the state police command after committing the act. “He had carnal knowledge of the victim in his room …

Nigerian influencer Austa Xxo has been found dead after being stabbed by her disappearance after an argument, local media reported. The influencer had been missing for several days before her body was found in a state of decomposition, according to some sources. Her boyfriend, the millionaire Benjamin Best aka Killa …

A 43-year-old man has been arrested for raping a four-year-old girl in the North Bank area, a suburb of Makurdi in the state capital, Nigeria, according to reports.  “The mother of the victim was away at the time the suspect lured the little her to his room,” according eyewitness. “Some …

Doctors in Nigeria’s public hospitals have started a “total and indefinite strike” over what they described as the failure of government to address their grievances, the BBC reported. The striking medics make up the largest percentage of doctors in Nigeria’s hospitals. Their walk-outs usually severely disrupt healthcare services in government …

A gang of senior secondary school pupils have beaten a teacher for stopping one of them from cheating during an examination in their school in Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The teacher, while invigilating the unified examination for the SS 1 Art class students, caught a pupil cheating and …

At least 80,000 people have been displaced over the past three months in central Nigeria, the scene of bloody inter-communal violence where the army has sent reinforcements, a local official said. Northwestern and central Nigeria are regularly the scene of tensions and deadly conflicts around the exploitation of land and …

A school teacher was shot dead by the gunmen who attacked him in Barkin Ladi, the Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The gunmen came when he was about to close his shop beside his residence in the town and opened fire, killing him on the spot,” …

A 40 years old woman was arrested for biting a fellow lady and injuring her in the process at Ekute area of Ado Ekiti, the state capital, Nigeria, reports said. The defendant was dragged to court on a count charge of assault. “The defendant assaulted a woman by biting her …