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A federal university of Bayelsa State student reportedly collapsed and died after overdosing on a popular illicit synthetic drug known as Colorado in Nigeria, according to reports. “The deceased was celebrating a recent breakthrough on an Internet fraud deal with his friends when he accidentally consumed an excess of the …

A 29-year-old Internet fraudster has been arrested for plotting with his mother to use his sister for a money ritual in Lagos, Nigeria, according to reports. “My mother was the one who took me to a native doctor and i was asked to sacrifice a sibling i loved the most,” …

Gunmen have attacked a church in north-west Nigeria’s Kaduna state, kidnapping at least 25 members of the congregation, local media reported. According to an official from the Christian Association of Nigeria, the gunmen burst into the Bege Baptist Church in Chikun initially abducting 40 people but 15 managed to escape. …

An Ogudu Chief Magistrates Court in Lagos State remanded a couple for allegedly assaulting and raping their 19-year-old housekeeper in Igbonla, Ketu, Lagos State, Nigeria. “The woman beats the victim up and penetrated her vagina with her fingers till she started bleeding. She also denied the victim of her salaries,” …

Nigerian superstar Rema has achieved another giant stride as he enters the Guinness Book of Records. Since the release of his hit single ‘Calm Down’, Rema has achieved huge international success. The hit remix with Selena Gomez rocketed him to global status where he appeared in multiple charts across the world. Rema has …

A 56-year-old man has been arrested for beating his 38-year-old ex-wife to death a day before her wedding to her new suitor in Yola South Local Government Area, Nigeria. “The suspect had been involved in a long marital conflict with the deceased as they both agreed to separate,” according to …

Nigerian police have rescued 58 people who had been abducted and held hostage by criminal gangs in central Kogi State, local media reported. It was not clear how long they had been held. A police spokeswoman said the rescue was a joint operation in Udulu Forest which was carried out …

A 42-year-old woman has been remanded to the Ikoyi Custodial Centre for the murder of her co-wife at her residence in Alejo Street, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Nigeria. “The suspect learnt that her husband had married another wife,and became angry” according to her. “She visited the pregnant …

A 23-year-old commercial tricycle operator has lost his life as he was killed by members of a secret cult in Ilorin, Kwara State capital of Nigeria, reports said. The victim’s corpse was found dumped in front of a mosque in the Abayawo area of Ilorin. “The assailants cut off his …

A male meat seller has slumped and died while attending to a customer on Branco Street,  in the Mafoluku area of Lagos State, Nigeria, reports said. The deceased, a regular meat hawker was hawking along the street when a woman called him to sell meat for her. “The deceased had …