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Nigeria’s 27-year-old Jollof queen, Hilda Effiong-Bassey, has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest culinary marathon by cooking while standing for 100 hours. On April 19,2023, Hilda announced her desire to become the second African woman to compete and attempt to surpass a previous holder in “The Guinness World …

An Akure pastor has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Ondo State High Court for deflowering and impregnating a 16-year-old girl in Ayede Ogbese, Akure North, Nigeria. “The victim’s family were a tenant to the defendant where he defiled and frequently had carnal knowledge of the victim,” …

The body of a man was found naked in a car by residents and passersby in Isheri, Ojodu Berger in Lagos, Nigeria, according to reports. “The man was found naked in a black Toyota car,” according to an eyewitness. “His corpse was lying across the front seats of the car …

The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a tenant for assaulting his landlady in Olaniyi Street, Nigeria, reports said. “The defendant assaulted his landlady when she demanded him money for payment of his electricity bill,” reports said. “The defendant hit the complainant’s head against an iron gate which caused her …

A 26-year-old automobile technician was sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for defiling his neighbor’s 12-year-old daughter in Nigeria. “The convict had sex with the minor repeatedly whenever he called her to come and watch a film on his phone in his room,” …

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 …