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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 …

Suspected cultists have killed a 24-year-old man in Igode, Ogijo, the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, reports said. “The deceased, a native of Benue State, was shot dead at about 8 p.m.“ “The deceased was outside their house at Fakile in the Igode community, when the assailants …

A 33-year-old woman has sold her 18-month-old baby for N600,000 to offset her bank loan in Sango in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. “She borrowed money from a microfinance bank and was unable to pay back the money,” reports said. “The bank agents …

A 30-year-old man from Sabuwar Santa in Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State has been arrested after allegedly abducting and burying a three-year-old boy alive in Nigeria. “The suspect was have buried the abducted boy alive despite collecting N150,000 out of the N800,000 ransom he demanded from his father,” …

A court in Ikeja charged with sexual offenses and domestic violence has remanded a cleric accused of raping two members of his church in Nigeria. The Clergyman is the founder of “I Reign Christian Ministry” in Kirikiri Correctional Center pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions. Justice Ramon Oshodi admitted …

Seven people were rescued from the rubble of a seven-storey building under construction that collapsed in the Banana Island area of Ikoyi, Lagos State, Nigeria. “Construction workers were performing their daily tasks in the building that had been under construction for months when it suddenly caved,” reports said. Some of …