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Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of two TikTok stars in Nigeria’s Kano state for defaming the state governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The TikTokers, Mubarak Muhammad alias Unique Pikin and Nazifi Muhammad Bala, had pleaded guilty and asked for leniency. But the judge ordered them to be given 20 lashes each, …

Nigerian actress-turned-politician, Tonto Dikeh has revealed that she was always taken care of by her father and stepmother, adding that they never made her miss her biological mother. In all her 37 years on earth, she counts herself fortunate to have not known her biological mother. In an interview where …

A man who was scantily clad and gave the impression of a mentally ill person has been arrested with a bag full of dead babies in Nigeria. It was learned that the man’s movement aroused the suspicions of passersby who demanded to know the contents of his bag. The suspect …

At least 14 passengers were burnt to death along Gaya-Wudil road in Kano State,in Nigeria, following an accident involving a Toyota Hummer bus and a Hyundai jeep confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Corps. The bus belonging to Kano Line, was coming from Gombe State when it collided with the …

A magistrate’s court in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has ordered two TikTok stars to be whipped and made to sweep the court premises for a month. They were found guilty on Monday of defaming Kano state governor Abdullahi Ganduje in a comedy video they recorded and shared on …

Police in the town of Ondo in Nigeria arrested a 54-year-old man for setting fire to five of his stepchildren when his wife refused him s3x, News agency of Nigeria reported. The police spokesperson in the state, Funmilayo Odunlami, who explained the incident, said the suspect was being investigated, while …

Nigerian police announced the arrest of seven men for assaulting and torturing a 40-year-old woman in the south-eastern state of Enugu. “The men raided the woman’s home after accusing her of entering a “sacred forest” to hunt and harvest snails,” a legal aid campaigner told police in a complaint. At …

Three men were arrested by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, in collaboration with vigilantes, for raping a 13-year-old girl over father’s sin in Nigeria’s Anambra state. Four suspects are involved in the incident. While three of them were arrested, the fourth escaped when security guards invaded …

Nigerian police say they have found the bodies of 10 young men abandoned “along a bush path” in the southern state of Edo. In a statement, police spokesperson Chidi Nwabuzor said the bodies had “no noticeable mark of violence” and nearby communities could not identify them. They were found at …

Nigeria’s Police Service said it detained two people and released six others who worked at popstar Davido’s home, following the death of his son. Following the tragic death of the singer’s three-year-old son, eight domestic staff of Davido have been arrested. The singer’s son, Ifeanyi Adeleke reportedly drowned in a …