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Nigeria’s Rivers State Police Command announced the arrest of a 17-year-old boy for impregnating 10 ladies, Pulse.ng reported. The suspect was arrested alongside a 29-year-old man, described as his accomplice. According to the law enforcement authorities, the two suspects, and two other ladies were allegedly running a baby factory. “The …

A palace guard, has been dismissed with immediate effect from the services of the Zazzau Emirate Council for raping a lady on a mission to the palace in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The incident happened when the guard lured the lady, who was preparing for a wedding and came to seek …

A Nigerian court has struck out a police regulation that forbids unmarried female officers from getting pregnant, local media reported. In a landmark judgment, a judge ruled that the regulation, which calls for the dismissal of any unmarried officer who gets pregnant, was “discriminatory, illegal, null and void”. It followed …

A Yaba Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a 38-year-old man to two years imprisonment for stealing 221 tiles and 10 buckets of paint belonging to his employer, Nigeria, according to reports. The convict was arrested by the police after his employer made a formal complaint to the police. The convict, who …

Gunmen have killed four people at Nzomiwu Street in Eziani community in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria, according to reports. The gunmen invaded the community, started shooting in the air and killed three men and a woman, who was apparently pregnant. “The gunmen immediately fled the scene …

The Nigeria Police Force have arrested a man for sharing a substance, suspected to be marijuana, with an infant in a viral video posted on Twitter. The suspect is seen smoking what looks like a wrap of marijuana and then forcing it into the mouth of the baby girl he’s …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec), in charge of elections in Nigeria, has warned that it could cancel the general elections if nothing is done to tackle insecurity in the country. The elections are due to be held on 25 February. The body’s chairman Mahmood Yakubu said the commission was …

A 200-level student of the Department of Philosophy at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra State, was shot dead while trying to retrieve his phone from armed robbers in his pavilion in Nigeria. “The victim obediently gave his phone to the armed robbers but requested his SIM card as the robbers agreed …

Men armed with AK-47 rifles abducted around 30 people from a train station in Edo State, southern Nigeria, the governor’s office said on Sunday. This attack is a new illustration of the growing insecurity in Africa’s most populous country, a real challenge for the government in the run-up to the …

A 50-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her co-wife in Bauchi, Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria, according to reports. The suspects strangled her co-wife, 60 years old, following a physical confrontation on January 1, 2023. The suspect, criminally used force on the victim by strangling …