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A Justice of the Special Offenses Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting an eleven-year-old girl. Giving details of the incident, the victim said the defendant, inserted his finger in her private part, which caused her great pain and made her cry. …

Two students have been sentenced to death by the Kwara High Court for the murder of a 300-level undergraduate of the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. The duo raped the victim at her sister’s house in the Tanke area of Ilorin, Kwara State. They were found guilty of conspiracy, rape and …

Two unknown hoodlums have removed one of the eyes of a 12-year-old student in Kafin Madaki, headquarters of Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi, Nigeria. It was revealed that they came on a motorcycle and ask the victim to assist them call a lady in a nearby house. They took …

A court in Ekiti State High sentenced four men to death by hanging for dispossessing their victims of phones, necklace, wristwatches and other valuables at gunpoint in Nigeria. One of the victims, who testified before the court, said, ” We were coming from a show in Ekute Quarters of Ado …

Nigerian authorities announced that all passengers will no longer be required to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test on arrival or departure, regardless of their vaccination status. A memo addressed to all airline operators, among other stakeholders in the aviation industry by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) confirmed …

Two secondary school students of Monatan High School, Ibadan, have been arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl in the Oluyole Local Government Area in Nigeria. The victim was lured into an unfinished building and raped by the suspects. Her schoolmates threatened to expose her if she didn’t settled them financially …

Nigerian police arrested a 75-year-old man, for defiling his four-year-old niece in the Obi Local Government Area, local media reported. The investigation revealed that the suspect lured his niece into his room and purposely had illegal carnal relations with her, as they both live in the same house. She was …

Nigerian Afrobeats star D’banj has been released from the custody of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, ICPC, the musician’s lawyer has said. “The ICPC released D’banj… after the agency could not find anything incriminating on him,” said a statement signed by Pelumi Olajengbesi, D’banj’s lawyer. D’banj was arrested earlier this week on …

Nigerian authorities have denied allegations implicating the country’s military in a secret and illicit multi-year program to terminate the pregnancies of women abducted by jihadists. According to data collected by Reuters journalists, “at least 10,000 former Boko Haram hostages have undergone forced abortions after being rescued by the Nigerian military.” …

Nigerian lawmakers have summoned the country’s central bank governor over the implementation of a recently introduced policy that restricts cash withdrawals. The policy seeks to promote cashless transactions in Africa’s biggest economy after it launched new banknotes. Last week the bank limited weekly over-the-counter cash withdrawals at 100,000 naira ($225) …