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Authorities in Nigeria’s central state of Niger have suspended all mining activities in the region amid mounting cases of kidnappings. It comes days after gunmen launched a devastating attack on a mining site, kidnapping at least four Chinese miners and killing over 20 members of the Nigerian security forces, the …

A haul of heroin hidden inside packs of baby food has been intercepted at Lagos’ main airport, according to police. Three suspects have been arrested in connection with smuggling 23kg (50lb) of the drug on a South African Airways from Johannesburg, said National Drug Law Enforcement Agency spokesman Femi Babafemi …

Six people have been sentenced to death in the Nigerian Muslim state of Bauchi and neighboring Plateau state, in two separate cases. In the mainly Muslim state of Bauchi, an upper Sharia court sentenced three men to death by stoning after they were found guilty of homosexual acts against children. …

Police in southern Nigeria say they detained a number of suspects linked to the kidnapping and murder of a Roman Catholic priest, the BBC reports. The priest, Christopher Odia, 41, was abducted on Sunday morning as he left his home in Edo state to conduct Mass. His body was later …

Nigerian authorities in the north-western Zamfara state have called on locals to arm themselves against criminal gangs in an attempt to deal with the increasing numbers of kidnappings and violent attacks. The Zamfara governor said he would issue hundreds of guns to those without training and directed the commissioner of …

Suspects linked to the killing of at least 40 people in a church in south-west Nigeria have been detained by a regional security force, the authorities there say. Gunmen stormed the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo state, during a service earlier this month and opened fire. The suspects …

The decapitated body of a former local MP, Nelson Achukwu was found, two weeks after his abduction by gunmen for a second time, Police in Anambra state said. On both occasions, his family has paid a ransom for his safe return, local media reported. It is not clear who abducted …

A Nigerian court on Thursday will hear a challenge against sharia law in the mostly Muslim northern state of Kano, in a case that is set to reignite debate on the place of religious laws in a country whose constitution is neutral on religion, Reuters agency reports. Nigeria is divided …

A Nigerian customary court has dissolved a couple married for 33 years because husband and wife say they are fed up, pulse.ng reported. The court’s decision was based on issues of infidelity, dishonesty, and criminal tendencies,the report said. The man identified as Udeze approached the Igando Customary Court claiming that …

Gunmen killed eight people and kidnapped 38 others in an attack on two churches in the northern state of Kaduna on Sunday, Reuters reported, citing an official from the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Kaduna state’s Commissioner of Internal Security Samuel Aruwan said an unknown number of criminals on motorcycles …