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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned heads of security agencies for a meeting on Monday in the capital, Abuja, following terror alerts issued recently by several Western countries, media reported. The presidency said in a statement that the meeting was aimed at reviewing and strengthening the security network across the …

The Federal High Court in Lagos State, Nigeria has sentenced a mother of five to 10 years in prison for human trafficking and promoting prostitution. The convict was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, when she returned from Libya. She was accused of buying the victim for 300, …

A Nigerian fetish priestess has stormed the house of some fraudsters to demand her share of the ritual money, local media reported. In the video, the female herbalist could be heard saying that the gods informed her that the young men have made some money. She was at their house …

A security guard has allegedly punched a man during an altercation as he accommodated him in security post after the latter agreed to pay him rent, Ikoyi, Lagos State, Nigeria. The victim who worked as a motor boy in a pure water company, failed to pay the agreed sum, this …

Police in Nigeria’s Ondo State have opened an investigation into a case where a man collapsed and died after a marathon sexual intercourse with a woman in a hotel, Punch website reported. According to the website citing a source, “the woman raised the alarm after realizing that the man collapsed …

The United States on Thursday ordered the departure of non-essential diplomatic personnel and their families from Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, because of the “increased risk of terrorist attacks”, according to a State Department statement. On Tuesday, Washington had already authorized these people to leave the city if they wished. Several Western …

An alarm was raised in the National Hospital, Abuja, seeking to locate the relatives of a yet-to-be-identified man currently receiving treatment at the facility since he was brought September 25,2022, Nigeria. In a post on its Twitter account, National Hospital Abuja called on people who know the man to come …

A family tackles police in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria over the missing organs of their newborn baby in hospital as they accuse the State Police Command of compromising the case. The baby was brought to the hospital, but died after being on oxygen. The family said when they came to …

A burglar has been sentenced to 21 years in prison by the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, for stealing rice in Nigeria. The complainant said, “my shop was burgled twice, my foodstuffs and soup ingredients, including rice, semovita, wheat and tomato paste, among others, which I was selling, …

A 31-year-old father, who allegedly assaulted his eight-week-old baby for disturbing his sleep has been arrested in Nigeria’s Imo state. The mother of the baby disclosed that she left him with his father, to use the convenience, when the incident happened. She overheard her baby crying uncontrollably and had to …