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At least 15 people have died in a boat accident in Shagari Local Government Area in Nigeria’s Sokoto State as the boat they were in was en route to Maulaudi. The local government’s Chairman, Aliyu Shagari, said the incident happened on Tuesday evening and confirmed the death of 15 people. …

A 37-year-old sales representative has been charged in a magistrate’s court with allegedly stealing four Bibles from a supermarket in Nigeria. The prosecutor, Inspector Felicia Okwori said the defendant was at the supermarket in December and stole two bibles, an operation that was captured on CCTV. “The defendant came again …

A fight between Nigerian and Indian students at GD Goenka University in the capital, New Delhi, sparked by a football match last weekend has caused panic in Nigeria. The incident forced more than 60 Nigerians to flee and take refuge at the country’s embassy. The chairwoman of the Nigerians in …

A parish priest in charge of St. Joseph Parish has been abducted in Nigeria’s Anambra state since October 12, the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha said in a statement. He was said to have been abducted by gunmen while returning after celebrating a Funeral Vigil Mass at Umunnachi in the Njikoka …

Nigeria’s Security and Civil Defence Corps arrested five men in Sokoto State after discovering that they consistently sodomized a seven year old boy. The suspects include the young boy’s uncle and other four men. They sodomized the boy until his vital area was damaged, local media reported. The boy said …

Female motorist has caused accident in Agege area, Lagos State, Nigeria after hitting a tricycle carrying a pregnant woman, an elderly lady and a girl, local media reported. Reports said those carried by the tricycle unfortunately lost their lives. An eyewitness said, “A woman was driving a private car at …

More than 600 people have died since June in the deadliest floods of the decade in Nigeria caused by exceptional rains, forcing 1.3 million inhabitants to flee their homes, according to a new report published by authorities. Since the start of the rainy season, many parts of Africa’s most populous …

Zamfara state in northwestern Nigeria ordered five media outlets to close on Sunday after they covered a political rally for the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The order to close came after Governor Bello Muhammad, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, banned political activities, including meetings at individuals’ …

A 15-year-old boy, Chukwuemeka, the only son of Jerome Akwuene, was found dead in his bedroom in the Ago-Okota area of Lagos State in Nigeria while preparing for his Examination Board exam of West Africa (WAEC) for next year. His corpse was found in his bedroom and knives next to …

Nigeria’s Court of Appeal on Thursday dropped terrorism charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu that had been brought by the government, in a unanimous decision by all three judges hearing the case, Reuters reported. The lead judge dismissed a seven count charge of terrorism against Kanu and discharged him, citing …