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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 …

Three former Nigeria football officials who were kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday night have been freed, a police spokesperson has confirmed without giving details. The kidnappers had demanded a ransom before setting the trio – including a former secretary-general of the country’s football federation – free. Ahmed Sani Toro spent …

Three people died and two others injured after an attack by gunmen on two churches in Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, local media reported. The state’s Commissioner of Internal Security Samuel Aruwan said an unknown number of criminals on motorcycles entered four villages in co-ordinated attacks robbing people and later targeted …

A Nigerian sex worker who plied her trade in Lagos has been killed and burnt after rendering her services to a customer who later found a Quran under her pillow, Pulse.ng reported. According to website, the sex worker charged the customer N1,000 for the sexual service but realized later that …

At least 35 teenagers have been rescued from a so-called ‘baby factory’ where women and girls are kept to give birth to babies for sale in Nigeria. Authorities said four of the girls in the building in the south-eastern state of Anambra were already pregnant. Police spokesperson Torchukwu Ikenga is …

Gunmen abducted at least 29 people in Zamfara state in northwestern Nigeria as they were returning home from a wedding ceremony, local media reported, citing the police. The victims were mostly mobile phone dealers from a popular market in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital – who had attended the wedding …

At least 32 people died in the Kajura area of Kaduna state in northern Nigeria on Sunday, after an attack by gunmen locally known as bandits, authorities said on Thursday. The armed men on motorcycles set fire to houses in several villages in the area, authorities said. “The attackers moved …

An 18-year-old Nigerian man has drowned a 36-year-old nursing mother of a 1-year-old baby for resisting his rape attempt, and then killed her child in addition, Nigerian Pulse reported. The suspect, Volamu Kalbes, is currently in the grips of the Adamawa State Police Command assisting with investigations. The deceased woman …

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party on Wednesday appointed former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate to run for president in elections scheduled for February 2023. President Muhammadu Buhari, who cannot run again because he has served two terms, did not publicly endorse any of the 23 …

A Nigerian teacher has been sentenced to life for defiling a 14-year-old student, resulting in pregnancy and childbirth, correcting website reported. According to the agency, the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court in Lagos handed down the sentence to Joseph Ibanga on Monday. The court presided over by Justice …