Sixteen-year-old student found dead, eye harvested in Jigawa

On Friday, April 14, Jigawa police located the body of a 16-year-old “Almajiri” in the Kiyawa Local Government Area of the state, one of the victim’s eyes having been gouged out by the attackers. A statement released by the command’s spokesperson DSP Lawan Shiisu, says the Islamic knowledge teacher of the deceased, Malam Muhammad Mustafa, […]

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“Release Nnamdi Kanu or face doomsday” – IPOB

The separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) demands for the unconditional release of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to avoid doomsday. The Buhari-led Presidency should release Kanu, according to IPOB’s spokesperson Emma Powerful on Saturday, so he can get the proper medical care. IPOB Released Statment of Nnamdi Kanu “The global family and movement […]

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Police arrest worker and others involved in attempt to kidnap Tiwa Savage

The purported attempt to abduct the well-known singer has reportedly resulted in the arrest of certain individuals, according to the Nigeria Police Force. On Friday, news of the singer’s attempted kidnapping surfaced on social media. The singer’s private security and the Nigeria Police were reported to have saved her from the suspects. Sources claim that Tiwa Savage’s […]

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9th anniversary of Chibok abduction: Please don’t forget remaining girls, rescued victim Salomi Pogu begs FG

One of the Chibok girls who was freed from Boko Haram captivity by the Federal Government has pleaded with the government to remember the other girls who are still held captive. The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs organized a Prayer Meeting on Friday, April 14 to ask for God’s help, as the government honoured the […]

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“Nobody is going to force me to leave Nigeria” – Peter Obi says

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the February 25 presidential election, has voiced that nobody can force him to flee Nigeria. Obi said this while urging voters in this Saturday’s supplementary election in the Ogbaru Federal Constituency to behave peacefully during a speech at the Onitsha Holiday Resort in Onitsha […]

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Man is remanded by a Lagos court after grabbing a woman’s breast

Ibrahim Lemo, 41, was remanded on Friday, April 14, after a Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos ordered him to do so for touching a woman’s breast. The court heard that Lemo beat up his victim, Zainab Babalola, when she demanded he stopped the unlawful act. Chief Magistrate Fadahunsi Adefioye remanded Lemo after he pleaded guilty […]

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Police bust child trafficking syndicate, rescue two children in Rivers

The Rivers State Police Command’s agents have detained members of a child trafficking syndicate that operated both inside and outside the state. The arrest, according to the command, came in response to a woman’s report that her child was missing in the Ubima Community of the state’s Ikwerre Local Government Area. This was said in […]

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The US has charged three Nigerians with “$6 million wire fraud.”

In the US, three Nigerian men, Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, 29, James Junior Aliyu, 28, and Henry Onyedikachi Echefu, 31, have been charged with participating in a $6 million business email compromise (BEC) fraud operation. A statement released by the US Department of Justice, says the suspects who all reside in South Africa, allegedly conspired with […]

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Two men, a woman arrested for forcing Almajiri to eat human faeces in Kano

Two men and a woman were detained by Kano state police on suspicion of coercing a 13-year-old Almajiri to consume human waste that had been discharged by an unidentified individual in the Ja’en Makera quarters in the Sharada neighborhood of Kano city on Thursday, April 13. The father of the victim, Mallam Kabiru, who reported […]

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Lagos govt stops construction projects on Banana Island after collapse of building under construction

The collapse of a seven-story building under construction on First Avenue, Banana Island, Lagos State, prompted the state government of Lagos to order the suspension of all development projects on the island. Gbenga Omotoso, the state’s commissioner for information and strategy, announced this on Thursday, April 13. He claimed that the choice was made in […]

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