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Hundreds of Nigerian schoolboys who were abducted by Boko Haram huddled in a government building today after they were freed from their Islamist captors. Dressed in dusty clothes and looking exhausted by their ordeal but otherwise well, the boys arrived on buses in the city of Katsina on Friday after authorities announced that 344 children … Read more
More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwestern Nigeria have been freed, authorities have confirmed. Boko Haram militants kidnapped hundreds of children from the all-boys Government Science Secondary School in northwestern Katsina state last Friday. Around 800 students had been present at the school when it was attacked by armed men on … Read more
Boko Haram massacre kills at least 43: Islamist militants behead and slit the throats of Nigerian rice farmers and fishermen – with dozens still missing after barbaric attack The workers were rounded up and slaughtered by the militants in Borno state Boko Haram has not claimed responsibility but is believed to be behind attack Villagers … Read more
Controversial socialite causes a stir at celebrity Nigerian wedding after arriving with SIX heavily pregnant women ‘who are all carrying his children’ Social media celebrity Pretty Mike posed with his six ‘baby mothers to be’ He said the Instagram photo was ‘no film trick… we are just living our best life’ In 2017 he was … Read more
A Nigerian prince visiting New York City on business rented out an entire restaurant for a first date with a woman he met on the street, who his now his wife. Prince Adekunle ‘Kunle’ Adebayo Omilana, from the Arugbabuwo ruling house, saw California-born Keisha Omilana outside the W Hotel in Manhattan, as she was waiting for … Read more
Nigerian serial killer who murdered nine women in hotel rooms in ‘ritual killings’ is sentenced to death Gracious David-West, 40, was sentenced to death by hanging earlier today He was found guilty of nine counts of murder and one of attempted murder Victims were found strangled to death at hotels across the Port Harcourt area … Read more
Priti Patel loses deportation fight with Nigerian drugs dealer as Appeal Court judges say he can stay in the UK because of human rights laws The man, now 32, was served with a deportation order after his conviction He was convicted of supplying class A drugs and handed 4.5 year jail term Argued deportation would … Read more
ISIS use donkey strapped with explosives to ambush Nigerian governor’s convoy: Animal is blown to pieces when guards shoot its bombs before it can reach them Governor Babagana Zulum was returning to Borno state capital of Maiduguri Soldiers guarding Zulum shot the donkey when they spotted it in the road As explosives detonated, jihadists sprang … Read more
Rapists will be surgically castrated and anyone who rapes a child will face the death penalty under new laws in Nigerian state Anyone raping a child under age 14 will face the death penalty in state of Kaduna Men convicted of rape will face surgical castration under the new legislation Reported cases of rape in … Read more
13-year-old boy is jailed for ten years for blasphemy by Nigerian Sharia court after he ‘used foul language towards Allah during an argument’ Omar Farouq was sentenced on Tuesday by a court in the northern Kano State Lawyer claims sentence is unconstitutional under Nigerian and international law Farouq’s legal team say they have not been … Read more