Crime

An unidentified social media account, suspected to be run by a sexual rape/misconduct victim, has circulated how a well-known University of Cape Town has failed to fire a professor who has been accused of violating a student.

Nigeria's head of treasury, Ahmed Idris, has been arrested for his involvement in money laundering and fraud worth 80 billion nairas (€184 million), said the national anti-graft agency.

The Sokoto administration has imposed a curfew in the northwestern Nigerian city after several protestors took to the streets demanding the release of the accused who had been arrested after they burnt alive a Christian female student named Deborah Samuel because of allegations of 'blasphemy'.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned telecoms clients and members of the public about an ongoing cyber-vulnerability that enables a nearby hacker to unlock a vehicle, activate the engine wirelessly and make away with the automobile.

The Police Command in the Anambra State of Nigeria has confirmed the abduction of Okechukwu Okoye, a lawmaker who is representing Aguata Constituency 1 in the State House of Assembly.

Terrorists who attacked and abducted passengers on an Abuja-Kaduna train have released a woman who was pregnant from their confinement on compassionate grounds.

One individual in Nigeria lost his life during a shooting to send back protesting youth over the arrest of a youth who allegedly burnt a female student in Sokoto state.

A student in northwestern Nigeria was beaten and burnt to death on Thursday, 12 May, by other students after she was blamed for making a blasphemous comment on social media.

An investigation by the BBC has found that a group of Nigerian separatists is making use of social media to spread violence and hatred among people against the opponents of Biafran independence. This group is from outside the country.