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Nigerian TikTok Star 'Sprayed' Money Into Air At A Party, Jailed For 6 Months
A Nigerian court on Wednesday sentenced a popular TikToker to six months in jail for "spraying" the local naira currency into the air at a party, a common local celebratory practice.
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Nigerian Court Orders Release of Binance Executive After Charges Dropped
Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan has been released after the government dropped money laundering charges against him. Gambaryan had been in detention in Nigeria since late February.
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Binance Executive Denied Bail in Nigeria Money Laundering Case
Tigran Gambaryan, an American citizen, has been in detention in Nigeria since the end of February. He and Binance deny the charges against him. He had asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to free him on medical grounds, arguing that he needed to undergo surgery outside prison and that his health was deteriorating.
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Nigeria’s Crypto Investors Urge Government to Follow India's Approach in Tackling Binance Dispute: Report
Crypto investors in Nigeria have asked the government to follow India’s approach and regulate crypto businesses rather than taking extreme measures. While Nigerian authorities are embroiled in a court battle with the exchange after imprisoning two of its executives, India dealt with a similar situation with a measured approach, crypto traders fro...
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Penetration Proof Enough To Establish Rape: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has awarded 20 years imprisonment to two men for gang-raping a Nigerian woman in 2014, saying mere absence of traces of semen during the DNA analysis does not falsify the victim's claim.
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Binance Operations Declared Illegal by Nigerian Market Regulator, Asked to Discontinue
The Nigerian markets regulator has ordered the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance to halt its operations in the country, saying a local unit that courted Nigerian investors through a website was illegal.
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Twitter Agreement on Restoration of Services in Nigeria Asked to Be Published by Rights Group
A Nigerian rights group has asked the High Court to force the government to publish an agreement with Twitter that led to the restoration of the social media company's services last month following a six-month ban.
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Nigeria Professor Given Jail For Demanding "Sex For Marks" From Student
A Nigerian court sentenced a university lecturer to jail after he demanded sex from a female student to boost her marks in a landmark ruling designed to address "rampant" sexual harassment on campuses.
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Foreign National Gets 12 Years Jail For Carrying Party Drug In Delhi
A 44-year-old Nigerian national, who used to supply party drugs, has landed in jail for 12 years after a Delhi court held him guilty of possessing commercial quantity of the contraband.
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Madras High Court Advises Bank Account Holders Not To Fall Prey To 'Scammers'
The Madras High Court on Tuesday advised bank account holders not to fall a prey to "Nigerian scammers" with a view to getting rich quickly.
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Nigerian Farmers, Fishermen Sue Shell In UK Over Pollution
Britain's High Court will begin hearing lawsuits filed by a group of Nigerian farmers and fisherman alleging that decades of oil spills have fouled the water of the Niger River Delta, where a Shell subsidiary has operated since the 1950s.
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Probe Nigeria Military Top Brass for War Crimes: Amnesty
Amnesty International said today there was sufficient evidence for the International Criminal Court to probe senior Nigerian military officers for war crimes in the battle against Boko Haram.
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Nigeria Court Bars Military From Deploying Around Polling Stations
The Nigerian federal high court in Lagos has barred the military from deploying around polling stations during March 28 national elections, the lawyer for the parliamentarian who brought the case said on Tuesday.
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Bomber Blows Herself Up After Nigerian President's Rally
A female suicide bomber killed herself on Monday when she exploded a vehicle packed with explosives near a stadium where Nigeria's President had just held an election rally in the northeastern city of Gombe, police said.
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54 Nigerian Soldiers Sentenced to Death for Mutiny: Lawyer
A Nigerian court martial on Wednesday sentenced to death 54 soldiers convicted of mutiny after they allegedly refused to deploy for an operation against Boko Haram Islamists in the northeast, their lawyer said.
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Nigerian TikTok Star 'Sprayed' Money Into Air At A Party, Jailed For 6 Months
A Nigerian court on Wednesday sentenced a popular TikToker to six months in jail for "spraying" the local naira currency into the air at a party, a common local celebratory practice.
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Nigerian Court Orders Release of Binance Executive After Charges Dropped
Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan has been released after the government dropped money laundering charges against him. Gambaryan had been in detention in Nigeria since late February.
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Binance Executive Denied Bail in Nigeria Money Laundering Case
Tigran Gambaryan, an American citizen, has been in detention in Nigeria since the end of February. He and Binance deny the charges against him. He had asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to free him on medical grounds, arguing that he needed to undergo surgery outside prison and that his health was deteriorating.
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Nigeria’s Crypto Investors Urge Government to Follow India's Approach in Tackling Binance Dispute: Report
Crypto investors in Nigeria have asked the government to follow India’s approach and regulate crypto businesses rather than taking extreme measures. While Nigerian authorities are embroiled in a court battle with the exchange after imprisoning two of its executives, India dealt with a similar situation with a measured approach, crypto traders fro...
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Penetration Proof Enough To Establish Rape: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has awarded 20 years imprisonment to two men for gang-raping a Nigerian woman in 2014, saying mere absence of traces of semen during the DNA analysis does not falsify the victim's claim.
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Binance Operations Declared Illegal by Nigerian Market Regulator, Asked to Discontinue
The Nigerian markets regulator has ordered the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance to halt its operations in the country, saying a local unit that courted Nigerian investors through a website was illegal.
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Twitter Agreement on Restoration of Services in Nigeria Asked to Be Published by Rights Group
A Nigerian rights group has asked the High Court to force the government to publish an agreement with Twitter that led to the restoration of the social media company's services last month following a six-month ban.
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Nigeria Professor Given Jail For Demanding "Sex For Marks" From Student
A Nigerian court sentenced a university lecturer to jail after he demanded sex from a female student to boost her marks in a landmark ruling designed to address "rampant" sexual harassment on campuses.
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Foreign National Gets 12 Years Jail For Carrying Party Drug In Delhi
A 44-year-old Nigerian national, who used to supply party drugs, has landed in jail for 12 years after a Delhi court held him guilty of possessing commercial quantity of the contraband.
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Madras High Court Advises Bank Account Holders Not To Fall Prey To 'Scammers'
The Madras High Court on Tuesday advised bank account holders not to fall a prey to "Nigerian scammers" with a view to getting rich quickly.
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Nigerian Farmers, Fishermen Sue Shell In UK Over Pollution
Britain's High Court will begin hearing lawsuits filed by a group of Nigerian farmers and fisherman alleging that decades of oil spills have fouled the water of the Niger River Delta, where a Shell subsidiary has operated since the 1950s.
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Probe Nigeria Military Top Brass for War Crimes: Amnesty
Amnesty International said today there was sufficient evidence for the International Criminal Court to probe senior Nigerian military officers for war crimes in the battle against Boko Haram.
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Nigeria Court Bars Military From Deploying Around Polling Stations
The Nigerian federal high court in Lagos has barred the military from deploying around polling stations during March 28 national elections, the lawyer for the parliamentarian who brought the case said on Tuesday.
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Bomber Blows Herself Up After Nigerian President's Rally
A female suicide bomber killed herself on Monday when she exploded a vehicle packed with explosives near a stadium where Nigeria's President had just held an election rally in the northeastern city of Gombe, police said.
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54 Nigerian Soldiers Sentenced to Death for Mutiny: Lawyer
A Nigerian court martial on Wednesday sentenced to death 54 soldiers convicted of mutiny after they allegedly refused to deploy for an operation against Boko Haram Islamists in the northeast, their lawyer said.
