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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 Woman Faces Jail for Reviewing Tomato Puree Online
Ms Okoli's post featuring a photo of an opened can of "Nagiko Tomato Mix" by Erisco Foods, a local company, drew mixed reactions from her followers
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Nigeria Seeks Release Of 12 Nationals From Meghalaya Jails For Illegally Crossing Border
A Nigerian High Commission representative has met Meghalaya Prison Minister AL Hek and sought his intervention for the release of 12 nationals arrested for illegally crossing into India from Bangladesh.
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Nigerian Man In Delhi Posed As Wealthy Foreigner, Cheated Women; Jailed
The police in Delhi have arrested a Nigerian national for allegedly cheating several women by pretending to be a wealthy foreigner.
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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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Court-Martial Gives Soldier 3 Years' Jail For Mutilating Boy
A Nigerian court-martial has sentenced a soldier to three years' jail for meting out punishment that left a 10-year-old without the use of his hands. One hand was amputated.
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Sushma Swaraj's Intervention Sought to Free Sailor Jailed in Nigeria
Parents of a Marine engineer from Telangana who has been lodged in a Nigerian jail since July last year, today urged Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to take up the matter with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, to secure his early release.
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They Asked for Rs 200 Crores for Releasing My Father, Says Daughter of Sailor Held In Nigeria
She has knocked on all doors of the government but the appeals of 21-year-old Shreyashi Das in Kolkata seeking her father's release from a Nigerian prison have not yielded any results yet.
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Nigeria Sentences 12 Soldiers to Death For Mutiny in Northeast
Nigerian military authorities have sentenced 12 soldiers to death for mutiny in the northeastern region where a Boko Haram Islamist insurgency is raging, they said on Tuesday.
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Goa: Jailed Nigerians withdraw hunger strike
A majority of those arrested after the unruly protest started a hunger strike on Thursday demanding African food be served to them.
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High Court orders probe into alleged prison assault
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Additional Director General of Police (prisons) to conduct a thorough probe into the alleged 'severe' assault of three under trial Nigerian nationals at Puzhal Central Prison by jail wardens on March 14. "When prisoners have sustained injuries and when they have claimed the injuries had been caused ...
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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 Woman Faces Jail for Reviewing Tomato Puree Online
Ms Okoli's post featuring a photo of an opened can of "Nagiko Tomato Mix" by Erisco Foods, a local company, drew mixed reactions from her followers
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Nigeria Seeks Release Of 12 Nationals From Meghalaya Jails For Illegally Crossing Border
A Nigerian High Commission representative has met Meghalaya Prison Minister AL Hek and sought his intervention for the release of 12 nationals arrested for illegally crossing into India from Bangladesh.
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Nigerian Man In Delhi Posed As Wealthy Foreigner, Cheated Women; Jailed
The police in Delhi have arrested a Nigerian national for allegedly cheating several women by pretending to be a wealthy foreigner.
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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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Court-Martial Gives Soldier 3 Years' Jail For Mutilating Boy
A Nigerian court-martial has sentenced a soldier to three years' jail for meting out punishment that left a 10-year-old without the use of his hands. One hand was amputated.
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Sushma Swaraj's Intervention Sought to Free Sailor Jailed in Nigeria
Parents of a Marine engineer from Telangana who has been lodged in a Nigerian jail since July last year, today urged Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to take up the matter with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, to secure his early release.
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They Asked for Rs 200 Crores for Releasing My Father, Says Daughter of Sailor Held In Nigeria
She has knocked on all doors of the government but the appeals of 21-year-old Shreyashi Das in Kolkata seeking her father's release from a Nigerian prison have not yielded any results yet.
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Nigeria Sentences 12 Soldiers to Death For Mutiny in Northeast
Nigerian military authorities have sentenced 12 soldiers to death for mutiny in the northeastern region where a Boko Haram Islamist insurgency is raging, they said on Tuesday.
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Goa: Jailed Nigerians withdraw hunger strike
A majority of those arrested after the unruly protest started a hunger strike on Thursday demanding African food be served to them.
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High Court orders probe into alleged prison assault
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Additional Director General of Police (prisons) to conduct a thorough probe into the alleged 'severe' assault of three under trial Nigerian nationals at Puzhal Central Prison by jail wardens on March 14. "When prisoners have sustained injuries and when they have claimed the injuries had been caused ...
