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AUSTRIA: 2 Nigerians arrested over forced prostitution

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Austrian police have arrested two Nigerians on suspicion of forcing young women into prostitution, in part through voodoo rites. Police spokesman Johann Baumschlager said in Vienna that the two Nigerians, a man and woman are accused of being part of a criminal organization, human trafficking and engaging in the international prostitution trade. He said they forced at least 10 young Nigerian women into the sex trade in part by engaging “a voodoo priest, who made them submissive through certain rites.” Baumschlager said Tuesday the victims were repeatedly threatened with new voodoo spells and told they each owed 50,000 euros ($53,000) for their transport to Europe. He said the male suspect is cooperating with police but the woman denied the accusations. Neither of them is being named in keeping with Austrian privacy laws

Man burns daughter's eyes and private parts with hot iron

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Surakat Idowu, for allegedly brutalising his five-year-old daughter with a hot iron in the Ikotun area of the state.

Baby factory in Aba busted by police

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Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad attached to the Abia State Police Command have uncovered a suspected baby factory at Ogbor Hill, in the Aba  area of the state.

22 dead as bus plunges into river

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A packed passenger bus plunged into a river early Friday in central Nepal, killing 22 people, a senior local official said.

List of banks barred from forex transactions by Central Bank of Nigeria

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The banks, whose suspension would remain in force until they remit all the funds to the TSA includes:

Man remanded in prison for having sex with daughter

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A 56-year-old man, Abdullahi Zakari, who allegedly had sexual intercourse with his 18-year-old daughter, is to remain behind bars pending the perfection of his bail condition, a Lagos court has ruled.

JTF kills 2 suspected members of Niger Delta Avengers

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The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe, has killed two members of the Niger Delta Avengers and arrested three others over the killing of four soldiers in Bayelsa State.