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The Nigeria Immigration Service on Thursday deported 80 foreigners who were illegally residing in Taraba. Alhaji Habibu Haruna, the Controller of the service in Taraba, made the disclosure at the commencement of the exercise in Jalingo. Haruna said the service arrested 170 illegal immigrants, out of which, 80 were screened and ascertained that they had no genuine permits to live in Nigeria. He noted that most of them were from Niger Republic, who got into the country through Katsina State, while few were from the Republic of Cameroon. The controller said “we got information that there was an influx of foreigners into Taraba, perhaps due to crisis in neighbouring states. `”We sought logistic support from the Acting Governor of Taraba, Alhaji Garba Umar, to patrol the state and he supported us promptly. “The Comptroller-General of NIS, Mr David Parradang, also gave us the go ahead to arrest, screen and deport those who do not have relevant and genuine permits to live in Nigeria.’’ Haruna...

According to a report, a child bride forced into marriage in Nigeria killed her husband and three of his friends by lacing a meal with rat poison, police said. Wasila Umaru, 14, was married last week to 35-year-old Umaru Sani, according to assistant superintendent Musa Magaji Majia. But when Umaru invited a dozen friends to celebrate in northern Ungwar Yansoro village, near the city of Kano, the teenager slipped the deadly chemical into a rice dish. Umaru died the same day along with friends Nasiru Mohammed and Alhassan Alhassan, while another female victim, Indo Ibrahim, died in hospital hospital while receiving treatment. Wasila admitted buying the poison at a local market and putting it into the food. 'The suspect confessed to committing the crime and said she did it because she was forced to marry a man she did not love,' Majia said. Umaru is cooperating with police and likely will be charged with culpable homicide, according to Majia. Child marriage is common in Nigeria an...