Nigeria, Feb. 12 -- From a professor putting pressure on a female student to trade her virginity for admission to a man beheading his girlfriend, and a top PDP leader predicting the 'death' of the party in Edo State, the second week of February was filled with interesting events in Nigeria's south-south region.

Here are the highlights of the top stories that made headlines in the region last week:

The week began on Sunday with the release of the results of rerun elections conducted in some states in the region.

The exercise was peaceful in Delta State and Cross River where a high turnout of voters was reported.

But in Akwa Ibom State, the rerun elections were marred by violence and carting away of voting materials, INEC had said.

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