By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti- Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has condemned the gruesome killing of two traditional rulers in the state and ordered security agencies to fish out the perpetrators. Governor Oyebanji gave the directives in a statement issued on Monday by his media aide, Yinka Oyebode. Recalled...
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A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, ordered the remand of three persons in the correctional centre over alleged killing of one Titus Elaigwu at the wake of a deceased. The court, which lacks jurisdiction to hear a case of murder , did not take the pleas...
Police in Osun on Sunday confirmed Saturday’s killing of one Dr Richard Adeoriokin, a United States of America-based Nigerian lecturer at Ejigbo. Spokesperson of the police in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, stated in Osogbo that a suspect had been arrested in connection with the murder. “Police in Osun...
An Ibadan Family Court sitting at Iyaganku remanded a fake doctor, Olarewaju Oludele (50), at the Agodi Correctional Centre on Thursday for allegedly causing the death of a baby boy. He allegedly drowned the baby in a canal. The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi who did not take...
The police command in Lagos State has begun investigation into the death of a yet-to-be identified woman, whose dead body was found in a hotel room. The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday....
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has arrested two men for allegedly beating a man to death over allegation of car doors theft. The police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said on Sunday, that the arrest was made after the widow of the...
Ogun State Police Command has arrested a couple, Mba Moses and Florence Moses, for allegedly killing one Mark Kalu after the victim sustained injuries from a fight between them. The Command’ spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta...
Former track star Oscar Pistorius was released from prison on parole, South Africa’s Department of Corrections said on Friday. Pistorius spent almost 11 years in jail after the murder of his then-girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The 37-year-old was now a parolee and “at home,” the authority said in a...
The Obi of Ubulu-Uk in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Obi Chukwuka Noah Akaeze, has urged the government to end the collective trauma his people have been subjected to in the past seven years after suspected cattle herders killed his father and...
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a 24-year-old housewife, Hafsat Surajo, in a Correctional Center for allegedly stabbing her househelp, Nafiu Hafizu, 38, to death. The defendant, who lives at Unguwa Uku Quarters Kano, is standing trial on a two-count charge of...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 19-year old man identified as Muhammad in connection with a case of gruesome murder of his girlfriend, Emmanuella Ande. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Ahmed Mohammad Wakil, disclosed this...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).said on Friday that it arrested 59 suspected drug dealers in Sokoto, plus the alleged mastermind of the killing of its operative. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Muhammad Iro, disclosed that the suspect, whose identity was not given, was earlier...
The trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, accused of the murder of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Micheal Ataga, on Tuesday, was again stalled due to the absence of a prosecution witness. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the case could not go on due to the ill...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Police have arrested a 28-year old ex-convict and internet fraudster, Fatai Bakare, for allegedly killing his father’s tenant, Onyimi Grace, at Ore town in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed...
Six teenagers go on trial behind closed doors on Monday in connection with the beheading of French history teacher, Samuel Paty in 2020, a murder that shocked the country. The teacher had shown his pupils caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on freedom of expression, angering...
South African former Paralympic star, Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2014 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will stand for parole hearing on Friday and may get another chance for an early release. Known as the “Blade Runner” for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, Pistorius went from a public hero...
The mutilated body of a missing 12-year-old boy, John Soyinka, was on Monday found in a bush at Kotogbo community in Asero Estate, Abeokuta. Soyinka was declared missing a week ago and the matter was reported at the Obantoko Police Station in Abeokuta. The Police Public Relations Officer,...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Police Command has arrested one suspect in connection with the death of a student of Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara, Toyin Bamidele. The deceased identified as Toyin Bamidele, student was, on Thursday, found lying in a pool of her blood in...
By BARBARA KALU, Yenagoa – Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested one of the suspected killers of SP Bako Angbashim, former Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Division in Rivers. Police spokesman in Bayelsa, CSP Asinim Butswat, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday...
A grassroots politician and Ward Chairman of the Young Progressives Party( YPP) in Anambra State, Chief Joe Moghalu, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen. Mrs Chinwe Nnabuife, member (YPP) representing Orumba North and Orumba South Federal Constituency of Anambra in the National Assembly confirmed this to the...