The Police in Jigawa have arrested a 50-year-old man for alleged murder of his four-year-old stepson in Roni Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, said in Dutse on Friday that the suspect was arrested on Aug. 8. Shiisu said...
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A jury in New Zealand found a South African woman guilty on Wednesday of murdering her three young daughters, saying she faced a life sentence for each killing. Lauren Anne Dickason killed her two-year-old twins and their six-year-old sister in September 2021 at their home in Timaru, a...
The family of the late former Head of State, Gen. Murtala Muhammed, has expressed profound discontent with the prosecution of murder trials in Nigeria, urging the National Assembly to enact legal frame for seamless prosecution. The family expressed this in a statement on Tuesday in remembrance of...
Gunmen have killed a newly-wedded couple, both of whom are teachers at BECO Comprehensive High School, Kwi in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau. The gunmen also injured the Vice-Principal of the School. The incident happened on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer in Plateau, DSP Alfred Alabo, confirmed...
The Family of Miss Chinyere Awuda, 27, who was found dead inside an abandoned swimming pool at a Hotel in Awka on July 16, has alleged that their daughter was a victim of conspiracy and intentional murder. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chinyere was said...
Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, has promised to support the police in its investigation over the death of a bolt driver, Mr Obasi Okeke. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs of the institution, Mr Daburi Misal on Monday in Karu. Misal...
The family of Mr Patrick Awuda, father of Chinyere Awuda, 27, who was found dead at Cosmilla Hotel, Awka, last Monday, has described the loss of his daughter as a huge shock. Awuda, 79, who hailed from Nnobi in Idemmili South Local Government Area who spoke to journalists in...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of a Bolt Driver, Obasi Okeke in Abuja. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the FCT, Mr Haruna Garba, said this on Thursday at a news conference in Abuja. Garba said...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a suspect for alleged connection to the gruesome murder of a lawmaker in the Nsukka axis of the state. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Monday in Enugu. He...
A graduate of Lead City University, Ibadan, Ebimotimi Freeborn, who was beaten to death in Yenagoa, Bayelsa for allegedly stealing a loaf of bread had mental issues, family sources have revealed. The sources told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Yenagoa that Freeborn, a graduate of...
Thai authorities on Thursday detained three German nationals and a 27-year-old Pakistani man in connection with the discovery of the dismembered body of a German businessman in Thailand. The Bangkok Post newspaper said the German suspects are a 52-year-old man and two women, aged 52 and 54. According to...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – A 21-years old housewife, Maimunatu Sulaiman has been arrested for arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing her husband to death at Kofar Dumi, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis. The Police Public Relations Office in the state, ASP Aminu Ahmed, confirmed the...
Police Command in Cross River has launched a manhunt for alleged killers of a woman accused of witchcraft in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah, has directed that the perpetrators be arrested and prosecuted according to the law. This...
The police in Ebonyi have reportedly killed three of the suspected killers of a member of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and rescued his kidnapped wife.police The victim, Mr Emmanuel Igwe, an Assistant Electoral Officer (AEO) of INEC, was on Sunday, June 18, killed by suspected...
UpThe Ebonyi government on Wednesday, said it will soon apprehend the killers of Mr Sunday Igwe, a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Igwe was killed by gunmen along Mpu (Enugu)-Ishiagu (Ebonyi) road on June 18...
A 30-year-old man, Hamza Umar, has been arrested by the police in Bauchi State after he poured kerosene on a girl and set her ablaze on the allegation that she was a witch. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer in Bauchi, SP Ahmed...
The Police Command in Yobe on Saturday said it arrested a local chief and his two sons over the murder of one Goni Waje in Dako Kangarwa village, Yunusari Local Government Area. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, in a statement in Damaturu, named the suspects simply as Jalomi,...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan (UI) Chapter, has urged the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, to assist the Oyo State Police Command with all logistics needed to unravel and arrest the killers of Prof. Opeyemi Ajewole. This is contained in a release signed...
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a former Speaker of Ekiti House of Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, and one Tajero Adebayo in Ado-Ekiti Correctional Centre over alleged fraud and attempted murder. Olugbemi, 48 and Adebayo, 42, whose addresses were not given, are facing a four-count...
The Police Command in Oyo State has confirmed the murder of Prof. Opeyemi Ajewole of University of Ibadan by gunmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Ajewole, a Professor of Social and Environmental Forestry at the institute, was killed on Monday night on his way home. The...