Unidentified Gunmen have killed two personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo and two persons working on a telecommunications mast. Commandant of the NSCDC in Imo, Mr Matthew Ovye who confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri on Monday said that the incident occured at...
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An Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced a domestic staff, Joseph Ogbu to death by hanging for killing his employer, an 89-year-old woman Ajoke John and her daughter, Oreoluwa in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay, held that the prosecution had sufficiently proven...
The Police Command in Cross River has confirmed the recovery of the body of a Professor of Political Science with the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Felix Akpan. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident, said the body was discovered on Sunday with multiple stab wounds...
The police command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of a 24-year old security guard, Barnabas Job, over alleged murder of a 26-year old housemaid, Miss Tereza Ekibi. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said...
A High Court 1 in Abakaliki, has restrained the Nigerian Police Force from arresting Prof Benard Odoh, Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) over the murder of Umuezeokoha Traditional Ruler, Igboke Ewa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the deceased, from Omege Village, Umuezeokaoha...
A Chinese National, Mr Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, on Thursday, again told a Kano High Court that he never intended to kill his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22. The defendant, who lives at Railway Quarters Kano is charged with culpable homicide. Frank, led in evidence by defence counsel, Mr Muhammad...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan on Thursday ordered that two men, Tedon Abdulraman, 30 and Umoru Amodu, 30, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly killing two brothers. The duo whose residential addresses were not provided were charged with conspiracy, murder and attempt to murder. The Magistrate, Mrs...
A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, on Monday fixed April 3 for ruling in a no-case submission filed by a police officer, Drambi Vandi, charged with the murder of a Lagos-based lawyer. Vandi is standing trial on a one-count charge of shooting the Lagos lawyer, Mrs...
The sixth prosecution witness, Insp. Sunday Akagu, in the trial of Darambi Vandi, the alleged murder suspect of a Lagos-based lawyer shot dead on Christmas Day, has testified before the Lagos High Court. Akagu said on Thursday while giving evidence before a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa...
A man identified as Bestman Lekia, aka Biggie, has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing four persons and using their intestines to prepare a meal in a community in Khana Local Council of Rivers state. Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt sentenced and convicted Biggie...
The United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday that the killing of journalists worldwide significantly increased by 50 per cent in 2022 following a decline over the previous three years. The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), in its 2021-2022 freedom of expression report, released on Tuesday said 86...
A Prosecution Witness (PW) on Friday told an Ajaokuta High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi that the corpse of his alleged murdered brother was found in a locked up metal storage drum behind the house of his suspected killer. Mr Taiye Ajayi, PW1, made this known while being led...
Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, a Chinese man, told a Kano High Court that he did not intend to harm his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani,22. The defendant, who lives at Railway Quarters Kano is standing trial for alleged muder of his girlfriend Ummukulsum. Frank, led in evidence by his counsel, Mr...
A Chinese National, Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, on Wednesday, told a Kano High Court that he spent over N60 million on his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani,22. Frank, who lives at Railway Quarters Kano is standing trial for alleged murder of his girlfriend Ummukulsum, offence contrary to Section 221(b) of the...
The trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged killer of Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, could not continue on Wednesday due to prosecution’s inability to respond to her written address. Ojukwu, an undergraduate, is standing trial before a Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – A man identified as Gaddafi Sagir, 20, has been arrested by the police in Kano State for allegedly stabbing his stepmother with screwdriver and strangled his 8-year-old sister to death. The police spokesman in the state, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, confirmed the arrest in a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kastina – The Katsina State Police Command has commenced investigation into the attack on policemen by miscreants that led to the death of one person in Katsina. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Shehu Umar-Nadada, stated this in a statement through the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a couple and six others for allegedly killing and dismembering a 26-year-old mother of two, Oyindamola Adeyemi for money rituals. The police spokesman in the state , SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement issued in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Police command in Ogun State have arrested three suspects over an alleged attempt to kill a police officer, Akinpelu Sunday, while carrying out his duties at Orile Imo in Obafemi- Owode LGA of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the...
A Kano High Court on Thursday sentenced one Sagiru Abdullahi, 29, to death by hanging for stabbing his stepmother Zainab Dan’azumi, 55, to death. The court had earlier convicted Abdullahi of Kurmawa Quarters, Kano, on a one-count charge of culpable homicide. Presiding Justice Aisha Mahmoud held that the prosecution...