Tag: killing
Election: Ajimobi expresses sadness over violence, killings
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo of State has expressed sadness over pockets of violence and killings that characterised Saturday’s election…
killing of Scandinavians: Morocco arrests Swiss national
Morocco has arrested a Swiss national in connection with the killing of two Scandinavian women, the counter-terrorism agency said. Reuters…
Killing Me Softly – By Femi Aribisala
Something terrible happened to Mr. Job. Something happened that made him despair for life. Most people celebrate their birthday, but…
Journalists protest against killing of colleague in Bayelsa
Journalists at Radio Bayelsa on Tuesday marched round Yenagoa to protest against the killing of their colleague, Famous Giobaro, the…
FG protests killing of Nigerian in South Africa
Nigeria’s foreign ministry on Friday protested against the killing of a Nigerian, Mr Rasaq Ajao, in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South…
FG condemns killing of another Nigerian in S/Africa
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has described the latest extra judicial killing…
False Alarm: How RRS averted killing a family of 6
Kazeem Ugbodaga If not for the wealth of experience of Police Inspector, Christian Onawona, attached to the Rapid Response Squad…
SETRACO pulls out of Niger Delta project after killings, kidnap
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, has expressed shock and…
Dakuku condemns killing of APC chieftains in Omoku, Buguma
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Dr. Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2015 elections in Rivers…
Economy killing Nigerian football —Akinwunmi
Taiwo Adelu Vice President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Barr. Seyi Akinwunmi has disclosed that football administration in Nigeria is…
Man arrested for killing neighbour over missing cloth
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have arrested a middle aged man identified as Akeem Fuwad for…
Outrage over killing of Nigerian housewife in South Africa
Nigeria Union in South Africa has condemned the killing of a 34-year-old housewife, Mrs Christiana Onyeka, by unidentified gunmen on…
Ambode inaugurates Tribunal of Enquiry into killing of Disu
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday inaugurated a five-man Tribunal of Enquiry to investigate the civil…
Man faces trial for killing his dad
Akin Kuponiyi A 35-year-old man, Nelson Oamen, alleged to have killed his 75-year-old father, Sunday Ehiremen Oamen, has appeared before…
New controversial twist into killing of Edo APC Chieftain
Jehtro Ibileke/Benin A new controversial twist has emerged in the circumstances surrounding the killing of Captain Samson Amineshi (rtd), a…
DHQ moves to stop ceaseless killing in Plateau
Nigeria Defence Headquarters has reorganised the Special Task military Force operating in Plateau State, North Central Nigeria where clashes between…
Man Kills Father To Travel Abroad
An Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a man, Yusuf Akinbiyi, 41, at the Ikoyi Prison for…
Menace Of Lagos Truck Drivers
The Lagos Traffic Law was passed in 2012 to regulate the activities of motorists in the state. However, while the…
Gunmen Kill 37 In Plateau
Gunmen in central Nigerian state of Plateau killed 37 people in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday, the military said, the latest…
Police Detain Corporal Over Murder Of Graduate
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the detention of one of its personnel, a Police Corporal, accused of killing…
Man Sentenced To Death For Killing Wife
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday sentenced a 65-year-old man, Ganiyu Akindele, to death by hanging…
Cultists On Revenge Mission Slaughter Rival
Cult members on revenge mission have slaughtered a rival cult member at Ajelogo area of Ketu in Lagos State, southwest…
Mob Kills Customs Officer At Seme
An angry mob this morning allegedly killed a yet to be identified Customs Superintendent who was on his way to…
Boko Haram Gunmen In Army Uniform Kill 4
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen, dressed as soldiers opened fire on residents of Gamboru Ngala, a border town, in northeastern Nigeria…
Death Of Okada Rider: Killer Cop Arrested
A policeman who killed a commercial motorcyclist (okada rider) in Ikorodu on Tuesday has been arrested and detained, according to…
Fasehun Can Kill, Destroy For Power, Money And Women
Gani Adams is the National Coordinator, Oodua People’s Congress. In this interview with FOLARIN ADEMOSU, he characterises Dr. Frederick Fasehun,…
Riot in Ikorodu after student on auto-bike killed
A student of the Federal University of Technology in Akure, has been killed extra-judicially by a policeman in Ikorodu, Lagos…
Man Arrested For Attempting To Burn Petrol Station
The police in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have arrested a young man identified as Dada Ajibo from Niger Republic for…
African rock python kills 2 Canadian boys
The Canadian Mounties were confronted with a particularly gruesome case on Tuesday, two small boys killed in their sleep apparently…
150 Gunmen Storm Village, Kill 48
An armed gang has raided a village in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, and killed 48 people in an apparent reprisal…