Tag: murder trial
How ex-Oyo NURTW boss ‘Auxiliary’ triggered panic, judge’s anger in court
The defendant who was former chairman of the state Disciplinary Committee of the Park Management System (PMS), is facing trial…
Doctor on trial for murdering 15 patients
The 40-year-old palliative care doctor is charged with killing 12 women and three men between September 2021 and July 2024.
Trial of ex-Oyo PMS boss, Auxiliary, for attempted murder, armed robbery stalled
The 63-year-old Auxilary was also not brought to the court by officials of the Agodi Correctional Centre. The prosecution, led…
Murder trial: DNA blood on Chidinma’s dress matched Ataga’s – Expert
Somiari who is the 11th prosecution witness spoke while giving evidence gave his evidence before a Lagos High Court, at…
Ataga killed in the heat of drugs fueled sex romp – Chidinma
The Compact Disc played at Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square showed Ojukwu narrating how she murdered Ataga…
Ataga: Court hears phone conversation between Chidinma, security guard
Ojukwu and Quadri are alleged to have conspired and murdered Ataga on June 15, 2021, by stabbing him several times…
Writer of “How to Murder Your husband” on trial for killing husband
Prosecutors say Brophy, whose “How To Murder Your Husband” remains accessible online and whose books can be bought on Amazon,…
Murder trial: Court extends remand of Kunle Poly by 30 days
Forty-eight-year-old Lawal (alias Kunle Poly) is charged with conspiracy to commit murder, murder and membership of an unlawful society.
Dentist who killed 3 people ‘ruthlessly’ mute as trial begins
According to the prosecution, the attack was scrupulously planned. The suspect followed his wife in a rented vehicle, having previously…
Drama as trial of Unijos student Moses Okoh over murder of girlfriend begins
Mosses Okoh lawyer told the court that his client had been suffering ‘unnecessary visitation’ by some spirits and his mental…
Teenager charged with murder over death of baby born of rape
The girl has alleged she was raped in 2021 by a man in his 20s whose whereabouts remain unknown, according…
Nurse on trial for murder of 4 residents of care home
The public prosecutor’s office assumes that the nurse committed the acts in a state of considerably diminished responsibility.
Driver faces murder trial after passenger’s fatal fall from bus
Cyriacus Izuekwe A commuter bus driver has landed into trouble after a passenger fell off the back of his bus…
Killer of Ogun magistrate sentenced to death
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Justice Abiodun Akinyemi of the High Court 4, sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta today sentenced a 26-year-old house help,…
Pistorius branded ‘deceitful witness’
South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius returned to the dock Thursday for the finale to his gripping murder trial as lawyers…
Final arguments begin in Pistorius murder trial
South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius returned to the dock on Thursday to hear concluding arguments in his murder trial, with…
4 ‘Yahoo boys’ remanded for murder
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje of the Ogun State High Court, Isabo, Abeokuta today ordered four suspected Internet fraudsters…
Murder trial opens for S. Korea ferry captain and crew
The highly charged trial of 15 crew members from South Korea’s ferry disaster began Tuesday to shouts of “murderers” from…
Analysis: Pistorius contradicts himself in the dock
Oscar Pistorius did himself more harm than good when he took the witness stand, say South African lawyers. Throughout five…
14 year-old bride charged with murder
A 14 year-old bride, Wasila Tasi’u, was on Monday charged before a Rijiyar Zaki Magistrates’ Court in Kano for alleged…
Pistorius killed Steenkamp after argument, says prosecutor
Oscar Pistorius argued with his girlfriend shortly before shooting her dead, the prosecution lawyer alleged Monday as his gruelling cross-examination…
Pistorius: Reeva Steenkamp was scared of me
Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s Star Paralympian, returned to the witness box at his murder trial on Tuesday, insisting he and…
Murder trial: Pistorius opens defence
Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius called a forensic pathologist to the stand Monday to open his defence in the trial over…
Judge adjourns Pistorius murder trial
The judge overseeing Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial on Friday adjourned the case for more than a week — just before…
Arowolo: The journey to the gallows
Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Nigerian high court in Ikeja on Friday, 21 February 2014, sentenced Akolade Arowolo to death…
Arowolo Sentenced To Death For Killing Banker Wife
Henry Ojelu & Irene Nwaro Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Ikeja High Court Friday sentenced Akolade Arowolo to death over…
Arowolo gets judgment day over wife’s murder
Henry Ojelu A Nigerian high court in Ikeja, capital of Lagos State, has fixed Friday, 21 February for judgment in…
Witness delays trial of ex-cop for murder
A Nigerian High Court in Igbosere, Lagos Island, on Monday adjourned the murder trial of an ex-police officer, Segun Fabunmi,…
South Africa appoints judge for Pistorius trial
South Africa’s Department of Justice on Monday in Cape Town confirmed that 66-year-old judge, Thokozile Masipa, would preside at the…
Nigerian Police corporal to die by hanging
A Nigerian High Court in Gusau, capital of Zamfara state has sentenced a police corporal, Anthony Azare, attached to Kaura…