Tag: murder trial
Adebolajo, Adebowale found guilty of soldier’s murder
Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adebowale, 22, have been found guilty of the murder of British soldier, Lee Rigby. The…
Fatal abortion: Court rules doctor has case to answer
A Magistrate’s Court in Yaba, Lagos, western Nigeria, on Monday held that a 35-year-old doctor, Edeye Monday, had a case…
Murder of banker: Defence gets new date to file address
A Nigerian High Court in Ikeja, the capital of Lagos state on Thursday fixed 4 December for the adoption of…
Arowolo trial: Court fixes date for adoption of addresses
A Nigerian court in Ikeja, capital of Lagos State has fixed 2 October, for the adoption of final written addresses…
Nigerian Army: Major al-Mustapha still in service
The Nigerian Army on Monday indicated that it would likely reinstate Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha into the service following the dismissal…
Prosecutor in Bhutto’s murder trial shot dead
ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistan’s main state prosecutor in the 2007 murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and the 2008…
Funso Williams murder: PHCN spoils exhibits for trial of suspects
Some exhibits for the trial of the suspected killers Chief Funso Williams, the Lagos State Governorship candidate of the Peoples…
Pathologist: Facebook girl, Cynthia choked to death
Henry Ojelu More revelations on how Facebook girl, Cynthia Osokogu was killed has emerged as a Consultant Pathologist, Professor John…
Arowolo, wife-killer accused denies battery allegation
Thirty one year old, Akolade Arowolo, standing trial for the alleged murder of his wife, Titilayo, a bank worker, on…
Cop in Pistorius murder case quits
South African detective Hilton Botha said Thursday his resignation from the police force was not due to the bungled investigations…
Man jailed 20 years for patricide
JETHRO IBILEKE/Warri A Nigerian Court in Delta State, has sentenced a 20 year-old man Opukeme George to 25 years in…
Substance found in Pistorius home a ‘sexual stimulant’
A substance found in star athlete Oscar Pistorius’s home during a search by police investigating the killing of his girlfriend…
Steenkamp: Pistorius accused of premeditated murder
South African sporting hero Oscar Pistorius broke down in court again on Tuesday as he was accused of shooting his…
Ex -journalist testifies for alleged wife killer at trial
Henry Ojelu/Judiciary Correspondent A former journalist with Nigeria’s Leadership Newspaper, Efe Omordia today testified in the on-going trial of Akolade…
Like the father, mother absolves son of murder.
Henry Ojelu/Judiciary correspondent Just like the father of murder suspect Akolade Arowolo had testified about his son’s innocence, the mother,…
Witness: ‘My son’s wife killed herself’
Henry Ojelu Mudashiru Arowolo, the father of Akolade Arowolo who is standing trial at the Ikeja High Court for allegedly…
Oyerinde’s murder: Benin court remands Ugolor in prison
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Environmental rights activist, Rev. David Ugolor and nine others were on Friday arraigned at an Oredo Magistrate court…