Tag: murder
Man docked for attacking co-suspect inside police cell
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 37-year old man, Henry Usifo has been arrested and charged before a magistrate’s court sitting in Ejigbo…
Alleged murder: NURTW Chairman gets reprieve
Paul Iyoghojie The office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, western…
Bola Disu was a patriot and true Lagosian – Sen Ashafa
Senator Gbenga Ashafa has described the death of Alhaji Tajudeen ‘Bola Disu Managing Director of Lekki Worldwide Investment Company, as…
Girl, 18, jailed 14 years for luring boy, 17, to death
A teenage girl lured a bright student to his death at the hands of three knife-wielding boys in a murder…
Nigerian gets life sentence in UK for murder
A Nigerian fugitive, Abdul Adewale Kekere-Ekun, was on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment in the UK for murdering 18-yearold Marcus…
Pistorius killed our daughter deliberately—Steenkamps
The parents of Reeva Steenkamp said on Monday that Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend deliberately. They spoke ahead of…
3-year old, two others murdered over bitter leaf in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three persons, including a three year old boy, were on Sunday evening murdered at Ibillo, Akoko Edo local…
Nigerian Man Beats Mom To Death IN USA
Daniels Ekugo/ with agency report A Nigerian man living in the United States has been charged with murder after his…
6 Arrested Over Police Inspector’s Death
The Sokoto State Police Command, on Monday confirmed the arrest of six workers of a four-star hotel in Sokoto over…
Police apprehend 9 more suspects over 4-year old boy’s murder
The Police in Lagos on Wednesday said they had arrested nine more suspects in connection with the murder of a…
Killer Of Prominent Lawyer, Fadipe Arraigned
Henry Ojelu The alleged killer of prominent Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Kunle Fadipe, was Wednesday arraigned before a…
Ogun Police parade 22 for murder, kidnapping, cultism
Abiodun Onaduye/Abeokuta Ogun State Police command on Thursday paraded 22 suspects arrested in the state in the last one month…
Man, 71, Slaughters 60-Yr-Old Wife
The police in Akwa Ibom State have arrested a 71-year old man for allegedly killing his 60-year-old wife with a…
Woman Abducted, Raped, Murdered
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 23-year-old woman, identified as Joy Ojolede Okoh, has been reportedly abducted, raped and murdered in Benin City…
Housewife Docked For Killing Doctor
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 36-year-old housewife, Mrs Obiageli Oriuwa, who stabbed a medical doctor, Ikechukwu Oriuwa, her husband’s younger brother, to…
Cult War: MAPOLY Student Shot Dead
Jamiu Yisa A student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, was shot dead in broad daylight in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State,…
Teenage girl docked over attempted murder
A teenage girl, Chidima Sunday, was on Tuesday charged before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly attempting to kill…
Police arrest man for murder in Osogbo
The Police Command in Osun on Sunday said it had arrested one Olagbaju Tajudeen, 45, in connection with the murder…
65-year-old woman murdered by manservant in Enugu
A 65-year-old woman, Mrs Agnes Elue of 293B Agbani Road, Enugu, has been murdered in cold blood allegedly by her…
Ugolor holding to my husband’s property, Oyerinde’s widow cries out
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Mrs. Funke Olaitan, wife of Olaitan Oyerinde, slain Principal Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state,…
Saudi Arabia executes 3 Africans for murder, armed robbery
Saudi Arabian authorities on Monday executed five foreigners convicted of murdering an Indian citizen during an armed robbery in a…
UK lauds Nigeria Police for Jeffery Okafor murder conviction
The United Kingdom has praised Nigeria Police for ensuring that justice is served in the murder case against Jeffery Okafor,…
Jeffery Okafor who killed CBBC presenter guilty of murder in UK
Jeffery Okafor, who stabbed a CBBC actor to death outside a nightclub in central London has been found guilty of…
USA: Nigerian woman kills husband for sleeping with sister
Temitope Adebamiro, 35, a Nigerian, has been charged with killing her husband, Adeyinka Adebamiro, 37, over infidelity claims. The culprit…
Murder: Lagos court frees APC chieftain, 2 others
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday in Lagos discharged and acquitted an APC chieftain, Dr Tola Kasali, 63,…
Man burns wife to death in ‘honour killing’
A Pakistani man and his father have been arrested in the country’s latest so-called “honour killing” after they set the…
Man Kills, Buries Daughter’s Lover
The River Basin Authority at the Mile 8 area of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has been thrown into…
UNILAG Student Killed Over Arsenal Match
Damilare Okunola The unidentified student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, who was shot dead on Tuesday night, may have…
Dismiss murder charge against child bride killer – Lawyer
A defence lawyer on Monday called for the dismissal of murder charges against a 14-year-old girl accused of killing her…