Tag: murder
Ilaro Crisis: Court Remand 3 for Murder
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Magistrate (Mrs) Fafowora of the Ilaro Chief Magistrate court today ordered that the trio of Fatai Lamidi, Muyideen…
NURTW Members Sue Police
Akin Kuponiyi Three members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos State Chapter, Mustapha Adekunle, Fatai Ali…
UNIBEN Student Hacked To Death
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Ugbowo campus of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), wore a mournful look Monday morning following the gruesome…
Woman Arrested For Attempting To Kill 2-year Old Boy
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 30-year old woman, Uju Okeke has been arrested by the police for attempting to kill her neighbour’s…
Pistorius sentenced to five-year jail term
South African Paralympian star sprinter Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for the killing of his…
Pistorius in court for sentencing
South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday arrived at the Pretoria court where he will hear his punishment for…
Night guard murdered over revenue collection crisis
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A security night guard at the popular Lagos Street market in Benin, identified as Oboh John, has reportedly…
Suspect in US workplace beheading charged with murder
The suspect in a workplace attack in Oklahoma in which a woman was beheaded has been charged with first degree…
Adeyeye condemns Aderiye’s murder, wants perpetrators found
Minister of State for Works, Adedayo Adeyeye, on Friday condemned the murder on Thursday of former Chairman of the National…
Woman charged with killing autistic 7-year old son
A Singaporean woman was charged Monday with the murder of her autistic seven-year-old son who was found at the foot…
Gov Amaechi’s Uncle Murdered, Dismembered
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Sabinus Ordu, uncle of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has been murdered by unknown persons at…
Grandmother, 2 others remanded for killing grandson
A Minna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a 55-year old woman, Fatima Tsaraka for allegedly killing…
Pistorius ‘not guilty’ of murder
Oscar Pistorius was found not guilty of the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp Thursday as a South African judge dismissed…
Its ‘Judgement Day’ for Oscar Pistorius
“Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius appears in court on Thursday to face judgement over the killing of his model girlfriend, ending…
Thousands Mourn Italian Nuns Killed In Burundi
Thousands of mourners in Burundi celebrated the lives of three Italian nuns brutally murdered this week, in tearful farewells before…
Woman, three children found shot dead in Australia
Australian police said Tuesday a woman and three children aged under 10 have been found dead, apparently from gunshot wounds,…
Why I Killed My Father Over Cigarette —Son
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 22-year-old man, Bestman Momodu, has confessed that he killed his father over a missing stick of cigarette.…
Man Kills Male Sex Partner In Hotel Room
Cyriacus Izuekwe Another social media love tragedy has occurred in Lagos after a homosexual allegedly murdered the male sex partner…
Jilted Man Murders Girlfriend
Cyriacus Izuekwe A man who allegedly stabbed his estranged lover to death for refusing to marry him has been charged…
Saudi beheads Yemeni for rape, murder
Saudi authorities beheaded a Yemeni Thursday for raping and murdering two women, the interior ministry said. Awadha Ahmed Salem was…
Girl, 14, Faces Murder Trial Over Forced Marriage
A 14-year-old girl accused of poisoning the 35-year-old man she was forced to marry was set to go on trial…
El-Zakzaky To Take FG To Court Over Murder Of 3 Sons, 32 Others
Islamic cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has said his group would employ legitimate peaceful…
DSS nabs 4 over kidnap, muder of school proprietress
The FCT Command of the Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested four suspected kidnappers over the alleged kidnap and…
Anger Made Me Kill My Father – Son Of Slain RCCG Pastor
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The 21 year‑old Redeemers University 300 Level undergraduate Tolani Ajayi, who killed his father, Charles Ajayi, last week…
Pistorius defence rests case, date set for final arguments
Lawyers defending Oscar Pistorius on charges of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp rested their case on Tuesday, heralding the final…
Redemption Camp Tragedy: Why Son Killed Redeemed Pastor
Damilare Okunola & Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Fresh facts have emerged on why Tolani Ajayi, a 300 Level undergraduate, allegedly stabbed his…
Dutch murderer weds in Peruvian prison
Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, who is serving a 28-year prison sentence for killing a Peruvian woman in 2010, has…
2 Men Face Trial For Throwing Rival Into Well
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, have arraigned two suspects over the murder of…
Human Rights Lawyer Murdered
Yusuf Muhammed A human rights lawyer Barrister Kunle Fadipe has been murdered in his home in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. He…
Police Corporal Lynched By Driver
A driver has lynched a Police Corporal in Benin City, the Edo State capital, southern Nigeria. The incident happened on…