A Kano State High Court, today, sentenced one Salisu Idris, to death by hanging for burning a family of three. Idris, whose age was not provided, lives at Gayawa Quarters, Gaya Local government area in Kano state, reports NAN. He was charged with abetment and culpable homicide. Delivering judgment, Justice Amina Adamu-Aliyu, held that the [&he...
•Late Pope Francis Pope Francis died of a stroke, causing a coma and “irreversible” heart failure, according to his death certificate released by the Vatican yesterday. The 88-year-old Catholic leader died yesterday morning, almost a month after having been discharged from five weeks in hospital where he nearly succumbed to double pneumonia, r...
•A fire incident A teenager, identified only as Testimony, tragically lost her life after being locked inside a building that was later engulfed in flames in the Samakinwa area of Ondo town, Ondo State. Reports indicated that the victim’s guardian had locked her inside the building before leaving for church, reports The Nation. The fire, [&hel...
•Fulani herdsmen The Angwan Kari community in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State has been thrown into mourning following the gruesome murder of Mr Williams Wasiu Jimoh and his wife, Mrs Banke William Jimoh, by unknown assailants, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, in their apartment. The couple reportedly met their untimely death when...
An 18-year-old suspected cultist, Suleiman Dantata, has reportedly hacked to death a prominent businessman, Raimi Ibrahim, in Elegbeka community via Ipele, Owo, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. Dantata has been arrested by police detectives in the ancient town. It was gathered that the businessman was killed March 28, 2025, about 8:30p...
•Late Segun ‘Success’ Olanrewaju The Nigeria Boxing Board of Control says boxer Segun ‘Success’ Olanrewaju, who died in Accra, Ghana on Saturday, was not granted approval for the fatal bout after his initial fight scheduled for Friday was cancelled after being adjudged overweight. The 40-year-old former National and West African light-heavywei...
Tragedy struck on Ifie Road in Warri South Local Government Area on Friday afternoon as a woman identified simply as Joy and one of her children were crushed to death by a fuel tanker. The deceased and her three children were said to be riding on a commercial motorcycle on their way home from school […]
The police authorities in Edo State have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly hacking his brother to death. The suspect, Iyayi Omokaro, was said to have hacked his brother to death on March 25, spokesman for the Edo State Police Command, Moses Joel Yamu. In a statement today, Iyayi had a misunderstanding with his brother, […]
•Hoodlums The police in Kaduna State have arrested twelve suspects who attacked a mosque and stabbed one person to death in the Tudun Wada area, Kaduna South Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman of Kaduna State Police Command, Mansir Hassan, disclosed this in a statement today. He said the hoodlums from Malalin Gabas, […]
A magistrate court sitting in Minna, Niger State, has ordered that Sabo Mohammed, a 70-year-old man from Manigi village, be remanded in Minna Correctional Center over the allegation of stabbing a police prosecutor attached to the Manigi Magistrate Court to death. According to police reports, on the 3rd of last month, the suspect attacked the [...
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