Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a murder incident that occurred at Ori-Apata Oderemi area of Ido, Ibadan, Oyo State. The lifeless body of a 62-year-old woman was discovered after about seven days in a bush path within the community, reports The Nation. Confirming the arrest, spokesman of Oyo State Police Command, Ayanlade [&...
The Niger State Police Command has arrested four suspected vigilante members over the abduction and killing of a 32-year-old cattle trader, Umar Bingel, in Kontagora. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, in the Police weekly bulletin, said the victim, a resident of Dadin-Kowa area of Kontagora, was abducted on February 12, 2026, ...
•A lawyer’s wig and gown Barely days after the body of a nurse with the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, was found by the roadside, the body of an Abuja-based female lawyer has been discovered along the Kubwa Expressway. Nurse Chinemerem Chuwumeziem, a staff member of FMC Jabi, finished her afternoon shift on January 3, […]
•Late film director Rob Reiner and wife Michele Los Angeles police charged the son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner with murder yesterday after the suspect’s parents were found stabbed in a brutal double killing that shocked movie fans around the world. Nick Reiner, 32, was detained hours after the bodies of the 78-year-old actor-director and ...
•Late lawmaker and Anambra State map Police operatives in Anambra State have arrested a suspected notorious armed robber linked to the high-profile murder of a state lawmaker, Hon. Azuka Justice. Justice, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, was abducted and subsequently murdered on December 24, 2024. The lawmaker’s gruesome death ...
•Law-enforcement officers secure the area after a shooting in downtown Washington, on Wednesday An Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members will be charged with first-degree murder, a US official said today, in an escalation of charges following the incident that left one Guardsman dead. The US attorney for Washington, D...
The Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has sentenced a 400-level University of Port Harcourt student, Damian Okoligwe, to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Justina Otuene. Okoligwe, a Petrochemical Engineering student, killed Otuene, a 300-level Biochemistry student, on October 20, 2023, at his apartment in Mgbupba, Obio...
•People gather to take part in a march in tribute to Mehdi Kessaci yesterday Thousands of people gathered in Marseille yesterday to honour the brother of an anti-drug activist murdered in France’s second largest city whose death sparked nationwide calls to confront drug crime. Demonstrators chanted “Justice for Mehdi” before observing a minute...
•The Mexican flag Mexican authorities have arrested a former intelligence agent suspected of involvement in the 1994 assassination of presidential favorite Luis Donaldo Colosio — a case that stunned the nation and remains unresolved. Judicial sources told our correspondent that Jorge Antonio Sanchez Ortega was detained on Saturday in Tijuana, ...
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered the immediate release of one Mr. Sewedo Folorunsho, who has been awaiting trial for alleged murder in Kirikiri prison for eight years without trial. In a judgment delivered on October 22, 2025, obtained by our correspondent yesterday, Justice Adenike Shonubi declared the detention unlawfu...

