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...
•Gbemisola Akayinode A 36-year-old Nigerian woman, Gbemisola Akayinode, has been arrested and charged with felony murder after her 9-year-old daughter, Oluwasikemi, died of hyperthermia after being left inside a car for several hours in sweltering heat in Texas. The Harris County Sheriff, Ed Gonzalez, confirmed the arrest in a post on X (forme...
The Rivers State police command has arrested three suspected kidnappers in Obio-Akpor and Ikwerre local government areas for killing and collecting N10.4 million ransom from victims’ families. A statement signed by the police public relations officer, SP. Grace Iringe-Koko named the suspects as Hassan Mohammed, from Wandigah Town in Mandagali,...
•Private Lukman Musa to die by hanging Private Lukman Musa, who is serving with the 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army in Jos, Plateau State, has been sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence came from the general Court Martial that sat in the Maxwell Khobe Cantoment, after which he was indicted of killing a […]
•Gunmen There is palpable tension in Enugu State following the gruesome murder of a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Matthew Eya, by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. The incident occurred yesterday evening along the Eha-Alumona–Eha-Ndiagu Road in Nsukka Local Government Area, reports The Nation. .Late Rev. Fr. Matthew Eya Fr. Eya, until his death, was th...
The Imo State Police Command has arrested Pastor Ikenna Emmanuel and one Franklin Chizoba for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman in Orlu. Police spokesperson Henry Okoye, in a statement this evening, said the suspects lured the victim to the pastor’s residence on June 30, 2025, under the guise of offering prayers for her. Upon arrival, [&hel...
•The suspect, Olori Eso, and the recovered items A suspected hired assassin, Wasiu Akinwande, arrested by the operatives of the Lagos State Police Command, is currently being arraigned at the Ogba Magistrate Court, Ogba area of the state, on 11 counts bordering on murder, unlawful possession of arms, and felony, among others. The command’s Pub...
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