•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...
A Kano State High Court sitting on Miller Road and presided over by Justice Maryam Sabo has sentenced one Aminu Muhammad to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of a three-year-old girl, Rafi’atu Junaidu, in 2018. The judgment, delivered by Justice Sabo, brings to a close a protracted legal battle that began seven years […]
•Ryland Headley A 92-year-old man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a Bristol woman in a case that remained unsolved for nearly six decades. DNA helped crack the rape case. Louisa Dunne, 75, was found strangled on her living room floor by a neighbour on Britannia Road in Easton, Bristol, on […]
•Late Lt. Commodore Buba The Kaduna State Police Command has said that 13 suspects have been arrested in Kawo area of Kaduna State where a naval officer, Lt. Commodore M. Buba, was murdered by a suspected phone snatcher yesterday. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Mansir Hassan, told our correspondent that the late officer, who [&hel...
Four persons have been sentenced to death by hanging by the Ebonyi State High Court, Ohaukwu Judicial Division after being found guilty of conspiracy and murder of 26- year-old Chinonso Elom. The murder of Elom popularly known as Oscar by the convicted persons occurred on February 5, 2023 in Ngbo community in the local government, […]
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