A young woman has been arrested and paraded for allegedly drowning her 10-month-old baby in a river after initially claiming the child was missing. The suspect, who confessed to the crime, revealed that she killed her child due to fear of societal ridicule, as the father had denied paternity, reports Channels TV. The suspect was […]
•Late British-Pakistani girl Sara Sharif (Photo by Surrey Police / AFP) A UK court today handed life sentences to the father and stepmother of a murdered 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl who died after being subjected to a prolonged “campaign of torture” and “despicable abuse”. Urfan Sharif, 43, and Beinash Batool, 30, will serve at least 4...
•Late musician, Chikezie Nwamba The Enugu State Police Command said it has concluded the orderly room trial of Police Inspector Ozonwanji Joseph, as the officer was implicated in the murder of Ogene musician, Chikezie Nwamba. In a statement by command spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, Inspector Ozonwanji was found culpable and received the maximum pen...
•Late Uganda’s Benjamin Kiplagat Two Kenyan men were found guilty today of murdering Ugandan Olympic distance runner Benjamin Kiplagat, found stabbed to death in the East African country’s north-west on New Year’s Eve. Peter Ushuru Khalumi and David Ekai Lokere were convicted of murdering the 34-year-old Olympian by Eldoret High Court, after a...
•UK Flag A UK police officer went on trial today charged with the murder of a black man in London two years ago. Firearms officer Martyn Blake, 40, denied a charge of murdering Chris Kaba, 24, who was shot in the head on September 5, 2022, reports AFP. Prosecutors told the Old Bailey court the […]
A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Boston and fleeing to Kenya has been extradited back to the United States. This is the latest development in an international case that involved his arrest at a Nairobi nightclub and subsequent escape from jail, reports AFP. Kevin Kangethe, 42, is accused of killing nurse Margaret “Maggie” […]...
The savage rape and murder of a seven-year-old Ethiopian girl has sparked outrage in the country, with many branding her assailant’s punishment as too lenient. By today, more than 240,000 people had signed an online petition protesting at the 25-year prison sentence meted out to the man convicted of killing Heaven Awot in an attack […]...
•India protest Thousands of people protested in the eastern city of Kolkata to condemn the rape and murder of a doctor in a state-run hospital that also provoked demonstrations across India demanding better safety for women. The protests were held at more than 100 locations across Kolkata and spread to surrounding towns in the state […]...
Several years after, reports into investigations into unresolved high-profile murders in Nigeria, are still being awaited. Experts say that some of the cases may have died just like the victims, with no closure, reports Daily Trust. The unresolved high-profile murder cases in Nigeria, include Dele Giwa, James Balgauda Kalto, Olaitan Oyerinde, ...
The Lagos State Police Command said it had arrested three domestic workers of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia following the discovery of the judge’s daughter, Aribemchukwu’s dead body outside the gate of their Park View Estate home in the Ikoyi area of the state yesterday. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed t...
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