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Justice Sika Aprioku of Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, yesterday, convicted and sentenced five people to death by hanging or injecting them with lethal substances until they are confirmed dead for murder and kidnapping.
4 Mar
Ogun State Police Command has arrested 188 suspects for various offences within seven months.
The arrests were made in 48 murder cases, 75 robbery cases, 12 kidnap and 53 sexual assault incidents.
14 Feb
Ondo State Police Command has arrested Olubodun Sanni, a 21-year-old final-year student of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko, over the alleged killing of his colleague, a 300-level female student, Ifeoluwa Adekunle.
1 Feb
The Atayero of Aramoko Kingdom, His Royal Highness Dr Olusegun Aderemi, has expressed deep sorrow and outrage following the brutal killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin, the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, and Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, the Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti, were reportedly gunned down by unknown assailants…
7 Jan
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Kano State has arrested a 25 years old man, Alkasim Ya’u, for allegedly stabbing his father to death at Tudun Yola ‘C’, area of Gwale Local Government Area of the state.
26 Dec
French police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of murdering a mother and her four children found dead at home on Christmas Day, a law enforcement source said. Authorities discovered the bodies of the woman and her children, aged nine months, four, seven, and 10 years old in their flat in the town of Meaux…
18 Dec
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan remanded five men on Monday for the alleged attempted murder of a farmer at Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The defendants are Ademola Isiaka, 58; Alabi Rasak, 58; Ademola Aremu, 22; Muritala Habideen, 24; and Abisoye Taiwo, 55. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi, did not take the pleas…
13 Dec
The High Court in Bauchi, Bauchi State, has sentenced Adamu AbdulRauf and Abdulkadir Wada to 35 years in jail for luring six-year-old Hauwa’u Ya’u to an uncompleted building and cutting off her genitals. The crime happened three years ago in Jama’are Local Council. In January 2021, Bauchi State Police Command had arrested the duo in…
7 Dec
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two persons accused of reckless driving.
5 Dec
Lago State government has arraigned three men, Bolu Wasiu, Nwokochi Chinonso, and Akintutu Olaleye before an Ikeja High Court for alleged murder and belonging to an unlawful society.
4 Dec
Three men, Bolu Wasiu, Nwokochi Chinonso and Akinstutu Olaleye, were arraigned on Monday before an Ikeja High Court for alleged murder and keeping an unlawful society. The defendants, whose addresses were not disclosed, are facing a two-count charge bordering on murder and unlawful society membership. They pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Lagos State…
4 Dec
A teenager suspected of killing his parents and setting their home on fire was arrested at the weekend, plunging a village in southeastern France into a state of shock. A 15-year-old, named only as Valentin, was arrested on Saturday after two bodies were discovered in the family's burnt-out house in Chateauvilain, a village of nearly…