Kogi State Police Command has reported that Jacob Adebayo Pelumi, the prime suspect in the murder of photojournalist Ayo Aiyepeku, was found dead in an apparent suicide. The command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lokoja. According to Ovye-Aya,...
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A shocking incident occurred in Incheon, South Korea, where a 63-year-old father fatally shot his son with a homemade gun during a birthday party. The party was held to celebrate the father’s birthday and was attended by the son’s wife, two children, and friends. The father, who remains unnamed,...
By OLA MODUPE, Abure – Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the death of Femi Oladele, the prime suspect in the murder of two Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA) students, Andrel Eloho Okah and John Friday Abba. Oladele, a landlord and cult leader, allegedly masterminded the kidnapping, robbery, rape, and...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- An Ikeja High Court has dismissed an application filed by Joseph Aloba, father of the late singer Mohbad, seeking to quash the legal advice that exonerated music label owner Naira Marley and promoter Sam Larry from any involvement in Mohbad’s death. The court’s decision was...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Police Command has denied reports of organ harvesting in connection with the murder of a woman in a hotel in Nsukka. According to the police, preliminary investigations reveal that the woman’s body was found intact, with no indication of mutilation or organ...
A High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the murder and dismemberment of Salome Adaidu, a 24-year-old National Youth Service Corps member. Justice Simon Aboki handed down the judgment, finding Ajayi guilty of culpable homicide contrary to Section 221 of the...
The Lagos High Court has fixed July 2, 2025, for judgment in the application filed by Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, seeking to quash the DPP’s legal advice that freed Naira Marley and Sam Larry over allegations of being involved in Mohbad’s death. Senior Advocate Wahab Shittu, representing Aloba, argued...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – A Nigerian Navy Officer, Lt.-Cdr. M. Buba, has been brutally stabbed to death by a hoodlum in Kaduna State. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that the incident occurred near Kawo flyover at around 4:50 am on Sunday. According to the police, the suspect attacked and robbed...
Police Command in Anambra have arrested two suspects who were allegedly involved in the kidnapped and murder of a female Bank Manager in Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra. The command’s Spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed their arrest in a statement in Onitsha on Sunday. Ikenga revealed that the...
An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, on Monday, sentenced a 38-year-old man, Shafi’u Abubakar to death by hanging and 150 strokes of cane for setting a mosque on fire and killing 23 people. Abubakar, who lives in Gezawa Local Government Kano, is charged with culpable homicide, attempted murder,...
Police in Katsina State Police Command have apprehended a 23-year-old housewife, Rabi’a Labaran, for allegedly killing her co-wife in Daura local government area . The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Abubakar Aliyu, made this known in a statement, on Sunday in Katsina. He said that the tragic incident...
Police command in Kaduna State has arrested a co-wife in Malari Village in Soba Local Government of the state for alleged infanticide of her co-wife three-month-old baby boy. The command Spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan confirmed this, in a statement, on Friday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “The tragic incident occurred...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Commissioner of Police, CP Emenari Ifenyi, has ordered a thorough investigation into the death of Emmanuella Ahenjir, a student of the Federal University Wukari, who allegedly died from a gunshot wound inflicted by police officers at Wurukum, Makurdi. According to a...
By UKA NWAFOR, Abakaliki – An Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Ohaukwu Judicial Division has sentenced four men, including Uchenna Odono, the younger brother of the Executive Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Ikechukwu Odono, to death by hanging for the murder of a 26-year-old...
Police command in Anambra has launched manhunt for suspected killers of a legal practitioner returning from the court , after securing bail for a defendant in a murder case. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in...
Police Command in Kebbi State has detained three police officers for alleged murder of an arrested suspect in connection with stealing. The Spokesperson of the Command, CSP Nafi’u Abubakar, made this known in a statement issued in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. “On April 15, based on a complaint of...
A Lagos High Court at Tafawa Balewa Square on Friday, sentenced a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominikoron, to death by hanging for the murder of his passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwola. Ominikoron was arraigned for rape ad murder of a 22-year-old fashion designer, Ayanwola, who boarded his BRT bus...
A former University of Lagos Student, Chidinma Ojukwu, accused of killing Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, on Tuesday said that statements she made during police interrogation were false and under duress. Ojukwu testified in her defence before Justice Yetunde Adesanya at a Lagos State High Court sitting...
A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu has sentenced a soldier, Pte Adamu Mohammed, to death by hanging for murdering his girlfriend, The acting Deputy Director 82 Division Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, in a statement in Enugu on Tuesday,...
Police Command in Lagos State has detained a woman for allegedly killing a 65-year-old man in the Oko-Oba, Abule-Egba area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. Hundeyin said the command had recorded a significant breakthrough in...