Tag: MURDER
Kidnapped Taraba lawmaker, Hosea Ibi, found dead
The police in Taraba on Monday confirmed the death of Hosea Ibi, the lawmaker representing Takum 1 constituency in the Taraba House of Assembly.
Mr...
Ekiti monarch accused of murder absent in court
The Olukere of Ikere-Ekiti, Oba Ganiyu Obasoyin, was on Monday absent at an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court where he is standing trial over murder.
The monarch...
Woman to spend New Year in prison for allegedly killing son...
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ court on Friday remanded one Mary Eze in Ikoyi Prison for allegedly pouring hot water on her seven-year-old son...
Murder: Ekiti monarch, 5 others remanded in prison
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that the Olukere of Ikere-Ekiti, Obasoyin Ganiyu, 50, and five other persons be remanded in prison...
Badoo: Four arrested for allegedly killing woman, son, pastor
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspected members of the dreaded cult group, Badoo, in connection with the killing of a woman,...
Lagos baale crushes wife to death with SUV
A traditional ruler (baale) in Ise Town, Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State has been arrested by the police for allegedly crushing his wife to death,...
Maryam Sanda: Mother, brother of alleged husband killer charged with murder
Maimuna Aliyu, mother of Maryam Sanda, who is accused of stabbing her husband, Bilyamin Bello, to death has been charged along with her daughter.
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Killer wife: Only Oyo govt can appeal seven-year sentence – Prosecutor
The private prosecutor in the case of murder instituted against a female lawyer, Yewande Oyediran, says the decision to appeal the seven-year sentence handed...
Teenager pleads guilty to undergraduate’s murder
A teenager on Tuesday told an Osogbo High Court that he murdered a student of the University of Osun, Mr. Timileyin Sonibare.
Nineteen-year-old Abdulrofiu Sakariyau...
Female lawyer, Yewande Oyediran, jailed seven years for killing husband
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday sentenced a female lawyer, Yewande Oyediran, to seven years imprisonment for stabbing her husband,...