Tag: MURDER
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,...
Oscar Pistorius’ jail term more than doubled
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein, South Africa, has increased the sentence of former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius to 13 years in prison...
Varsity student murdered for protecting sister from unwanted suitor
A student of the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina, Abdulmaleek Yaro, has died from injuries he sustained from three men who attacked him over...
Mother, children killed in church as Badoo strikes again in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday said it had arrested two persons in connection with the killing of three family members in a...
Police arrest 4 men over alleged murder of businessman in Festac...
The Police in Lagos on Monday said they arrested four men over the alleged murder of a businessman, Mr. Emmanuel Ubah (aka Onwa), in...
US cult killer, Charles Manson, dies in prison at 83
Charles Manson, the notorious cult leader who directed his followers to commit a string of brutal murders, and who became a symbol of the...
Masterminds of Ozubulu killings jailed for murder in South Africa –...
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr Garba Umar, on Wednesday unmasked two suspects behind the invasion and killing of 18 worshipers at St....
Man accused of killing neighbour with cutlass over generator smoke
A 16-year-old boy, Adeola Okanlawon, on Tuesday told an Igbosere High Court in Lagos how his father was killed with a machete after complaining...