Tag: homicide
Court remands 2 farmers for alleged murder, robbery
Makurdi, March 10, 2026 (NAN) A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that two farmers, Godwin Terfa and Samson Adefu be remanded at...
My neighbour was lying in a pool of blood, witness testifies...
Abuja, Feb.10, 2026 (NAN) An engineer, Sani Yusuf, on Tuesday, described how he found his neighbour,
Arise News correspondent, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, in pool of blood...
11 dead after shooting at football game in Mexico
Mexico City, Jan. 26, 2026 (dpa/NAN) No fewer than 11 people had been killed after gunmen opened fire at a fooball game in central...
Family, female attorneys demand justice for slain lawyer
Abuja, Jan. 16, 2026 (NAN) The family of slain lawyer, Mediatrix Chigbo, and the Global Association of Female Attorneys (GAFA) have called for a thorough...
Court sentences 22- year-old man to death for culpable homicide
Abuja, March 11, 2025 (NAN) A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja has sentenced a 22-year-old man Emmanuel Kalu to death, for allegedly...
Alleged culpable homicide: Absence of prosecution counsel stalls trial of 2...
The absence of a prosecution counsel, Adama Musa, on Tuesday stalled the trial of Joseph Samuel and Moses Ntayi in the FCT High Court,...
Nigerian Army confirms trooper shot, killed officer
The Nigerian Army has confirmed news making the rounds that an officer went beserk and shot another officer, during an altercation on Wednesday.
Confirming the...
Nigeria Police investigates killing of 4 year old boy
The Police Command in Anambra says it has commenced investigation into alleged murder of a four year-old boy by his biological father.
The Police Spokesman...
Post-mortem declares Floyd’s death a homicide
The death of George Floyd, which triggered widespread protests across the US, has been declared a homicide in an official post-mortem examination on Tuesday.
The...
Germany docks Teen for killing 3-year-old half-brother
A 15-year-old girl on Monday went on trial in Germany for killing her 3-year-old half-brother, with prosecutors saying she stabbed him 28 times in...
Court sentences ”peacemaker” to death by hanging for murder
An FCT High Court sitting in Nyanya on Wednesday sentenced a ”peacemaker”, Mohammed Tijani to death by hanging for killing a man who was...
