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Defence
Man in police net for alleged murder of neighbour’s 4-year-old daughter
The police in Enugu State have detained a 30-year old man for the alleged murder of his neighbour’s four-year-old daughter while she was sleeping. This is contained in a statement issued by the Enugu State Police Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukw. ”On Aug.18, police operatives serving in the command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad hastened to a compound on Orba Road in Nsukka…
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Police arrest man over alleged murder, cult activities
The Ogun Police Command says it has arrested one Adekunle Adebajo over his alleged involvement in the killing of a member of a suspected rival cult group in Ijebu Ode. The Spokesperson of the command, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta and made available to newsmen on Saturday. Odutola stated that a concerned citizen made…
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I have no murder case on my neck, Doguwa tells Jibrin
Rep. Alhassan Doguwa (APC-Kano) said on Thursday in Abuja that there was no murder case hanging on his neck. While reacting to Rep. Abdulmumini Jibrin’s (NNPP-Kano) murder allegation against him Doguwa said the court dismissed the charges and set him. Doguwa said: “Let me say categorically that as of today. I, Doguwa, am not standing before any court of law…
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Court remands 39-yr-old man for alleged murder of minor
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Monday remanded one 39-year-old Toluwase Oladeji, in a correctional facility, for alleged murder of a minor. Oladeji, whose address was not provided was charged with murder. The Magistrate, Mrs Oluwabusayo Osho, did not take the plea of the suspect for want of jurisdiction. She directed the police to return the case file to the…
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Defence
Police nab suspected organiser of retired Brigadier General’s murder
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested the suspected organiser of the murder of a retired Brigadier General, Uwem Udokwere, in his Sunshine Estate home in Abuja. Mr Benneth Igweh, the Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of FCT, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. He said the suspect, an escapee of…
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Police arrest 2 scavengers over alleged murder
The Police in Lagos State have arrested two men self-identified as scavengers, over the alleged murder of a man known only as Friday, who reportedly exposed their theft activity. Confirming the arrests, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson for the command, informed the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. According to Hundeyin, an individual, whose name was not disclosed, complained…
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3 in police net over alleged murder of 5 security operatives in Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested three suspects for alleged murder of two policemen and three Neighbourhood Watch Group members in an ambush within Igga community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area (LGA). The command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement issued on Monday in Enugu that the ‘unprovoked, unwarranted attack and gruesome murder’ of five security…
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Crime
Family Seeks Justice Over Alleged Masquerade Killing
Awka, February 18, 2024 – The Okoye family in the Umuawulu community, situated in the Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, is demanding justice following the alleged killing of their father, Chief Shadrach Okoye, by a popular masquerade. According to reports, Okoye was fatally punched by the masquerade after he purportedly refused to provide money to the entity.…
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Crime
IGP Orders Swift Action in Wake of Plateau Killings
ABUJA, December 27, 2023 – In response to the recent devastating attacks on several villages in Plateau State, Nigeria, resulting in tragic loss of lives in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has strongly condemned the acts as barbaric and inhumane. Expressing condolences to the government, victims’ families, and the people…
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Crime
Police arrest 8 suspects over murder of Enugu traditional ruler
Enugu, Dec. 25, 2023 (NAN) The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, says eight suspects have been arrested in connection to Sunday’s murder of a traditional ruler in the state. The traditional ruler of Akutara, Mr Patrick Ezugwu, in Adani Autonomous Community, Uzo Uwani Council Area, was killed at about 9pm on Sunday by some armed hoodlums.…
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Crime
Oromoni: Police arrests 3 Dowen college students as murder investigations begins
Three students of the Dowen College, Lekki Lagos are currently assisting the police in their investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni junior, a 12-year-old student of the college. The Lagos State commissioner of police Hakeem Odumosu told Channels Television on Tuesday. Odumosi said three of the five students mentioned by Sylvester before he died are already in custody and…
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United States
US court sentences ex-policeman to 22 years in jail for George Floyd’s murder
A court in Minneapolis, United States, on Friday sentenced a former policeman, Derek Chauvin, to 22 years and six months in prison for the murder of an African- American, George Floyd. The murder of Floyd, 48, on May 20 last year caused one of the biggest demonstrations against racism and police brutality in the US in decades. The American hip-hop…
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News
BREAKING: NECO Registrar, Godswill Obioma murdered by Gunmen
Unknown assassins on Monday night invaded the residence of Professor Godswill Obioma and shot him. “The assassins came in and killed him and left without taking anything,” Elizabeth Obioma (the victim’s wife) said in a telephone conversation on Tuesday morning. Crying copiously, Mrs Obioma said her husband had just returned to Minna from a trip to Abuja when the armed…
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Africa
Ghanaian arrested for allegedly killing girlfriend over sex
A 42-year-old Ghanaian, Papa Gyabi, has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend with a hammer because she denied him sex. According to the Kumasi Police Division spokesperson, DSP Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, the incident happened in the early hours of Saturday, in Shama-Kumasi in the Western region of the West African country. Adiku said residents reported that the couple had,…
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Crime
Man murdered six days to Wedding by ritualists
A man, Mr Olokose Ojo, has been murdered six days to his wedding by his neighbour who promised to assist him to get cows for the ceremony in Kwara State. Ojo said to be in his early 30 and a staff member at the National Health Insurance Scheme unit of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital was said to have…
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Defence
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 incident via a statement on Thursday, the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, disclosed that the trooper served in 202 Battalion of 21 Special Armoured Brigade Bama, Borno State. Musa said he went…
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Crime
Bike rider kidnaps, kills teen-girl in Ondo
Grief and tension enveloped the agrarian community of Eshe-Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State over the weekend following the discovery of the corpse of a 13-year-old girl in the community. It was gathered that the deceased, a native of neighbouring Irun-Akoko in the same local government, was kidnapped by an ‘okada’ rider. According to a…
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