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YNaija July 19, 2023

Justice for Tupac? Latest Search in Homicide Investigation Sparks Hope

In a significant development in the long-standing investigation into the murder of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, Las Vegas police have confirmed conducting a search related to the case. The legendary…

Chinedu Okafor October 5, 2018

Fans demand justice for XXXTentacion as police reveal details

Florida rapper Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, popularly known as XXXTentacion was gunned down in a motorcycle dealership on June 18, 2018, and the police have finally decided to release the…

Omoleye Omoruyi May 31, 2017

Nigerian actress who escaped from prison rearrested

Nigerian actress, Rabi Ismail, who escaped from prison about six years ago, after death sentence was passed on her has been recaptured. Ismail escaped from lawful custody in Hadejia Prison…

Oludolapo Adelana April 4, 2017

Man rapes 12-year-old boy to death in Niger

by Dolapo Adelana The police have arrested one Abubakar, a tea seller in Ngwayanma, in the Kontagora area of Niger State for allegedly sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy, identified only as Aminu, The…

Azeez February 11, 2017

Court sentences soldier to death by hanging for rape, homicide

A soldier, Lance Corporal Oge Etudo has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Abuja High Court for rape and culpable homicide. Etudo had abducted, stabbed and raped a…

Oludolapo Adelana November 23, 2016

Islamic cleric stabs Lagos landlord to death

The Lagos Police Command has arrested an Islamic cleric Alfa Ganiyu Umaru for allegedly killing his landlord in Agbotikuyo bus stop, Ipaja, Lagos, The Punch reports. The incident occurred on Sunday evening…

Azeez September 17, 2016

Man remanded in prison for killing friend with pestle

A Lokoja Chief Magistrate court has remanded in prison an 18-year-old Disc Jockey, Ugbede Iyeh for allegedly killing his friend, Ikani Amodu, with a pestle. According to the prosecutor, Sergeant Tuesday Ganagana, the…

Oludolapo Adelana September 15, 2016

18-year-old DJ kills barber with pestle

An eighteen year old Disc Jockey (DJ), Ugbede Iyeh, has been remanded in prison custody by a Lokoja Chiefs' Magistrate Court for killing his friend, a barber, Ikani Amodu, 30, with…

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Azeez September 10, 2016

Group condemns arrest, detention of Abubakar Audu’s son

A political group, the Audu/Faleke Political Organisation on Friday condemned the arrest and detention of Mohammed Audu, son of former governor of Kogi State, Abubakar Audu for alleged robbery and homicide.…

Oludolapo Adelana August 29, 2016

Man sets wife and daughter ablaze over property

A man who killed his wife and daughter by setting them ablaze is currently on the run. The deceased, a 43-year-old teacher, Gbemisola Edward, and her 11-year-old daughter, Dolapo, were…

Oludolapo Adelana August 22, 2016

Pastor’s wife, 3 others clubbed to death in Sokoto

Four people were clubbed to death with a pestle in Sokoto state by a 43-year-old man, Taiwo Adio. According to The Punch the victims are Yemisi, Adio's wife, Rachael Adewole, 42, Benice…

Ada Igboanugo May 19, 2016

BREAKING: Lekan Shonde to be tried for wife’s murder

Lekan Shonde, the husband alleged to have killed his wife, will go on trial for murder. This information was made known by the Lagos State Police Command, Punch Newspapers reports.…

Adebayo Emuleomo May 13, 2016

Lekan Shonde, man accused of killing his wife, has things to say from police custody

Lekan Shonde who was accused of killing his wife has been implicated further by the testimony of an alleged friend of the deceased Ronke Shonde. The friend, Gloria Esiohe opened…

Adebayo Emuleomo May 12, 2016

Lekan Shonde on hunger strike since arrest by the Police

Detained Lekan Shonde, who has been accused of killing his wife, Ronke Shonde in a bout of domestic violence has reportedly refused to eat since he submitted himself to police…

Kolapo Olapoju December 17, 2014

“They slit her throat”: Female lawyer found murdered in Lagos (PICTURED)

by Temitope Onitiju A popular female Lagos lawyer, Ola Adeola, has been found murdered in her home in Oniru Estate, Lagos. According to the Lagos state Police command, which is currently…

Kolapo Olapoju August 8, 2014

70-year-old pastor and son in court for attempted murder in Ilorin [DETAILS]

by Kolapo Olapoju Ibigbemi Ajayi, a 70-year-old Ilorin-based pastor and his 17-year-old son, Joel, have been arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate’s Court for attempted murder and culpable homicide. Father…

October 14, 2013

Little rascal: Boy, 10, arrested in the UK for killing a 79-year-old man

British police have arrested a 10-year-old boy in the killing of an elderly man who died of head injuries. West Yorkshire police said Monday the boy was arrested in the…

September 14, 2013

Terrible: 7 suspects remanded in prison for beating man to death in Bauchi

by Adeola Balogun Seven persons in Bauchi State have been locked behind bars after an order pronounced by a court to that effect. The suspects were remanded following reports that…

May 26, 2013

Mystery death: Woman found dead in home of well-known US attorney

FACEBOOK Julia Law began working for A. Charles Peruto Jr.’s Philadelphia law firm in July 2011 as a paralegal. According to reports, the two were dating. The body of…

April 16, 2013

Wife beater killed by pregnant wife in argument over P10 (small amount of money)

A pregnant woman was jailed Tuesday after her common-law husband bled to death on the way to a hospital after she stabbed him on the thigh during a fight that…

September 12, 2012

Woman kills her baby and dumps the body in a well

by Isi Esene A 25-year-old woman in Sabon Barkin, Tudun Wada area of Jos South has been arrested today for allegedly killing her baby and throwing the body in a…

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