Opinion: Thank you Nigeria, Nigerians are now lawless

by Olisa Ezeanya If I can provide my own water, provide my own electricity; if I have to pay for security and ‘ndi nche’; then, I can as well execute justice myself. Thus, jungle justice. Yes, many of you have watched the video and probably seen the pictures of some UNIPORT students burnt alive by... Read More

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October 7, 2012

#ALUU4: Varying accounts of the Aluu Community murder

by Isi Esene When the story first broke, it was reported that five boys were caught stealing cell phones and laptops, and so the members of Aluu community beat them to death before the police arrived. That was the version which went viral. Later that night, some youths took to twitter, tweeting eye witness accounts.... Read More

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October 7, 2012

Aluu residents flee to avoid reprisal attacks over killing of UNIPORT students

by Isi Esene There are unconfirmed reports that several students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) earlier on Sunday staged a protest to the the Aluu Community to express their displeasure over the killing of four students of the institution on Friday. Reports say the students killed lived in an off-campus hostel located in... Read More

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October 6, 2012

TICKER: #AprilJones: 46-year-old man charged with murder of missing 5-year-old

Police have confirmed that Mark Bridger has been charged with child abduction, murder and perverting the course of justice over the disappearance of April Jones. The five-year-old was seen willingly getting into large vehicle at around 7pm on Monday evening on the Bryn-y-Gog estate in Machynlleth. Police have been searching for the little girl, who... Read More

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October 6, 2012

Facebook murder: Cynthia Osokogu finally laid to rest

by Isi Esene The late Cynthia Osokogu who was killed in a hotel at Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, was finally laid to rest on Friday. The burial ceremony took place at her father’s residence at Boji Boji Owa, Agbor, in Delta state. It was attended mainly by family members and a few of her friends. Cynthia,... Read More

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October 3, 2012

TICKER: Mubi Massacre: Police arrest suspects, residents allege cover-up

Mubi residents decry the attitude of the state and security agencies to the killing. The Adamawa State Police Command has made some arrests in connection with the killing of over 40 people, many of them students in Mubi, Adamawa state. The police spokesman, Muhammed Ibrahim, who announced this on Wednesday, also said some of the... Read More

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October 3, 2012

TICKER: Let’s kill the killers – David Mark charges on Mubi massacre

Senators expressed outrage at the failure of security agencies to protect lives and property of citizens. President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday, ordered security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of the massacre of students in Mubi, Adamawa. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, disclosed this to State House correspondents at... Read More

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October 2, 2012

TICKER: Teenager allegedly murders her baby seconds after birth

A 14-year-old is accused of choking her newborn to death while the baby was still attached to her by the umbilical cord. Cassidy Goodson of Lakeland, Fla., is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse, according to the Ledger. Goodson gave birth to a boy in the bathroom of her home on Sept. 19,... Read More

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September 25, 2012

Shocking: Pregnant woman murdered in mysterious circumstances in Ebonyi

by Reuben Daba The circumstances surrounding the death last weekend of Mrs. Grace Nwangwu, an eight-month-old pregnant woman, who was killed in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State remains hazy. Reports say the woman was killed while trying to steal some food crops in a farm near her house at midnight. Strange indeed! As... Read More

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September 21, 2012

Driver sentenced to death for murder of lecturer (after 12 years)

by Stanley Azuakola For murdering a lecturer and stealing his car, a driver, Kehinde Olude was sentenced to death on Thursday by a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja presided over by Justice Olubunmi Oyewole. Justice Oyewole, while giving his ruling, said he had examined the submissions of the prosecution led by Luqman Sanusi and... Read More

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September 14, 2012

Oshimhole’s aide murder: Court orders police to pay Ugolor N5m for unlawful detention

by Akan Ido Judge Esther Edigin of the Edo State High Court today ordered the police to pay David Ugolor a sum of N5m for damages caused him by his unlawful detention. The judge had on August 16 given an order compelling the police to release Ugolor, an order which was ignored. Ugolor had been... Read More

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September 9, 2012

Cynthia Osokogu’s burial: Autopsy concluded, why body was withheld by police

by Isi Esene A police source privy to investigations into the alleged rape and murder of Cynthia Osokogu, the post-graduate student who was killed in a Festac hotel, have confirmed that the autopsy being carried out on her body has been concluded yesterday. According to the source, her body was not released to the family... Read More

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September 8, 2012

Thriller: How Anambra’s most wanted criminal was nabbed

by Stanley Azuakola Mr. Olisagbo Ifedike, 36, has been on every single most wanted list in the South-Eastern state of Anambra for the past few years. He’d been a source of headache for the state’s police commissioner, Bala Nasarawa. Now, Nasarawa doesn’t have to worry about that problem any more as he has the famed... Read More

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September 8, 2012

“Cynthia’s untimely death is a clear case of betrayal of trust” – Gov. Uduaghan

by Isi Esene The governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan yesterday advised Nigerian youth to positively exploit the benefits of social media for the development of the society. He said this at Boji Boji-Owa while on a condolence visit to the family of Maj.-Gen. Frank Osokogu (rtd.) on the death of their daughter, Cynthia, who... Read More

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September 6, 2012

Cynthia Osokogu’s killers: 50 nude pictures of rape victims surface, Festac hotel to be sued

by Isi Esene The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), led by Olusegun Runsewe, yesterday declared its intention to sue the management of Cosmilla Hotel where Cynthia Osokogu was allegedly murdered by Echezona Nwabufor Okwuomo and Ezekiel Nnechuwu Olisa Eloka. The corporation accused the management of the hotel of not complying with laid down processes and... Read More

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September 5, 2012

“I sold her phone for N68,000” – Police arrest new suspect in Cynthia’s murder

by Stanley Azuakola The Nigeria Police Force has made another breakthrough in its ongoing investigations into the death of Cynthia Osokogu with the arrest of another suspect, who was in possession of the late Cynthia’s Blackberry Bold 5 (99100 Model) phone, by the Lagos State Police Command. Read: Cynthia Osokogu’s alleged killers recorded rape video... Read More

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September 5, 2012

Cynthia Osokogu’s alleged killers recorded rape video

by Isi Esene There are indications that the alleged killers of Cynthia Osokogu might have recorded their crime while raping the post-graduate student of Nasarawa State University. The bizarre video was reportedly found on the laptop of one of the suspects with the victim’s face clearly visible and the suspect’s faces blurred. Reports say, apart... Read More

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September 4, 2012

Horrific: Man machetes sleeping father to death

by Isi Esene The Obodoukwu Imoka community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State was thrown into chaos over the weekend when a young man allegedly attacked his father with a machete inflicting severe injuries which the latter died from. Reports say the young man, Chinedu Umahi was said to have gone berserk... Read More

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September 1, 2012

“We are not friends with a murderer” – Friends of Cynthia murder suspect protest his detention

by Stanley Azuakola The tragic story of Cynthia Osokogu, the lady who was invited to a hotel in Lagos by her Facebook friends, then raped and murdered, continues to generate ripples two weeks after the news broke out. Cynthia’s killers have already been arrested and paraded by the police. The two main suspects, Echezona... Read More

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August 30, 2012

Hotel sacks staff on duty during the Cynthia Osokogu killing

by Isi Esene The management of the hotel in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, where Cynthia Osokogu was allegedly killed have sacked all the members of staff on duty on the day of the murder. According to the management of Cosmilla Hotel, located at Lake View Estate, Amuwo Odofin, the members were sacked because they breached security... Read More

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August 24, 2012

Cynthia Osokogu’s alleged killers may have been serial offenders, more victims emerge

by Isi Esene The last has not being heard about the case of Cynthia Osokogu, the post-graduate student of Nasarawa State University who was murdered in a hotel at Amuwo Odofin, Festac Town recently. Reports say an unidentified model came forward, yesterday, claiming the suspects held in the murder case are serial offenders who have... Read More

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August 23, 2012

WATCH: Cynthia Osokogu’s killers speak on their alleged crime

by Isi Esene The alleged killers of Cynthia Osokogu, a post graduate student of Nasarawa State University, have spoken on ChannelsTV about their alleged crime. The two suspects Echezona Nwabufor, 33, and Ezekiel Nnechuwu Olisa Eloka, 23, have confessed to the killing of the young woman. According to Nwabufor, the duo did not intend to... Read More

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August 23, 2012

Suspects in the murder of Cynthia Osokogu nabbed in Lagos, they tell a gruesome tale

by Isi Esene Men of the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, yesterday, paraded the alleged killers of Cynthia Osokogu , the daughter of a Rtd. Gen. Osokogu who was murdered in an hotel in Festac Town, Lagos. Paraded were two suspects, Echezona Nwabufor, 33, and Ezekiel Nnechuwu Olisa Eloka, 23, who confessed to the killing... Read More

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August 17, 2012

TICKER: Horrific: 22-year old jailed for birthing twins and dumping them in car trunk to die

An Iowa woman charged with killing her new-born twin daughters pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of second-degree murder. Jackie Burkle, 22, of Huxley, Iowa, was sentenced to 50 years in prison and will have to serve a minimum of 35 years before she is eligible for parole. Burkle was arrested in January after... Read More

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August 13, 2012

His soul was troubled: Man reports self to police 8 months after crime

by Isi Esene A 27-year-old man in Delta State has reported himself to the police for taking part in the kidnapping and killing of a woman last December. He said he is being tormented by the woman’s spirit who he revealed they buried alive in his compound when she became too weak. Mr. Charles Muka,... Read More

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August 10, 2012

Pastor kills father and uncle, accuses them of wizardry

by Mayowa Salami Mr. Udoka Onwe, 22-year-old pastor from Umuogodo Akpu Ngbo village in Ohaukwu LGA of Ebonyi State was reported to have killed his father, Mr. Peter Onwe Elum, 60, and uncle, Mr. James Elum, accusing them of trying to kill him with witchcraft. Onwe, claimed they were both wizards so he decided to... Read More

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August 6, 2012

SHOCKING: Man kills 8-day-old daughter for money-making rituals

by Isi Esene An eight-day-old baby has been allegedly killed for ritual purposes by her 24-year-old step-father in Delta State. The suspect who has confessed to the crime said he was directed to do it by a spiritualist based in Ghana. The baby’s mother reported the incident to the police saying the suspect used a... Read More

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August 4, 2012

Horror: 21-year-old lady tied and burnt to death by aggrieved lover

by Isi Esene Tolu Esuola, a 21-year-old lady was recently found tied to a bed and burnt to death in Oyo Town, Oyo State. Speaking on the incident, Mrs. Juliana Esuola, Tolu’s mother, said she suspects Tolu’s former love interest simply known as Kunle, who was said to have been seen by neighbours in the... Read More

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July 29, 2012

Tragic: Man shoots his two children, then commits suicide

by Adeniyi Abdul What could drive a man to shoot his 7-year-old child? We might never know, but sadly occurrences like this one keep making us wonder. A 41-year-old man from Massachusetts in the USA has shot his two children, killing the 7-year-old girl before committing suicide. His 9-year-old son is said to be in... Read More

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July 24, 2012

Man shoots and kills wife for serving him wrong delicacy

by Isi Esene There was drama at Umida Enugu Ezike in Igboeze North LGA when a former member of the Enugu Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), Hon. Mathias Nweze, reported himself to the police for shooting his wife. In his report to the police authorities, he claimed his generator went off twice late in the night... Read More

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