Sunday, June 21, 2026

Murder

July 4, 2023

Malaysia ends mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking, murder, others

The courts have been bound to continue sentencing defendants to death despite no executions being carried out since 2017.

Malaysian flag
June 15, 2023

Tinubu: U.S. killings worse than Nigeria’s; 20,000 killed in five months, APC tells Amnesty International

“By the end of May 2023, almost 20,000 people have died cumulatively as a result of gun violence and other violent crimes in America.”

American President Joe Biden and Nigerian President Bola Tinubu
June 14, 2023

Ataga: Absence of Chidinma’s counsel halts trial

She is charged alongside her sister, Chioma Egbuchu and one Adedapo Quadri.

Usifo-Ataga-Chidinma-Ojukwu
May 30, 2023

Utaga’s Murder: Absence of counsel stalls Chidinma’s trial

The counsel was unable to appear because he was ill, while others in the defence team could not also appear due to other engagements.

Chidinma Ojukwu, Usifo Utaga
April 28, 2023

Court remands two suspects over extrajudicial killing of alleged ‘Yahoo boy’ in Ondo

Magistrate Musa Al-Yunus said that there are “probable causes” to remand the two suspects (Messrs Amos and Farotimi) who were the first 1st and 3rd defendants in the murder case.

Court
April 5, 2023

Cash App founder Bob Lee stabbed to death

Bob Lee, the founder of Cash App and former chief technology officer at Square, was stabbed to death on Tuesday morning.

Cash App and Bob Lee
March 12, 2023

Guard arrested over murder of housemaid inside bedroom

A deep cut was discovered on the head of the deceased found in her bedroom, the police spokesman said.

SP Benjamin Hundeyin
March 10, 2023

Several people killed in hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hamburg

Several people have been shot dead in a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Hamburg, Germany.

German police at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Hamburg
March 1, 2023

Reps minority leader, Doguwa, remanded for murder

The prosecutor, Mrs Aisha Salisu, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on Feb. 26 at Tudun Wada Dankadai in Dawakin Kudi Local Government Area of Kano State.

Alhassan-Ado-Doguwa
February 8, 2023

Media mogul, police officer, dozen others detained in Cameroon over journalist’s murder 

Martinez Zogo had alleged during one of his radio programmes that media mogul Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga was planning to kill him.

Martinez Zogo