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Murder

March 22, 2022

Oluwabamise: Court remands BRT driver over rape, murder of passenger

On Tuesday, the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court ordered BRT driver Andrew Ominnikoron to be remanded in prison custody.

Oluwabamise Ayanwolak and Nice Andrew Omininikoron
March 16, 2022

Police arrest Nigerian soldiers for murder, robbery

“They were court-martialled by the military authority before being transferred to the command for further investigation.”

Nigerian Police, Soldiers
March 11, 2022

Court remands Lagos BRT driver for murder, rape

The police confirmed the arrest Mr Omininikoron on Monday in connection with the death of 22-year-old Ayanwola

March 9, 2022

Reps call for unraveling of Bamise’s murderers; observe one minute silence

The House said that the security agencies should ensure that the alleged killers of the 22-year-old lady were brought to justice.

House of Reps
February 16, 2022

Cross River: Man to die by hanging after killing twin daughters for witchcraft

The judge held that the defendant had willfully and gruesomely murdered his 11 year-old twin in 2017 after dubbing them witches.

Court room
February 15, 2022

Teenager charged with murder over death of baby born of rape

The 15-year-old was detained after the baby boy was found with stab wounds on his chest.

Gavel used to illustrate the story
October 14, 2021

Fifty-one kidnap victims rescued, 132 suspects arrested in Edo: Police

He also stated that the command arrested 132 suspects during the period, explaining that they were arrested for murder, kidnapping, cultism, armed robbery, and arson.

IGP Usman Baba Alkali
July 12, 2021

Chidinma, prime suspect changes story, denies killing Usifo Ataga

On June 24, Chidinma Ojukwi told reporters that he stabbed the deceased to death after he attempted to have sex with her. She now denies that account in a latest interview.

Usifo-Ataga-Chidinma-Ojukwu
January 28, 2021

Police arrest 25 cultists, three herbalists during initiation

The arrest was made following an intelligence report that some cultists planned to breach public peace, after conducting an initiation rite for new members in the Ita-Oshin area of Abeokuta.

Edward Ajogun
December 25, 2020

Court jails Russian professor for murdering student

He was convicted for the murder of his young student lover, whom he dismembered.

Oleg Sokolov