murder
17 Dec
Over 28% of murders carried out across the country are not reported to the police because the police would not respond satisfactorily, according to the latest Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report. The NBS publication titled Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey 2024, published on Tuesday, covers the period ranging from March 2023 to April…
28 Nov
The Police in Adamawa have apprehended two suspects for alleged murder of a Police Inspector, Ibrahim Maizabuwa, attached to Police command in Gombe State. This is contained in a statement by the spokesman of the command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, on Thursday in Yola. Nguroje said the suspects were among five other suspects, who allegedly committed…
25 Nov
Emirati authorities said Monday three suspects from Uzbekistan were in custody over the murder of a rabbi, a rare violent incident involving an Israeli citizen in the UAE, as his body was flown to Israel for burial. The United Arab Emirates signed a peace agreement with Israel in 2020 under the US-brokered Abraham Accords. Tzvi…
21 Nov
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has arraigned Savoir Robort, alias Timba, on a two-count charge of cultism and attempted murder. According to court documents, Robort and members of his cult gang allegedly ambushed Chief Gani Topba, leader of the Conscience of Ogoni People, on March 12, 2023, while returning from Zaakpo…
20 Nov
A 92-year-old man has been charged in the UK with the murder and rape of a woman almost six decades ago, British police said Wednesday. Louisa Dunne, 75, was found dead by a neighbour inside her home in the southwestern English city of Bristol in June 1967. Her cause of death was recorded as strangulation…
12 Nov
A Nigerian man, Olalekan Abimbola Olawusi, sought by Rhode Island authorities on charges of murder, serious bodily injury to a child, and
26 Oct
The police command in Enugu says it has arrested and detained a Police Inspector serving in the Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, over alleged murder of a musician, Okezie Mba, popularly known as Igbo-Jah. This is contained in a statement by the Command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Saturday in Enugu. Ndukwe said that the incident occurred…
18 Oct
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver Andrew Ominikoron, standing trial for allegedly raping and murdering a 22-year-old fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, opened his defence on Thursday. Ominikoron, who testified in his defence before the Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), told the court that he neither raped nor killed Ayanwole. The defence…
15 Oct
Authorities in Ivory Coast have arrested members of a powerful student federation that is accused of sowing terror on campuses, in a murder
10 Oct
The Kano State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of 32-year-old Dahiru Musa in Dorayi Quarters, Kano
2 Oct
A UK police officer went on trial on Wednesday charged with the murder of a black man in London two years ago. Firearms officer Martyn Blake, 40, denied a charge of murdering Chris Kaba, 24, who was shot in the head on September 5, 2022. Prosecutors told the Old Bailey court the shooting was "not…
12 Sep
A former Philippine provincial governor accused of masterminding the 2011 murder of an environmental activist and radio show host has surrendered after more than a year in hiding, a government official said Thursday. In the 13 years since Gerry Ortega was shot dead on the tropical island of Palawan, the region's former governor Joel Reyes,…
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