Tag: Kill
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Court remands herdsman for allegedly killing colleague
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered the remand of a herdsman, Jaye Mohammadu, in Agodi Prisons for allegedly killing his mate over N2,000. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Abdulateef Adebisi, said that Mohammadu, 18, should be remanded at the prisons, pending an advice from the Oyo State Director of Public Prosecutions. However,…
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Police arrest ‘Yahoo Boy’ trying to kill own mother for money ritual
Ayobo, Lagos, was, on yesterday, greeted with the gory sight of a helpless mother whose face and the skull was badly battered by her son in his attempt to advance his cyber fraud business (Yahoo) to the ritual level. The incident took place at No.2 Raji Ajanaku street, Alaja Road, Ayobo, inside the flat the…
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South African police officers to appear in court for allegedly killing Nigerian
The Nigerian Mission in South Africa announced on Friday that police officers implicated in the alleged murder of a Nigerian, Ibrahim Badmus, would be charged to court soon. Badmus, 25, who was murdered in 2017, was among no fewer than 120 Nigerians, mainly young people, killed in South Africa since February 2016. Nigeria’s Consul-General in…
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Son kills mother over N20,000 pocket money in Lagos
A 27-year-old man, Emmanuel Eghaghe, is on the run after he beat his mother to death for allegedly refusing to give him a sum of N20,000. Emmanuel had reportedly visited the 61-year-old woman at her shop on Jinadu Street, Ajangbadi, Lagos State, on July 6, 2018. It was learnt that Emmanuel told her mother, Helen,…
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Man in court over alleged attempt to kill father
A 33-year-old applicant, Mohammed Mohammed, was on Friday remanded in prison by a Minna Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly attempting to kill his father. The accused is facing a count charge of attempted culpable homicide, contrary to Section 229 of the Penal Code. Magistrate Amina Musa, declined to take his plea on the ground that the…
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Police kill man over missing cow in Cross River
There was tension in Itigidi, headquarters of Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, following the alleged murder of a community leader and mortician, Mr. Isong Nkanu aka Isong No Joke, by the Police. The incident was triggered after some village chiefs and the youth leader were invited by the Police and later detained…
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Just in: Gunmen kill UNIBEN Professor, Paul Otasowie
A senior staff of the University of Benin, Edo State, Prof. Paul Otasowie, has been killed by gunmen. It was learnt Otasowie was shot dead by the armed men in front of his residence on Ekehuan road in Oredo Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday evening. There was, however, speculation that the professor…
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Man, 22 kills 55-yr-old mother, rips her womb, intestines open
The Edo State Police Command has arrested one Caleb Obasogie, 22, for killing his 55-year old mother, Josephine Igbineweka. According investigations, Caleb allegedly killed his mother because she refused to give him money. The incidence occurred around 8am at their residence at 31A, Iyamu Street, off Textile Mill Road, Benin City. Witnesses said Caleb locked…
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‘This storm will kill you if you don’t leave’ – Florida Governor, Rick Scott warns residents
Irma trained its sights on Florida and officials warned more than 5 million people that time was running out Friday and ordered them to evacuate ahead of the deadly hurricane as it followed a path that could take it from one end of the state to the other. By late Friday, Irma had regained Category…
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Boko Haram kill 31 fishermen in Borno
At least 31 fishermen have been killed by Boko Haram jihadists in two separate attacks on islands in Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria, fishermen and vigilantes fighting the Islamists told AFP late Monday. Armed jihadists stormed the fishing islands of Duguri and Dabar Wanzam in the freshwater lake Saturday, attacking fishermen working in the area…