Tag: Murder
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Police arrest cook who murdered Ondo chief
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested the cook who killed his boss, Chief Ope Bademosi, in Lagos. The cook, who was identified as Sunday, was said to have committed the offence at the Lagos home of the deceased. He was alleged to have run away after the dastardly act. The police thereafter declared him…
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Outrage as Boko Haram murders another abducted aid worker in Borno
The Boko Haram insurgents on Monday killed another worker of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, Hauwa Liman. Recall that the ICRC on Sunday raised alarm that the Boko Haram threatened to kill Liman within the next 24 hours. Liman was kidnapped alongside others in March in Rann, Borno State, when…
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OPC member, man granted bail over murder charge
A member of the Odu’a Peoples Congress (OPC), Rafiu Idowu and and a man, Musa Idris, charged with murder, were on Tuesday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The duo of Idowu, 35, and Idris, 39, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.O. Ajibade,…
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Court grants bail to eight South African police officers accused of murdering Nigerian
The eight South African police officers arrested in connection with brutal murder of a Nigerian in 2017 have been released on bail by that country’s Magistrate Court. Adetola Olubajo, President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa (NUSA), confirmed the latest development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Pretoria on Monday.…
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Harry Uzoka demise: Three guilty of killing popular model
A certain London model has been found guilty of killing his rival in a row over a girlfriend. George Koh, 24, stabbed fellow model Harry Uzoka in the heart after he went to settle the dispute, accompanied by two friends on 11 January. Uzoka, 25, who was armed with a dumbbell bar, died in…
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Supreme Court discharges, acquits man convicted of murder at age 12
The Supreme Court on Friday discharged and acquitted Yusuf Musa who was convicted of murder at the age of 12. Delivering judgment, Justice Ejembi Eko held that the appeal had merit. Eko, who read the lead judgment prepared by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, said both the Jigawa High Court and the Court of Appeal Kaduna, should…
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Tupac’s murder: Keefe D Davis reveals assassin 22 years later
Till date, Tupac’s murder is still shrouded in mystery. Tupac is considered one of the greatest rappers in hip hop history, but his bustling career came to a tragic end when he was murdered in a drive-by shooting in 1996. Despite the myriad of conspiracy theories and attempts to solve the case of his murder,…
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Lady murdered in Abuja after firing guard, driver
A woman identified as Onise Ismail, has been murdered by an unknown assailant at her residence in Citec Estate, Mbora, Jabi bypass, Abuja. The deceased, popularly known as Ize, was reportedly stabbed several times in her chest and in the neck till she gave up the ghost. According to a report by The Punch, she…
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BREAKING: Soldiers invade Police station, arrest DPO over murder of colleague
There was pandemonium along Ada George Road in Port Harcourt on Thursday morning as soldiers sacked the Rumukpakani Police Station, allegedly over the killing of their colleague by a policeman. The murdered soldier, who was in mufti, was said to have been shot near the Police station by one of the policemen on duty. It…
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![[Photo] Shiite leader, El-Zakzaky appears court, charged with murder](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/El-Zakzaky.jpg)
[Photo] Shiite leader, El-Zakzaky appears court, charged with murder
The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, on Tuesday, appeared before a Kaduna High Court over allegations of murder. The appearance marks the first time the Shiite leader would be tried in public since his arrest and detention in December 2015. The State Security Service, SSS, has held the Shiite leader…