Tag: Murderer
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Pretoria residents react as Pistorius parole fails
South African former professional sprinter and convicted murderer, Oscar Pistorius, has been denied parole and will continue to serve his sentence. Pistorius, who was denied parole on Friday (Mar. 31) would have to wait until a new parole hearing next year. He had been sentenced in 2017 to 13 years in prison for the 2013…
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[WATCH] Murderer of Iniobong attempts to escape after delivery of death verdict
After the Akwa Ibom state High Court sentenced Uduak Akpan, the first accused in the killer of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniobong Umoren to death by hanging, the culprit attempted to escape. Akpan attempted to escape shortly after the sentence was announced by the trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang, on Thursday.
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Delta police capture suspected murderer of pepper seller
The Police Command in Delta has detained another suspect in connection with alleged murder of a pepper seller in Ugheli South area of the state. The acting Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Edafe Bright, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Warri. Bright said the suspect, identified as Akpoghene Idogo, aged…
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Sudan arrests suspected murderer of Nigerian diplomat
The Sudanese authorities have announced the arrest of a woman accused of killing an Immigration Attaché at the Nigerian embassy in Khartoum. Habibu Almu, Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, was found stabbed to death at his home in the Sudanese capital city of Khartoum on Thursday last week. In a very short statement, the official news…
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Herdsmen/farmers’ crisis: Stop calling Buhari a murderer, Presidency warns
The Presidency has condemned an opinion article published by a national daily associating President Muhammadu Buhari with the killings in Benue and calling him a murderer. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made the condemnation when he addressed State House correspondents in Abuja on Friday. He also…