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The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has expressed deep sadness over the murder of the former President of the Benue State Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Margaret Igbetar in Makurdi. The decomposing body of Justice Igbeta was Thursday, discovered in a poll of blood at her private residence located at No. […]
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A Magistrate Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State, has remanded a nursing mother, Damilola Opeyemi, in the Abolongo Correctional facility in Oyo town, for allegedly stabbing her husband to death over dinner. Magistrate P. O. Adetuyibi did not take her plea due to want of jurisdiction. Adetuyibi said the remand was pending legal advice from […]
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A 78-year-old man, Ojo Komolafe, has been sentenced to death by the state High Court for killing a school proprietor, Taofik Babalola. The convict was said to have shot Babalola on August 7, 2021, at Kajola Community in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state while he was sleeping. Thereafter, he was arrested by the […]
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The Catholic Archbishop of Benin Diocese, Akubeze has mourned the killing of a Reverend father, identified as Charles Igechi, under the Benin Archdiocese who was allegedly shot dead by gunmen in Benin City Edo state. The incident reportedly happened on Wednesday along the Agbor road, Ikhueniro axis of Benin on his way to his place […]
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No fewer than 40 suspects have been paraded by the Ogun State Police Command for various crimes such as cultism, murder and armed robbery. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, who paraded the suspects, said they were apprehended in different parts of the state and outside the state. Addressing newsmen, Oladimeji said […]
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The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a 50-year-old farmer, Olaoluwa Olorunfemi, by four yet-to-be-identified men. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, disclosed this in a statement issued in Akure and made available to newsmen on Monday. Odunlami-Omisanya stated that the deceased was macheted to death at […]
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The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the gruesome murder of the village head of Maigari, Rimin Gado Local Government Area Kano. Alhaji Dahiru Abbas, 70, was said to have been murdered on Sunday by unknown gunmen at his residence. The Kano State Police Commands Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, confirmed the incident in a […]
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An operative of the South East Security outfit code-named Ebubeagu, Ajasm Aja, has been shot dead by his colleague for over N1000, in Ebonyi State. Vanguard learnt that the late Aja and his assailant were part of the Ebubeagu team drafted to the Iṣu community, in the Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, to […]
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