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Murder by lethal injection: Guilt-racked 82-year-old monarch with 12 wives, 60 children keeps a date with hangman
The aphorism that “the law is no respecter of persons and will bring good or evil to any, according to his use or...
Nigerian man and U.S. marshal, Iwuagwu faces trial for alleged money laundering, $1.9m online romance scams
A Nigerian and U.S. Justice Department contractor, who is resident in Maryland, U.S., 35-year-old Isodore Iwuagwu, is facing trial in court over alleged...
Fatal raping of Philosophy grad, Umoren: Daredevil Uyo man, Uduak Akpan, gets hangman’s knot
After 16 months of trial for violently raping and killing a graduate job-seeker, a dare-devil Uyo boy, Uduak Akpan, is to get the...
Disrespectful girl locked up, chained in room for eight years by mom
A girl, who was chained and locked up in a room for eight years by her mother in Kaduna State, has been rescued...
Jealous husband of three wives, shoots fatally wife’s lover in the head, to die by hanging
Adelake Bara, who shot and killed the suspected lover one of his three wives, has an appointment with the hangman. This is the...
U.S. Police launch man-hunt for Nigerian national, Nwobodo, for killing, dismembering woman
A Nigerian national, Chukwuebuka Nwobodo, 28, has been declared wanted for murder and tampering with evidence, Police in Houston, Texas, in U S....
Roasting of sex worker over alleged blasphemy against Holy Quran: Three suspects hauled up in court
Like a beef, a Lagos sex worker, whose name was given as Hannah Saliu has been fatally stabbed and roasted in a fire...
Rapist kills woman, child at riverside for resisting rape
A rapist, who murdered a nursing mother by the riverside, where she went to bathe with her child, has been apprehended by the...
Female student beaten, burnt to death in Sokoto for “blasphemy”
A Christian student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, identified as Deborah, was on Thursday beaten and burnt to death...
$148,000 romance scam: FG extradicts Adedunmola Gbadegesin to U.S.
For allegedly defrauding an American woman of over $148,000 in a “romance scam”, a Nigerian, Adedunmola Gbadegesin, has been extradited to the United...
Husband rips wife’s belly open, severs intestine over disagreement
A 23-year-old mother of two, Mercy Samuel, died in Plateau State on Wednesday, after her husband reportedly ripped open her stomach, removed her...
Kano court remands elderly woman, teenager for plucking boy’s eyeball for “juju” (charms)
A woman believed to be in her 70s, Furera Abubakar, and a teenage boy are to cool their heels behind bars for allegedly...
Petrol gift at Lagos party: Socialite, Chindinma Pearl, bags 27 months in jail
For doling out Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) as souvenir at her installation party, Lagos socialite, Ms Ogbulu Chindinma Pearl, is to cool her...
U.S.-bound DC Abba Kyari arraigned, enters “not-guilty” plea
Standing in the dock, Kyari denied the allegations brought against him and six others by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)....
Jealous married man kills girlfriend, commits suicide
A yet-to-be-identified man and a girl have been found dead inside a Sienna bus at Mowe/Ibafo axis of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The blue...
Poisonous salt in circulation in Lagos, two businesswomen nabbed
Two businesswomen, who allegedly repackaged industrial salt for human consumption, have been hauled up before a Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused,...
