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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,...

Police arraign Lagos businessman, Okechukwu Okeke, who assaulted policewoman in line of duty

  A Lagos businessman, Okechukwu Okeke, who assaulted a policewoman at his Green Field Estate residence at Ago-Okota, Lagos, was Friday arraigned at...

Jealous housewife knifes co-wife to death over sex schedule with hubby

      By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   A 25-year-old junior housewife, Rebecca Nicodemus, has reportedly stabbed her hubby’s senior wife, Precious Nicodemus,...

Horrendous crime: 4 Secondary School students under 20 years, kill, dismember girlfriend, roast head for ritual in Ogun

        In Abeokuta, Ogun State, another horrendous crime has been committed by some secondary school students, who after snuffing a...

SSS 2 student slits 11-year-old junior student’s throat with a razor blade

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   A Senior Secondary School 2 (SSS 2) student of Elkanemi College of Islamic Theology in Maiduguri,...