Tag Archives: Nigeria.

A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment over a murder attempt on a woman by macheting her in the farm in Aramoko Ekiti, Nigeria. The suspect was arraigned before the court on a one-count charge bordering on an attempt to murder. The victim, in her testimony before the …

A 24-year-old woman has been arrested for killing her one-year-old son as she dumped her four month old in a well along the road in the Isoko region of Delta State, Nigeria. “The woman killed her son because she couldn’t care for the child again as the father rejected the …

A day-old baby boy abandoned in a polythene bag has been rescued at Alhaji Masha Road, in the Surulere area of Lagos State, Nigeria. “A social worker attached to a hospital in Surulere, while on her way to a destination, heard the sound of a crying baby emanating from the …

A 33-year-old butched has been arrested for stabbing his 25-year-old wife to death in Sabon Gari-Futy, Girei Local Government Area, Nigeria. The suspect brutally killed the deceased as he accused her of taking away his phone that led to little argument. “He stabbed her wife severally with a sharp knife …

A Chinese national has been sentenced to death after finding him guilty of killing his girlfriend in kano State, Nigeria. “The suspect was accused of stabbing his 22-year-old girlfriend in self-defense at a residence in Kano,” according to reports. The suspect was convicted by a local court in Kano State, …

A man has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for defiling his nine-year-old daughter and only child in Anambra State, Nigeria. The judgment was delivered in a three-count brought against the defendant by the state government following compelling evidence proving him guilty as charged. Th suspect was consequently sentenced to …

Police have arrested a 17-year-old girl who allegedly stabbed her adoptive mother to death in Oda, Akure, Nigeria. “The deceased’s family claimed the suspect was suffering from mental illness,” according to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami. “The decomposing body of the deceased was found at her …

A man has been arrested for macheting his father to death over a parcel of land in Uruting Village, Okobo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. “The 75-year-old deceased owned numerous parcels of land in the state,” according to his son. “The deceased sold some of the land, …

A suspected human trafficker has been arrested after trafficking five children in Katari, Kachia Local Government Area, Nigeria. “The arrest followed a complaint lodged by a woman of Katari who resides in the area,” the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed. Operatives of attached to the Kaduna State …

Suspected hoodlums have stabbed a 33-year-old freelance photographer in Tundun Fulani Area of Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. “The hoodlums have trailed Salawadeen to his house and stabbed him many times in the presence of his three children,” according to reports. “The killers forced their way intoapartment and killed him,” according …