The High Court of South Africa, Northern Cape Division in Kimberley, has sentenced Itumeleng Reclin Machabe, also known as Bendow (27), to two life terms plus an additional 44 years in prison. The sentence follows his conviction on multiple charges, including the r*pe and murder of 11-year-old Relebogile Segami, the r*pe of two other ...

Human rights activist and social media influencer, Chude Nnamdi, has revealed that the kidnappers of Hon. Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, withdrew N100 million from his bank account before murdering him. In a post on his verified social media page on Friday, February 7, 2025, Nnamdi claimed that the ...

  The Imo State Police Command has arrested four suspects, including a police inspector, in connection with the murder of Barrister Chinedu Nwowu in Mgbidi Town. The arrested officer, identified as Inspector Augustine Odidika, was taken into custody last Thursday, a day after Nwowu was brutally killed. Reports indicate that Nwowu had previously petitioned the ...

    A nursing mother in Owerri, Imo State, has sparked outrage after allegedly causing the death of her underage maid, reportedly for watching television with her children. A video circulating online captures the dramatic aftermath at a hospital in Owerri. The woman, seen carrying her baby, is surrounded by an angry crowd accusing her ...

    Gospel artiste Timileyin Ajayi has pleaded not guilty to charges of culpable homicide in connection with the death of Salome Adaidu, a 24-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, in Nasarawa State. Ajayi was arraigned before Justice Simon Aboki at the High Court of Justice in Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Monday, January 27, ...

  Lawyers in Imo State have boycotted all court proceedings in the Mgbidi, Oguta, and Omuma areas following the tragic murder of a fellow legal practitioner, Chinedu George Nwowu. The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Orlu Branch, directed the closure of courts in these areas on Thursday to honor their slain colleague and express their outrage. ...

  A shocking case of domestic violence has emerged from Lafiyagi Dzwafu village in Katcha Local Government Area, Niger State, where 27-year-old Fatima Dzuma is accused of killing her husband, Baba Aliyu. The tragic incident occurred during preparations for the naming ceremony of Baba’s first wife’s newborn child. Fatima, who had been married to Baba ...

  A Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Akwanga has sentenced Gambo Adamu to death by hanging for the murder of Hassan Ahmed. The court found Adamu guilty of killing Ahmed and harvesting his organs, a heinous act that led to the victim’s death. Delivering the judgment, Justice Mustapha Ramat ruled that the crime committed ...

    A teenage boy in China has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his classmate, in a case that has ignited a national debate on the treatment of juvenile offenders. The boy, identified by his surname Zhang, was found guilty of intentional homicide by a court in Hebei Province on Monday. ...

    A Kenyan court has sentenced freelance photographer Jacktone Odhiambo to 50 years in prison for the murder of prominent LGBTQ activist Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, popularly known as Edwin Chiloba. The killing, which occurred in January 2023, sent shockwaves through Kenya’s LGBTQ community and drew widespread condemnation from international human rights organizations. Initially speculated ...

  A Magistrates’ Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has ordered the remand of a 24-year-old man, Nurudeen Hammed, in a correctional facility for allegedly killing his grandfather and uncle. The tragic incident took place in the Apete area of Ibadan on September 8, 2024. Hammed, who is facing a two-count charge of murder, did not enter ...

  In a tragic incident in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, a legal practitioner named Sunday Ununu has reportedly killed an orphan, Nnamdi Nwite Ugo, during a village election celebration. The incident occurred during the Izzi Unuphu Power of Attorney community election in Abakaliki Local Government Area, where Ununu, a counsel for the group, was celebrating by ...

  In a landmark ruling, a Kano High Court has delivered a verdict of death by hanging for Geng Quandong, a Chinese national charged with the murder of his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Buhari. The court found Quandong, aged 47, guilty of culpable homicide punishable by death under Section 221 of the Penal Code Law of ...

A grandfather was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the murder of his 80-year-old wife, who was suffering from dementia. The man, who used a baseball bat, hammer, and chisel in the attack at their bungalow on Turpins Close in Holland-on-Sea, Essex, a county located in the East of England, United Kingdom, on ...

  Former Paralympic athlete was serving 13-year sentence for Valentine’s Day shooting of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. Former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been released on parole from a prison in South Africa nearly 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The athlete was quietly taken out of the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre ...

  The police in Benue State have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of a former President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Late Justice Margaret Igbetar, whose decomposing body was found on the 24th of August 2023. The Commissioner of Police in Benue, Bartholomew Onyeka, who disclosed this while briefing journalists in ...