Justice Maimuna Talatu Abubakar of a Minna High Court in Niger State yesterday sentenced 11 persons standing trial for murder to death by hanging. The convicts were among 26 accused persons arraigned before the court on a seven-count charge contrary to Sections 227 and 228 of the penalty code. The court discharged the other accused ...

A Kano State high court has directed the state ministry of Justice to provide the alleged murderers of the five years old Hanifa Abubakar with legal representation before the procedure of the prosecution. Justice Usman Na’aba of the high court six sitting at Audu Bako secretariat gave the order on Monday when the prosecution arraigned ...

A teenager, Soliu Majekodunmi, who connived with three of his friends to behead his girlfriend, simply identified as Rofiat, for ritual purpose, has been arrested. The teenager fled as soon as he sighted police operatives where they were burning the head of the girl for ritual purpose. According to the spokesman of the Ogun State ...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is His servant and Messenger. The conventional newspapers and social media have reported how Hanifah Abubakar, a ...

In the Supreme Court of Nigeria Holden at Abuja On Friday, the 11th day of June, 2021 Before Their Lordships Amina Adamu Augie Uwani Musa Abba Aji Mohammed Lawal Garba Tijjani Abubakar Emmanuel Akomaye Agim Justices, Supreme Court SC. 996C/2018 Between Nancy Aiwuyor- Appellant And The State- Respondent (Lead Judgement delivered by Honourable Mohammed Lawal ...

The Lagos State Government has cleared five students and five employees of Dowen College accused of complicity in the death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni. The state cleared them as well as the school following the Legal Advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Ms. Adetutu Oshinusi. A copy of the legal advice which was ...

International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria has condemned in strong terms, the torture and death of Sylvester Oromoni Jr, the twelve-year-old boy of Dowen College, Lagos. It also condoled with the family over this great and unfortunate loss of a young child with great promise for a bright future. FIDA which also called for ...

The rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Spokane, Washington, in 1959 has been solved thanks to advanced DNA technology. Authorities said last week that Candy Rogers was raped and murdered by a man 11 years her senior in March 1959 after disappearing from her home. She was selling campfire mints in her Spokane’s ...

Three traditional rulers were said to have been killed when gunmen invaded Njaba local government area headquarters at Nnenasaa where a security stakeholders’ meeting was being held Tuesday afternoon. The hoodlums reportedly sporadically, and killed the three monarchs present at the meeting. Blueprint gathered from a source that the meeting was being held to find ...

To the bereaved family who may be nearing closure with the sentence, the plea bargain in a capital murder case makes mockery of death and the act of wanton murder. Justice must be seen to be served and must be served in any humane society.

A youth leader, Darlington Onyelike, wrote “rest in peace Kenneth Ibe. There is always an end to every creature. Though yours was so sudden. Those that murdered you today will never go unpunished."

In the filed documents, Chauvin said he has no income and no legal representation in the appeals process. A defense fund that paid for his representation during the trial was terminated after his sentencing.

Ekeh said the remains of Late Edina Lovely-Worleru would not be released to the deceased family for burial, noting that the body was a property of the federal government even in death.

While sentencing Usulor, Taiwo asked why he killed the lawyer. “It was a mistake, I didn’t know what got into me,” he responded.

An indigene of Ochoro Community who spoke on anonymity told journalists that the two pastors who are Igede people of Ochoro Community in Konshisha local government area which is a predominately Tiv speaking area were gruesomely murdered by Bonta boys on their way to Oju Local Government for medical attention.