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Decades after, Nigeria’s high-profile murders unresolved
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Decades after, high-profile murders unresolved

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Many unresolved high-profile murders point to Nigeria as a failed state among other indices, according to its worried citizens. Worsening insecurity, political crises and economic dislocation have been dogging the country, taking it to the precipice. Decades after, many of the killings remain unravelled, especially in the South West region. In fact, ahead of the […]
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That murder inside Benin RCCG church

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On Tuesday afternoon, June 2, 2020, news filtered into the newsroom that operatives of the Edo State Police Command had arrested one of the four men suspected to have raped a 22-year old 100-level Microbiology student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Miss Vera Omozuwa, in a church belonging to the Redeemed Christian Church of […]
Decades after, Nigeria’s high-profile murders unresolved
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IGP deploys forensic aid to Edo over rape, murder of student

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*Assures that perpetrators will be brought to book The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has deployed additional investigation aids and forensic support to Edo state Police Command to unravel the circumstances surrounding the brutal rape and death of Miss Vera Uwaila Omosuwa. According to the police chief, the deployment was part  of a deliberate […]
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Teenager stabs another to death

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Lagos – An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Thursday ordered remand of a 17-year-old who allegedly stabbed another teenager  to death. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.O. Komolafe ordered that the defendant should be kept at the Special Correctional Centre for Boys in Oregun, Lagos. The defendant, a resident of Agunfoye, Igbogbo, […]
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Murder of pregnant wife: husband freed by court

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Abuja, Oct 8, 2019 (NAN) An FCT High Court in Maitama on Tuesday discharged a 29-year- old man, Matthew Ankyoor, charged with the murder of his eight months pregnant wife. CACOL lauds FG, EFCC for confiscating Abdulrasheed Maina’s properties over money laundering Delivering his ruling in a no-case-submission, Justice Peter Affen, held that the evidence […]
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German Nurse Admits Killing Over 100 Patients

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A nurse has admitted killing 100 patients at two hospitals in Germany. Niels Hoegel, 41, is said to have intentionally administered medical overdoses so he could attempt to impress colleagues by resuscitating the patients. He confessed on the first day of his trial for the murders, telling a court the charges against him were largely […]
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Ghana Boys Raid Benue Community, Kills Two

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There was an uproar on Saturday in Wankya settlement of Zaki-Biam town, Ukum LGA of Benue State as gunmen suspected to be members of a wanted militia gang leader, Terwase Akwaza, otherwise known as Ghana, killed two persons and abducted another. It was gathered that the killers invaded the area around 11.30pm with guns and […]
Man slits daughter’s throat to appease God
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Man slits daughter’s throat to appease God

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Jodhpur rural police, has arrested a man who allegedly sacrificed his four-year-old daughter by slitting her throat on Saturday. Police superintendent (Jodhpur rural) Rajan Dushyant said the accused, whose name was given as Nawab Ali Qureshi – has confessed to the crime. “I am a Namazi and I love my child more than my own […]
Oscar Pistorius' Appeal Bid Dismissed
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Oscar Pistorius appeal bid dismissed

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South Africa’s constitutional court has dismissed a bid by the paralympian Oscar Pistorius to appeal against his 13-year murder sentence. Pretoria’s High Court had sentenced the athlete to six years in prison in 2016, but this was increased to 13 years and five months last year. It was this final decision that Pistorius wanted to […]