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BRT Driver in Court Over Reckless Driving, Manslaughter

Olaitan Idris Mar 30, 2021 0

A 56- year-old Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Yusuf Adewale, who allegedly drove in a dangerous manner that resulted in the death of one man, on appeared in a Surulere Chief Magistrates’Court. The police charged Adewale, who…

Crime

Minnesota Attorney General Takes Over Investigations In George Floyd’s Death

News Agency of Nigeria Jun 1, 2020 0

Governor of Minnesota appointed state Attorney General Keith Ellison on Sunday to take control of prosecution of any cases emanating from the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek…

Metro

Truck Driver Found with 39 bodies Appears in Court

fatima.sule Oct 28, 2019 0

The driver of a truck in which 39 people were found dead appeared in a British court via video link on manslaughter and people-trafficking charges on Monday. The Vietnamese families of suspected victims spoke of their despair.…

Metro

Okada riders stab car owner to death

News Agency of Nigeria Sep 28, 2019 0

Tosin Abikoye have been stabbed to death by Okada riders in the Lugbe area of Abuja on Thursday, for allegedly knocking down one of their own. Okada riders are known to be rootless with high tendencies to unleash violenve, particularly…

News

“I killed commandant because she sacked me as PTA chairman” Man confesses

News Agency of Nigeria Sep 24, 2019 0

Vanguard reports on more details regarding the killing of Navy Commandant Oluwayemisi Ogundana, of Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Secondary School, Jaji emerged on Monday. Investigation reveals that the deceased was having an…

Ticker

Lagos lawmaker decries alleged shooting of students, driver by custom officials

Adekunle Williams Sep 6, 2019 0

A member of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Ibrahim Layode, on Thursday decried the alleged shooting of two students and a driver by an undisclosed custom official in Badagry. Read also: FG begins expansion rehabilitation works…

News

Police officer allegedly kills 23-year-old man in Umuahia

Leonard Okachie Jun 4, 2019 0

There was palpable tension in Umuahia, the capital of Abia, on Tuesday, as a trigger-happy policeman attached to the Special Protection Unit (SPU) of Abia Police Command, allegedly shot and killed a 23- year old Chukwubikem Onuoha. The…

Metro

Driver, 45, arraigned for manslaughter in Lagos

News Agency of Nigeria Jun 19, 2018 0

The police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned a 45-year-old driver, Blessing Ihende, at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly causing the death of a 39-year-old man, Alloh Alloysius. Ihende, who resides at No. 9, Efalaye St., Shasha in…

World

Wrong Accusation: Court Frees Man After 18 Years In Jail For Rape, Manslaughter

News Agency of Nigeria May 17, 2018 0

A Polish Court on Wednesday overturned a verdict against a man who spent 18 years in jail after being wrongly convicted of rape and manslaughter. The now 42-year-old began a 25-year prison sentence in 2000 after being convicted of raping…

News

Court discharges accused who pleaded guilty to accessory to manslaughter

Chinyere Omeire Feb 27, 2018 0

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Tuesday discharged a construction worker, Mohammed Saidu, charged with aiding the escape of his colleague who allegedly beat his co-worker to death during a brawl. Saidu was charged alongside Emmanuel…

News

Man Killed In His Home By Drunk Home Invader Who Believed He was In His Own Home

News Agency of Nigeria Jan 25, 2018 0

Clifton King a 60-year-old landlord and an army veteran has died in an unfortunate incident in which he was choked to death by a neighbour in Missouri, US. Investigators have described the case as bizarre. Michael Augustine under the…

News

Man Arrested After Prostitute Falls, Dies During Balcony Sex

John Ogunsemore Jan 8, 2018 0

A British man, Reece Vella, 25, has been arrested by police after a Thai prostitute he was having a romp with in the balcony of an apartment fell down five storeys and died. The bar girl, Wannipa Janhuathon, 26, fell to her death in the…

Metro

Policeman Beats Son To Death Over Missing 2k

John Ogunsemore Jan 8, 2018 0

A policeman, Oludele Olosunde, has been arrested for beating his son to death over missing N2,000. The suspect reportedly committed the act in his home in Rasak Okunola Avenue, Ijagemo, in the Ijegun area of Lagos on Wednesday, January 3.…

Metro

Nigerian Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Beating Girlfriend’s Son To Death

News Agency of Nigeria Jul 23, 2017 0

A 39-year-old Nigerian man, Marvyn Iheanacho, who was arrested for beating his five-year-old stepson, Alex Malcolm, to death for losing a shoe, has bagged a life sentence after being found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court in the United…

Metro

Woman Found Guilty Of Manslaughter After Texting Boyfriend To Commit Suicide

News Agency of Nigeria Jun 17, 2017

A Massachusetts judge found Michelle Carter, 20, guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2014 death of her boyfriend, who poisoned himself by inhaling carbon monoxide in his pickup truck. Roy’s body was found July 13, 2014, a day after…

Metro

Father Charged For Killing His Son By Force Feeding Him

Onome Agesse Oct 26, 2016

A 32-year-old father has been found guilty of killing his 3-year-old son by force-feeding him a porridge-like mixture of bread and cereal. The father from North West London was found guilty by majority verdicts of manslaughter and…

Entertainment

Jailed Nollywood Actress Seeks Bail, Heads For Supreme Court

John Ogunsemore Mar 17, 2016 0

The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Thursday fixed April 7 to hear a bail application by Nollywood actress, Ibinabo Fiberisima, who was jailed five years for manslaughter. Ibinabo was sentenced by Justice Deborah Oluwayemi of a Lagos High…

Entertainment

A Thought For Ibinabo – By Charles Novia

John Ogunsemore Mar 13, 2016 0

Veteran actor, Charles Novia writes about Ibinabo Fiberesima's loss of the appeal against her manslaughter conviction at the Appeal Court on Friday. She failed to have her five-year jail term overturned. He wrote...…

Metro

Man Sentenced To 11 Years In Jail In The UK For Manslaughter To Be Deported To Nigeria

John Ogunsemore Jan 4, 2016 0

A young man who was imprisoned for 11 years in the United Kingdom for manslaughter has complained from his prison cell after learning about a plan to deport him to Nigeria on completion of his sentence. The 22-year-old Junior Bayode was…