Murder

Lagos chief’s murder: DPP indicts police inspector.

5 months ago708 min

The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions has indicted Inspector Dikko Usman of the Nigeria Police Force and others in the murder of Chief Fatai Jubril, the Baale of Lotu community in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro also learnt on Monday that the officer had been dismissed from the force and charged in court. The indictment of the inspector was detailed in the DPP’s advisory addressed to the Assistant Inspector General...

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Guard, two others held for Justice Ajumogobia daughter’s murder

5 months ago5315 min

The Lagos State Police Command said it had arrested three domestic workers of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia following the discovery of the judge’s daughter, Aribemchukwu’s dead body outside the gate of their Park View Estate home in the Ikoyi area of the state on Wednesday. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest while responding to inquiries on the incident by PUNCH Metro on Wednesday. A family source privy to the incident who...

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Man charged with attempted murder in UK soldier stabbing

5 months ago1044 min

A 24-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder over the stabbing of a British soldier earlier this week, UK police said on Thursday. Detectives investigating the serious assault of a soldier in Gillingham have charged Anthony Esan in court. This is according to a Thursday statement obtained from the Kent Police website. It was titled, “Suspect charged with attempted murder of soldier in Gillingham.” ” Kent Police was called to Sally Port Gardens at...

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Mastermind of General’s murder nabbed in Kano

5 months ago796 min

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested one Hashiru Baku, the mastermind behind the murder of the late Brigadier General Harold Udokwere. Udokwere, who was the national chairman of the Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, was murdered by armed robbers who invaded his residence on June 22, 2024, and took away his gun. The police had arrested and paraded Ibrahim Rabiu, Nafiu Jamil, Aliyu Abdullahi and Mohammed Nuhu in connection...

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Hoodlum threatening residents with kidnapping, murder nabbed

5 months ago5136 min

A man known only as Gabriel, who had been threatening residents of the Ogbere area in Ogun State with abduction and assassination to extort money from them, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command. Our correspondent learnt on Sunday that the suspect was arrested on July 17, 2024, while attempting to withdraw money sent to him by one of the victims at a Point-of-Sale operator’s shop in the community. Our correspondent learnt from...

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Rivers court remands 12 over cop’s murder

5 months ago1074 min

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded 12 suspects to the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre in connection with the alleged murder of a female Police Inspector, Christiana Erekere. The suspects, including a groom identified as Efeoghene Uwheraka, were arraigned by the police on 13 counts bothering on conspiracy to murder, among others. They were arraigned after allegedly killing the police officer who stopped them for a search operation along the Taabaa...

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Police arrest prison escapee behind general’s murder in Kano

5 months ago944 min

The Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested one Hashiru Baku – the mastermind behind the murder of late Brigadier General Harold Udokwere. Udokwere, who was the National Chairman, Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, was murdered by armed robbers who invaded his residence on June 22, 2024, and took away his gun. The police arrested and paraded Ibrahim Rabiu, Nafiu Jamil, Aliyu Abdullahi and Mohammed Nuhu in connection with the...

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EXCLUSIVE: How Nigerian Army Commander In Enugu, Adeta Visited ‘Killer Soldier’ In Detention, Gave Him N8000 For Feeding, Plotted To Cover Up Murder By Forging Mental Illness Result

8 months ago9312 min

The acting commander of the 82 Divisions Provost Group, Lt Colonel KA Adeta allegedly attempted to cover up the killing of a pregnant woman, Miss Hauwakulu Tabra by a soldier, Private Mohammed Adamu before SaharaReporters’ exposure of the matter, multiple sources on Tuesday confirmed. SaharaReporters had on Saturday exclusively reported how Adamu with service number 21NA/80/0365 stabbed the late Tabra. Multiple sources had narrated how the lifeless body of the five-month-old pregnant...

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Why Soldier Of Northern Extraction Facing Murder Charge Was Freed By Court Martial In Enugu – Nigerian Army

9 months ago1015 min

The Nigerian Army has explained why one of its soldiers of Northern extraction facing murder charges before a Court Martial in 82 Division, Enugu was set free by the Court Martial. SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that multiple military sources confirmed that two soldiers who were being court-martialled in the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army for murder were freed and re-absorbed into service. The two soldiers said to be of Northern extraction were...

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EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army Allegedly Frees Soldiers Of ‘Northern Extraction’ Facing Murder, Reabsorbs Them Into Service While Others Remain In Detention In Enugu

9 months ago50017 min

Two Nigerian soldiers who were being court-martialled in the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army for murder have been freed and re-absorbed into service, multiple military sources have told SaharaReporters. The two soldiers are Pte Usman Shonva and another identified only as Audu. While Shonva allegedly shot and killed one of his course mates in Ohoafia, Abia State in 2022, Audu was accused of killing a Togolese...