Teacher Kills 12 year Old Pupil
A 12-year-old pupil in a secondary school in Awka, Anambra State, has been flogged to death by a teacher. Chidimma Ukachukwu, the student died after she was allegedly flogged by her teacher for failing to do her homework.According to a reliable source the girl died on Thursday last week after she was flogged.Full story...
Source:http://www.businessdayonline.com
Posted by Amaka, 24 October 2012
UNIPORT 4: Policeman Joined in the Beating - Suspect
By Bolaji Ogundelel
CONTRARY to claims that policemen were not present at the execution scene of the four University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) students in Umuokiri-Aluu community about one and a half weeks ago, one of the arrested suspects has placed a policeman among the executioners.One of the 13 suspects paraded to journalists in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday, David Ugbaje, while answering questions from journalists, said he saw two policemen, one of who joined in beating the victims.According to him, he was told the victims were robbers and that they were going to rob at 9, Coca Cola Street, Umuo-kiri-Aluu, which happened to be his compound.
Source:http://tribune.com.ng/index.php
Posted by Amaka, 17 October 2012
Police Arrest Mastermind of UNIPORT Killings
The Police in Rivers State said they have arrested the mastermind and prime suspect of the ALUU murder, Coxson Lerebori Lucky, aka Bright.Mr Lucky was declared wanted by the Nigerian Police on Monday for the brutal murder of four students of the University of Port Harcourt – Ugonna Obuzor, 18, 200 Level Geology; Lloyd Toku, 19, 200 Level Civil Engineering; Tekena Elkanah, 20, a Diploma Technical student and Chiadika Biringa, 20, 200 Level Theatre Arts. Full story...
Source:http://www.channelstv.com
Posted by Amaka, 16 October 2012
‘Slain Banker Sustained 76 Stab Wounds’
By Bertram Nwannekanma
RENOWNED pathologist, Prof. John Oladapo Obafunwa yesterday told a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, presided by Justice Lateefat Okunnu, that about 76 stab wounds were identified on the body of a former Skye Bank worker, Titilayo Omozoje, who was allegedly murdered by her husband on June 24, 2011.Obafunwa, a principal prosecution witness in the ongoing murder trial of a youth pastor, Akolade Arowolo over the death of his wife, Omozoje in his testimony, stated that during the autopsy, he discovered that the late banker had a minimum of 76 stab wounds inflicted on her by someone.Full story...
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 16 October 2012
Finding Justice for Ugo: Inspector General of Police Deploys ‘High-Tech Team’ to Take Over Investigations
By Adeola Adeyemo
Investigation into the sad and cruel murder of Ugo Ozuah in Lagos just five days after his wedding has taken another dimension, hopefully for the better.Family and friends of Ugo say he was allegedly murdered by the Police along Gbagada Expressway. He was shot in his chest when he was escorting a friend who had come to greet him just a day after he returned from his honeymoon.The Police has however denied the allegation claiming the victim was shot by armed robbers who were passing along the expressway. Full story...
Source:http://www.bellanaija.com
Posted by Amaka, 28 September 2012
Boy, 19, Stabbed To Death In Bayelsa
A 19-year-old boy, John Oweikabo, has been allegedly stabbed to death by his closest friend during a brawl in his Obrigbene community in the Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa.The state Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Fidelis Odunna, told newsmen on Thursday in Yenagoa that the suspected killer, Daniel Esamgbala, 19, hailed from the same community.``The sad incident happened on Tuesday afternoon during a scuffle between both friends at Obrigbene. Full story...
Source: http://leadership.ng
Posted by Amaka, 21 September 2012
Gunmen Kill Two Policemen
By Ann Godwin
UNIDENTIFIED gunmen yesterday killed two policemen who were on foot patrol along Afikpo Street in Mile One Diobu, Port Harcourt.It was learnt that the armed men suddenly opened fire on the policemen who never anticipated any attack, killing them on the spot.The incident which occurred at about 6 a.m. on Wednesday caused pandemonium in the area as residents scampered for safety. Full story...
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 20 September 2012
Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Borno Attorney-General, Ex-Prison Boss
Bauchi and Maiduguri — Rampaging gunmen within 30 minutes on Monday night killed a state Attorney-General and commissioner for Justice, a former Comptroller General of the Nigerian Prison Service and a local government chairman in three separate attacks.In Borno state Barrister Zanna Malam Gana, the Attorney General and commissioner of Justice was killed at about 8.30 pm in Bama.Alhaji Ibrahim Jarma 65, a former prison boss was shot severally at about 8.33 pm as he was walking home after the late evening prayers in Azare, Bauchi state. Full story...
Source:http://allafrica.com
Posted by Amaka, 19 September 2012
Gunmen Kill Nigeria Justice Commissioner
KANO, Nigeria (AFP) — Gunmen have killed the justice commissioner for a Nigerian state at the heart of an Islamist insurgency and an ex-prisons chief in another area, government and police sources said yesterday.It was not immediately clear who was behind the killings, but they occurred after security forces on Monday shot dead two suspected high-ranking members of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram.In Borno state, gunmen stormed the justice commissioner's home late Monday in the town of Bama in the country's northeast, the region where Boko Haram is based and which has been hard hit by gun and bomb attacks. Full story...
Source:http://www.jamaicaobserver.com
Posted by Amaka, 19 September 2012
Police Arrest Suspect With Slain Cynthia Osokogu’s Phone
BY ODITA SUNDAY
ANOTHER suspect was yesterday arrested by Lagos State Police command over the death of Cynthia Osokogu as he was in possession of the late Cynthia’s Blackberry Bold 5 (99100Model) telephone.Lagos State Police Commissioner, Alhaji Umar Manko told The Guardian that detectives traced the suspect, Nonso Ezike, a graduate of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Federal University of Science and Technology (FUTO), Owerri and a relative of one of the alleged killers, Chidera Ezike, paraded by the police recently in Port Harcourt where he was nabbed and brought to Lagos. Full story...
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 5 September 2012
ACN decries police, SSS tussle over Oyerinde’s murder
CITING indiscipline, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as a national embarrassment the bickering and power tussle between the police and the State Security Services (SSS) over investigations into the killing of Olaitan Oyerinde, the Principal Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State.In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the ACN decried a situation in which one week after the police had paraded some suspects in relation to the murder, the SSS brought yet another group of suspects for the same crime.
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 3 September 2012
Gunmen Kill CBN Ex-Official in Owerri
BY CHARLES OGUGBUAJA
GUNMEN at the weekend killed a retired senior official of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He was shot in front of the New Market, Douglas Road, Owerri. He was later confirmed dead at the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, where he had been taken to for treatment.The hoodlums also abducted his wife from the Peugeot 407 saloon car they were riding in and was dumped somewhere. The car was abandoned at the scene and nothing was said to have been removed from it. Full story...
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 27 August 2012
Osokogu’s Murder: Group Decries NCC’s Improper Regulatory Control
A US-based non-governmental organisation, Justice for All Nations (JFAN), has decried the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC’s) alleged lack of regulatory control over the nation’s telecoms service providers. This, the group said, can be deduced from a whopping 22 SIM cards recovered from the suspected murderers of Cynthia Osokogu, daughter of retired Major-General Frank Osokogu.Full story...
Source:http://www.thisdaylive.com
Posted by Amaka, 27 August 2012
Nigeria: Murder of Gen's Daughter - Time Now for an All-Embracing Cyber Crime Law
BY ADEKUNLE ADEKOYA
CERTAINLY, most news conscious Nigerians must have remained attached, one way or the other, to their favourite sources of information ever since the news broke of how Cynthia Osokogu was murdered.Murders occur everyday all over the world, but a bewildering dimension to the unfortunate incident is that the merchants of death chose to pick their victims from the social media.Full story...
Source:http://allafrica.com
Posted by Amaka, 24 August 2012
Cynthia Osokogu: Social Media And a Family’s Agony
BY NNAMDI INYAMA, KENECHUKWU EZEONYEJIAKU AND ABDULWAHEED USAMAH
FOR days, weeks, the Osokogu family had hoped for the best.Cynthia, their much-loved daughter, would reappear and a plausible explanation would be given as to where she had been since July 22, 2012.An only daughter, doted upon by the whole family, Cynthia was a ‘sensible girl’, ‘with a good head on her shoulders’, ‘intelligent’, ‘smart’ and also ‘trusting’.It may be that last attribute, her trusting nature, that raised the furious wind that blew out the brightly-burning candle that her life was. Full story...
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 23 August 2012
By Olalekan OlabuloThere was real tension around Ijegun, a a suburb of Lagos, on Sunday, as a woman beat her son-in-law to death. The incident happened around 3p.m. at 8, Amosun Street, Ashafa area of Ijegun, Ikotun area of the state. The woman, identified simply as Iya Anu, beat the son of his late brother-in-law to death. She had reportedly accused the deceased’s son of misplacing one thousand naira.Full story...Source:http://tribune.com.ngPosted by Amaka, 6th August 2012
Woman Kills In-law’s Son in Lagos
By Olalekan OlabuloThere was real tension around Ijegun, a a suburb of Lagos, on Sunday, as a woman beat her son-in-law to death. The incident happened around 3p.m. at 8, Amosun Street, Ashafa area of Ijegun, Ikotun area of the state. The woman, identified simply as Iya Anu, beat the son of his late brother-in-law to death. She had reportedly accused the deceased’s son of misplacing one thousand naira.Full story...Source:http://tribune.com.ngPosted by Amaka, 6th August 2012
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