Tag: Homicide

Culpable Homicide: Court grants Doguwa N500m bail

Aminu Imam

…Bars him from Kano guber election A Federal High Court in Kano has granted N500 million bail to Alhassan Ado Doguwa, majority leader of the House of Representatives. Following the widespread violence that led to deaths and arson in Tudun-Wada local government area of Kano during last week’s election, the police had arraigned Doguwa before a Magistrate’s Court on charges of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, arson and illegal possession of firearms among others. However, counsel to the accused, Nureini Jimoh (SAN), applied for an ex-parte order before Justice Muhammad Nasir…

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Unknown gunmen kill retired Air Vice-Marshal in Kaduna

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State Police Command yesterday, confirmed the killing of retired Air Vice-Marshal Muhammad Maisaka by unknown gunmen. According to the Command, this incident happened at his residence in Rigasa, Igabi local government area of Kaduna. This was confirmed by the State’s Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Jalige, who revealed that the incident occurred in the early hours of yesterday. He noted that the Commissioner of Police, Mudassiru Abdullah, directed the Divisional Police Officer and the Area Commander to the scene, adding that, “The corpse has been evacuated to…

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13 yr-old student beaten to death by teacher over failure to do assignment

Aminu Imam

A 13 year-old student of Federal Govt College, Kwali, in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Yahaya Nuhu Aliyu, was allegedly beaten to death on Monday, by his form teacher Mrs. Dorcas Gibson. The deceased had earlier complained of not feeling well and went to the school clinic but was turned back because he hasn’t eaten, then went back to class and his teacher (Mrs Gibson) demanded his assignments which he didn’t complete then she decided to punish him by flogging him mercilessly and when her cane broke, she picked up…

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Bayelsa: Woman stabs 14-yr-old boy to death while fighting his grandmother

Aminu Imam

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a woman, identified as Arugu Chidinma Benedicta, for allegedly killing a 14-year-old boy over a lingering dispute with his grandmother. It was gathered that chaos broke in Okaka, a suburb in Yenagoa, the State capitalon Tuesday, after the woman stormed the deceased’s house to challenge his grandmother over an undisclosed issue between them as the deceased, Joseph Thomas, was preparing to go to school. The incident was said to have happened some distance away from a Federal Correctional facility in the area. After…

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Woman stabs 14-yr-old boy to death while fighting his grandmother

Aminu Imam

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a woman, identified as Arugu Chidinma Benedicta, for allegedly killing a 14 year-old boy over a lingering dispute with his grandmother. It was gathered that chaos broke in Okaka, a suburb in Yenagoa, the State capitalyesterday, after the woman stormed the deceased’s house to challenge his grandmother over an undisclosed issue between them as the deceased, Joseph Thomas, was preparing to go to school. The incident was said to have happened some distance away from a Federal Correctional facility in the area. After…

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Appeal Court upholds death by hanging sentence for Maryam Sanda

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, upheld the conviction and death sentence that was handed to Maryam Sanda, daughter-in-law to a former Chairman of the PDP, Mohammed Haliru. Delivering judgment, Justice Stephen Adah, who read the decision on behalf of the three-member  panel of justices held that the trial judge was right in his decision. “I have gone through the record before the court and I am fully certain that the learned trial court did not engage any investigation outside the evidence before it,” he said. “The appellant did…

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Niger: Father kills his 2 kids, packs bodies in sacks, blames God

Aminu Imam

The Niger State Police Command has arrested one Abubakar Maibabo over the killing of his two children with a cutlass, who after slaying the kids packed their bodies in separate sacks to hide in the bush. The Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement issued in Minna, the State capital.  The incident, according to the Police, happened at Maidabo village near Salka in Nasko Local Government Area in the State. Abiodun said on Nov. 14 at about 02:00 hours, based on information received,…

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