Tag: Suspected murder

LibertyTV/Radio”s On-Air-Personality, Joel Waksi, found dead, stabbed by phone-snatchers in Mpape, Abuja

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OAP Joel Waksi

A Liberty TV/Radio On-Air Personality, (OAP) Joel Waksi, was yesterday found dead, stabbed to death by suspected hoodlums in Mpape district of Abuja, with his phone stolen. The tragic news of the passing away of the OAP, whose lifeless body was found around the Mpape area in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was received by Liberty staff via a WhatsApp message posted by a member, Arthur Brooks, who posted: “I have just heard the tragic news that On-Air Personality, (OAP) Joel Waksi has been found dead, stabbed to death in…

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Insecurity: Voice of Nigeria journalist murdered in Zamfara

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The Zamfara council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has confirmed the murder of a Voice of Nigeria (VON) correspondent, Hamisu ?anjibga. His death was announced on Wednesday. ?anjibga had been missing for three days before his corpse was found.  A statement issued by the NUJ State chapel’s Secretary, Ibrahim Ahmad, said the deceased’s body was dumped in a soak-away. According to the statement, “The discovery of his corpse was a result of an unpleasant odour observed by children of an Islamic school behind his house in the evening of…

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Kano: Chinese national appears in court, denies killing 23-year-old girlfriend

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The Chinese national accused of killing his Nigerian lover, Ummukulthum Sani Buhari, Geng Quangrong, has denied charges levelled against him before a Kano High Court, presided over by Justice Sunusi Ado Ma’aji. Quangrong yesterday, before the court, where his charges were read out to him via an interpreter in his local language, denied killing the 23-yr-old Buhari. Recall that the accused Chinese national had stalled proceedings last month when he requested to be furnished with a lawyer or interpreter who can speak his Chinese language. At the resumed hearing, the…

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Niger: Man mistakenly stabs his mother to death while fighting with his wife

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A man has been arrested after he mistakenly stabbed his mother to death at Zawiyya Tudun-Wada, Kontagora, Niger State. The man was reportedly fighting his wife when his mother stepped in to intervene. The husband then allegedly reached for a knife and attempted to stab his wife, but he mistakenly stabbed his mother who was trying to separate the fight. Despite efforts to save her, the mother died shortly at the scene after she was stabbed. The wife, who suffered injuries from the beating she got from her husband, was…

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