A labourer, Sunday Emmanuel, has allegedly macheted his wife simply identified as Linda to death at Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State. According to a police report, Emmanuel, who resides at Ogbeni Camp in the Ofosu area of Idanre,…
Court remands 2 over alleged unlawful possession of gun, attempted murder
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the remand of two men in a correctional centre over alleged unlawful possession of gun and attempted murder. The police charged Azeez Sodiq, 28 and Taiwo Hassan, 24 with felony,…
Father sentenced for injecting mercury into his daughter’s foot
A court in Germany on Wednesday sentenced a 30-year-old man to 13 years in prison for attempted murder for injecting mercury into his 1-year-old daughter’s foot. The man’s girlfriend was sentenced to 12 years in prison for taking part in…
‘I’m a good-looking white boy from Chelsea’ suspect tells judge
The son of a wealthy Chelsea art collector and a property developer has been arrested on charges of attempted murder of his family’s live-in maid. Maximillian Bourne, 25, works as an IT consultant and told Westminster Magistrates Court that he…
Police release arrested LP National Chairman
The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Julius Abure, who was arrested by operatives of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), in charge of Zone 5, Benin City, Edo State, on Wednesday evening has been released. Abure was…
An ex-British cyberespionage employee gets life in prison for stabbing an American spy
A former British cyberespionage employee who had become angry and resentful toward his agency’s work was sentenced Monday to life in prison for attempted murder in the vicious stabbing of an American intelligence worker assigned to the U.K. Joshua Bowles,…
Off-duty pilot accused of trying to crash airline jet
An off-duty pilot has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder, after he allegedly tried to crash a passenger jet during a flight on Sunday night. The suspect was sitting in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight behind…
Court orders 10 remanded over arson, attempted murder
Ogun State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ilaro has remanded 10 men in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) over alleged arson, attempted murder, malicious damage and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace. Chief Magistrate F. A.…