An 11-year-old girl was murdered by her stepfather after she “bravely came to the help of her mother” who was being stabbed to death in “a sustained and brutal episode of violence” at their home, a court heard. Christopher Boon,…
Wife Kills Self, Hubby, 3 Kids In Makurdi, Benue (Leadership)
The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the killing of a man and his three children by his wife, who also took her life. “The man, Mr. Nicholas Adetsav, a staff of Makurdi Local Government Council, and his children, were…
Man arraigned for attempted murder (Punch)
A 56-year-old man, Wakilu Sarafa, has been brought before the Candide Johnson Magistrates’ Court, Ikorodu, for attempting to murder one Jamiu Balogun with cutlass and broken bottles. The accused was alleged to have used the cutlass and the broken bottles…
DNA evidence helps exonerate man 20 years in prison for murder (Independent)
The headline was disturbingly familiar: A person, usually male and often black, who has spent a substantial stretch of his life behind bars is freed after DNA evidence shows he is innocent. That was the case for Horace Roberts, 60,…
Spanish golf champ murdered on US course (CNN)
A homeless man charged with killing an Iowa State University golfer appeared in court Tuesday morning, and a judge set a $5 million cash-only bond. The body of Celia Barquín Arozamena, 22, was found Monday in a pond “some distance”…
Man kills wife, children and mother-in-law (HindustanTimes)
A 24-year-old man has been accused of killing his wife, three toddlers and mother-in-law with a blunt instrument and knives at their suburban family home, where he remained for several days before turning himself in, Australian police said Monday. Police…
Why this High Rate of Marital Infidelity and Suicides In Nigeria? – Magnus Onyibe
Anything that pushes a human being to take his/her own life by taking a plunge into the ocean with the sole intention of dying or stabbing/shooting/poisoning a fellow human being to death must be very tense and grave. That’s simply…
