LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen, 54, on two counts of murder brought against him by the Lagos State Government. The judge sentenced Nielsen to death by hanging on both counts….
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested four suspects over the killing of a young man by commercial motorcyclists in the Lekki area of Lagos State. The PUNCH gathered that the father of two was killed over N100 balance by the motorcyclists. It was learnt that the victim, who was…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s largest grouping of Christian churches on Friday condemned the killing of a female student who was beaten and burned by fellow students for alleged blasphemy and demanded the authorities bring the culprits to justice. Two suspects were arrested in connection with the murder of Deborah Samuel, who was accused by other…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-ISIS extremists have callously executed 20 Christians in Nigeria in a bloodthirsty rampage to ‘avenge the killing of the group’s leaders in the Middle East’. The terrorist group published footage of the ruthless killings, showing the masked knife and gun-wielding fanatics standing behind their kneeling victims. The militants carried out the merciless…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested 21 commercial motorcyclists who allegedly killed a National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) personnel on April 18, in Karu. Mr Adesina Soyemi, Commissioner of Police in the state, said this on Thursday in Lafia, while parading the suspects alongside 29 others arrested for allegedly…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The long-awaited trial on the killing of Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso’s influential leftist leader killed more than three decades ago, has been suspended as a result of the West African country’s recent coup. The trial has been paused until the constitution is reestablished, a lawyer for the prosecution said Monday. The suspension…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man, Sunday Osemeahon, has been sentenced to 32-year imprisonment after a jury found him guilty of the murder of another Nigerian, Obasanjo Adeola Owoyale. The accused person, Osemeahon had allegedly killed the victim, a family friend who had given him a lift after withdrawing a high sum of money from…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian judicial panel says that army soldiers “shot, injured and killed” peaceful protesters demonstrating against police brutality at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos in Oct. 2020. The report calls the shootings “a massacre.” Police also “shot at, assaulted and battered unarmed protesters, which led to injuries and deaths,” the panel…