Posts tagged as: Murder

Uduak Akpan, Killer Of Akwa Ibom Job Seeker Pleads Guilty To Murder

LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Uduak Akpan on Monday pleaded guilty to the murder of Iniubong Umoren, the Akwa Ibom woman who was lured out of her home with a fake job interview. He was arraigned before a State High Court judge in Uyo. Miss Umoren was raped and killed in April in the outskirts of Uyo […]

Court Sentences Ex-Gambian Junta Dictator. Yaya Jameh’s Ally To Death For Murder

LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Gambian court sentenced an ally of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh to death Wednesday for his role in the murder of a former finance minister, an AFP journalist saw. Jammeh seized power in 1994 as part of a bloodless military coup in the tiny West African state. He then ruled with an iron […]

President Buhari Fumes With Outrage, Sadness Over Gruesome Murder Of Gulak

LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed outrage and disgust over what he called “the heinous murder of Adamawa politician Ahmed Gulak in Owerri, Imo State by yet to be identified gunmen.” Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) disclosed this in a statement Sunday. Reacting to the development […]

Jungle Justice: Lagos Police Institute Investigation Into Killing Of Mentally Challenged Woman

LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into the killing and setting ablaze of a mentally challenged woman, who was alleged to have been in possession of a stolen baby and three (3) AK 47 rifles at Abule Ado, under bridge, Festac Area of Lagos State on Monday 24th May, 2021. […]

ICC Sentences Former Ugandan Rebel Commander Ongwen To 25 Years In Prison

LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday sentenced a former Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to 25 years in prison for crimes including rape, sexual enslavement, child abduction, torture and murder. Dominic Ongwen, who was taken into ICC custody in 2015, was convicted […]

Ex-Burkina Faso Leader Compaore Charged In Predecessor, Sankara’s Assassination

LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Burkina Faso court charged former President Blaise Compaore in absentia on Tuesday in connection with the 1987 murder of then-President Thomas Sankara, one of the most infamous killings in Africa’s post-independence history. Sankara, a charismatic Marxist revolutionary often called “Africa’s Che Guevara”, was assassinated during a coup led by his former […]

Police Arrest Five More Suspects Over Murder Of Fasoranti’s Daughter

LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police have arrested additional five suspects in connection with the murder of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Olakunrin was killed in July 2019 by suspected kidnappers on the Ore-Lagos Expressway. The latest arrest by the policemen attached to Special Weapon and Tactics (SWAT) was […]

Lagos Police Dispute Dapo Ojora, Saraki’s In-Law Suicidal Death, Confirm Some Arrest

LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has disputed earlier report on online  that Dr Bukola  Saraki’s In-Law, Dapo Ijora  committed suicide by shooting himself on his head in his house.  Contrary to the earlier report,  the Lagos State Police Command has affirmed that all evidences that they gathered in the scene where the […]

Ijaw Youth Council Protest Gruesome Murder Of Ijaw Lecturer

LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, has called on security agencies and the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, to fish out the killers of an Ijaw youth leader, Enebraye Zuokemefa Peter. Zuokemefa, who hails from Sagbama and lectures at the Bayelsa College of Education was gruesomely murdered in cold blood in […]

Murder: Sanda Heads To Supreme Court After Appeal Court Upholds Death Sentence

LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Maryam Sanda, the woman sentenced to death for killing her husband, plans to file an appeal at the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn the judgements of the lower courts. Her counsel and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Joe Gadzama, disclosed this to reporters on Friday in Abuja. This followed […]

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