Tennessee is scheduled to execute Christa Pike on Wednesday, September 30, making her the first woman put to death by the state in about 200 years if the execution proceeds. Pike, now 50, was 18 when she was convicted of murdering 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, a fellow student at Knoxville Job Corps, in 1995. Prosecutors said…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned four suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over the alleged kidnapping and killing of its operative, Ekpeyong Asuquo Owoh. The defendants were brought before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja on a six-count charge bordering on terrorism and the alleged…
Sa’adu Dantutture, the health secretary of Malumfashi Local Government Area in Katsina State, was killed after suspected bandits attacked his hometown of Dantutture in Kafur LGA. The attackers reportedly stormed the community late Wednesday night, taking the former Director of Primary Healthcare in Funtua LGA captive after raiding several shops. According to Kabir Ado Mai…
At least five miners were killed and two others injured after gunmen attacked a mining site in Marit village, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Saturday. The attack occurred around 1pm amid heightened tension in parts of the state, according to Rwang Tengwong, spokesman for the Berom Youth Moulders-Association (BYM). Tengwong confirmed…
The Lagos State Police Command says it has detained six people suspected of belonging to a long-running network accused of diverting imported consignments valued at over N20 billion from Apapa Port during the last 19 years. Police named Jamiu Lateef and Abubakar Amadu as alleged coordinators of the operation. According to the command, the pair…
Communities in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State have released the names of 547 worshippers allegedly abducted during attacks on mosques in Dekara District, challenging recent claims that the number of victims was far lower. The community’s account contradicts figures attributed to Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago, who reportedly said 33 people were…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled what it described as a Nigerian-Mexican drug network and uncovered a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State. The laboratory was discovered in Eziama community, Obeagu, following months of intelligence gathering and surveillance, according to an NDLEA statement issued on Thursday by…
A Florida judge has found plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski guilty of murdering lawyer Steven Cozzi, who disappeared from his Clearwater law firm in March 2023. Kosowski was charged with first-degree murder in the death of the 41-year-old attorney. Prosecutors argued that he developed a personal obsession with Cozzi and methodically planned the killing. Cozzi had…
Three vigilantes were killed in separate attacks at the Kyikyau-Gyambwas boundary in Mangu Halle District of Mangu Local Government Area, Plateau State, despite a government-imposed dusk-to-dawn curfew. The victims were attacked around 7:49pm on Tuesday, during the hours when residents were expected to remain indoors under the restriction. Their deaths followed another deadly incident in…
Eighteen suspected bandits were killed during an overnight security operation in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State, with weapons, ammunition and livestock recovered from the scene. The operation took place at about 1am on Monday in Gidan Iyado, Kakumi Ward. This was after security agencies received information that the group was allegedly preparing to…
