A High Court sitting in Plateau State has sentenced Emmanuel Ude, a former student of Government Technical College, Bukuru, to death by hanging for the murder of his teacher, Mr. Job Dashe, in 2021. The judgment, delivered by Justice Silas Bakfur on Monday, followed a protracted trial in which Ude was found guilty of culpable…
A 43-year-old man, Pere Faruk, has reportedly died by suicide shortly after allegedly pouring acid on his girlfriend during a domestic altercation on Lagos Island. According to Akelicious, the incident occurred at about 5:40 p.m. on June 30, at No. 8 Messy Street, Lagos Island. According to family sources, Faruk’s younger brother, Pere Jeli, who…
A suspected ritual murder has been carried out in a hotel located in the Ibagwa Road Area of Nsukka, in Enugu State. The incident occurred over the weekend at the Madoka Hotel, located at Obukpa Layout, in Ibagwa Road, in the University of Nigeria town of Nsukka. A source said the lady checked in the…
A 45-year-old man, Ndukwe Ogbu, who claimed to be a pastor, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by the Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos. The conviction stemmed from his sexual abuse of his biological daughter on multiple occasions when she was just 14 years old. Delivering the judgment, Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe held…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested three individuals in connection with the death of a commercial sex worker at a brothel in Akure, the state capital. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, the incident occurred over the weekend in a popular brothel located in the…
A 92-year-old man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of a Bristol woman in a case that remained unsolved for nearly six decades. DNA helped crack the rape case. Louisa Dunne, 75, was found strangled on her living room floor by a neighbour on Britannia Road in Easton, Bristol, on 28 June…
At least four Mobile Policemen were feared dead in a fresh Sunday afternoon armed herders attack on Udei community in Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State. Udei community is less than 15 15-minute drive from the Yelewata community that was equally invaded over two weeks ago by armed bandits. It was gathered that…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a 17-year-old boy, Musa Muhammad, has died in Kano following a fight with his childhood friend over tap water. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, the sad incident occurred on Saturday at Rijiyar Lemo Quarters, Kano. The Kano State Police Command also confirmed the development in a statement issued…
The Yobe State Police Command has confirmed that a 55-year-old man, Hamidu Ali of Koriyel village, Babangida, Tarmuwa LGA of Yobe State, has allegedly killed his 40-year-old wife. According to the State Police Command, on June 28, 2025, at about 1100hrs, the Tarmuwa Divisional Police Headquarters received a distress call from inhabitants of Koriyel Village,…
The Nigeria Police Force, Adamawa State Police Command attached to the State Intelligence Department have arrested two suspects for theft. 20-year-old Dad Yusuf, and, 27-year-old Gibson Husseini, both residents of Upper Luggere, Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area, were arrested for stealing 100Ah Mikano generator battery in the church. In a statement issued on Sunday…