Tag: #CulpableHomicide
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DEATH SENTENCE FOR KANO MAN AS COURT RULES ON 2019 POLITICAL KILLING
A Kano State High Court has sentenced a 37-year-old man, Tahir Tanimu, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of the fatal stabbing of Shamsu Yakubu during a politically-related attack in Kano. The judgment, delivered on Monday August 3 by Justice Aisha Mahmoud, also addressed the fate of Tanimu’s co-defendant, Martins Joseph, who was…
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TEACHER’S DEATH IN KOGI: THREE TO FACE PROSECUTION
The Kogi State Police Command says it has concluded investigations into the death of Mariam Usman, a staff member of Brains Minds Nursery and Primary School, Ugbamaka, in Olamaboro Local Government Area, with three suspects set to be prosecuted for alleged criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Saliu Oyiza Afusat, disclosed in…
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MOTHER, 21, REMANDED FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING INFANT SON
Tragic case in Benue as authorities investigate. A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court has remanded 21-year-old Doowuese Paul in the Correctional Centre over the alleged killing of her one-month-old son, Terhile Chupa. She faces a charge of culpable homicide. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Regina Alashi, did not take her plea due to lack of jurisdiction and…
