A 71-year-old South African woman has been sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison for the premeditated murders of her three young great-grandchildren. Susana “Sarie” De Villiers was convicted in the Worcester Regional Court in the Western Cape over the deaths of eight-year-old Caleb, five-year-old Gradwell and two-year-old Joshua Booysen. The children died on …
A 33-year-old man, identified as Monsuru Musa, was on Wednesday, October 7, allegedly caught writing the FCT Civil Service Commission promotional examination on behalf of his father, Musa Mohammed, an employee of the FCT Fire Service. According to Lere Olayinka, spokesperson for the security operation, Monsuru was apprehended by security personnel deployed on the orders …
The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a nine-year-old boy for allegedly setting his family home on fire, resulting in the deaths of his two stepmothers and two younger brothers. The incident occurred at Rugan Badal, a hamlet in Karasuwa Local Government Area of the state. According to the police, the boy allegedly set the …
An Arizona man has admitted to fatally stabbing a female hiker more than a dozen times, telling police that she looked like how he wanted to look. Zion Teasley, 25, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder on Friday, October 2, in connection with the 2023 killing of 29-year-old Lauren Heike, a beauty technician. The plea deal …
A Texas man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk during a robbery in 2000 is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday, October 7. Jamaal Howard, 46, was convicted of capital murder in the death of 42-year-old Vickie Swartout, who was shot once in the chest during the robbery. Howard is scheduled …
Former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn is facing a possible sentence of life in prison without parole after a jury found him guilty of murdering his wife, Ashley Flynn. According to TMZ, Flynn was convicted following a trial in which prosecutors accused him of shooting his wife twice in the back of the head before attempting to stage the crime …
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of Arinze Nwogba at the Kuje Correctional Centre over alleged impersonation of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Segun Aina. Justice Salim Ibrahim, in a brief ruling on Friday, October 2, 2026, ordered that Nwogba remain in custody pending the court’s …
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested a man identified as Zazzayanu Halilu for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl inside a vehicle in Abuja. The incident reportedly occurred on October 2, 2026, after police operatives on routine patrol around the Airport Bridge Taxi Park noticed a fully tinted navy-blue Volkswagen vehicle, with registration …
Emmanuel Okpara, the 30-year-old man accused of killing his girlfriend, Chinenye, in Enugu State on September 19, has reportedly confessed to the crime. In a video recording, Emmanuel said he met Chinenye on Facebook in 2023 while he was in Nekede, Imo State. He said he later relocated to Enugu in December 2025 while Chinenye …
American rapper Rick Ross has been arrested in Miami, Florida, over allegations of physical abuse and assault involving his former girlfriend, Jazzma Kendrick. Ross was arrested on Thursday and charged with one felony count of battery by strangulation and one misdemeanor count of battery. Both charges are classified as domestic violence-related, according to online jail …
