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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has withdrawn the pardon granted to Maryam Sanda, a woman convicted of killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, in 2017, as well as other individuals convicted of severe crimes. The withdrawal was made after a review of the list of 175 persons granted clemency and pardon earlier,
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A harrowing incident unfolded on December 31, 2023, when 91-year-old Joyce Wilshaw was struck with a hammer by her own daughter, Karen, at their home in Cheadle, Staffordshire. Karen, who was 63 at the time, subsequently took her own life by jumping out of a window. The investigation revealed that
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In a 2020 incident at Kwinana Motorplex, former soldier David Pye has been on trial for allegedly ordering a sniper to kill Nick Martin, a 51-year-old man, in front of 2000 people. Pye's legal team has raised questions about the investigation, suggesting that 60 other people may have
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The family of a young mother who was brutally murdered by her partner have demanded answers over how he was repeatedly granted bail to her home, despite a history of violent convictions. Claire Inglis, 28, was killed by Christopher McGowan at her flat in Stirling in November 2021, after he
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A shocking case of familial murder has come to light in the Gorakhnath police station area, where a missing woman was found murdered by her own brother. The accused, Ram Aashish Nishad, strangled his sister, Neelam Nishad, with a dupatta, stuffed her body into a sack, and dumped it in
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US forces have bombed an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four men, according to the White House. This strike comes just days after the US killed 14 people in three separate strikes on vessels in the area. The attack was carried out by the Department
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A special court in Mumbai has granted bail to Sachin Sitaram Pawar, a 43-year-old man accused in the 2016 Santacruz double-murder case, citing the lack of progress in the trial and parity with co-accused who had already been released on similar grounds. The court noted that Pawar had spent over
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Mohamad Lilo, the man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend Elnaz Hajtamiri, has stated that he did not commit the crime. In a series of exclusive interviews with the Star, Lilo maintained his innocence and expressed hope that Hajtamiri is still alive. Hajtamiri was abducted from her Wasaga Beach home by
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A special Pocso court in Rampurhat, West Bengal, framed charges against Manoj Kumar Pal, a physics teacher accused of kidnapping, raping, and murdering a 13-year-old tribal girl. The brutal crime was committed within a span of 40 days, with the dismembered body of the class 7 student found on September
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally executed the constitutional instruments granting pardon, clemency, and commutation of sentences to selected individuals, marking a significant exercise of his powers under Section 175 (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The president's decision was guided by a comprehensive review
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A jury in Illinois on Wednesday convicted a former sheriff's deputy of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 for help. The verdict comes after a seven-day trial, during which the jury was given the option of considering second-degree murder,
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President Bola Tinubu has made a decisive move to uphold justice by removing convicted husband-killer, Maryam Sanda, from the revised Presidential Pardon List. The revised Instrument of Presidential Prerogative of Mercy (Grant of Clemency), 2025, signed by the President on October 21, 2025, outlines individuals granted pardon, commutation of death
