Crime

Nwifuru ired by abduction of HRH Ezeogo Francis Igwe

Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has expressed deep concern over the reported abduction of His Royal Highness, Ezeogo Francis Igwe, traditional ruler of Ndufu -Alike in Ikwo...

How ex-NNPC GM was jailed in US for $2.1m bribe

A former senior official of Nigeria’s national oil company has been sentenced to more than seven years in...

Nigeria: Saving judicial appointments from corruption

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu For nearly five years, Abia State has been the site of a bewildering contest over the...

HEDA petitioned FRIN boss to EFCC over alleged N3bn fraud

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),...

LAWMA secures convictions for 19 environmental offenders

Seventeen persons arrested for open urination and defecation, along with two others apprehended for indiscriminate dumping of refuse,...
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Man jailed for life for sexually assaulting 4-year-old in church

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a man, Ifeanyi Ndieze, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old in church.

Gunmen kill 2, abduct 1 in Ihiala, Anambra state

By Emmanuel Ndukuba Awka, May 20, 2024 - Two persons were killed and one abducted when suspected gunmen attacked Okija community in Ihiala Local Government...

Criminal violence, hunger trapping thousands of children in Haiti

Thousands of children in Haiti have been driven by hunger and poverty in recent months and have joined criminal groups, where they are forced...

Police Arrest Man For Chopping off Another Man’s Wrist

Police in Nasarawa State have arrested a 21-year-old man for allegedly chopping off the wrist of another man in a brawl over a girlfriend.

SGBV: FG to review 2017 national policy on justice

The Federal Government says it will review the 2017 national policy on justice in order to encapsulate Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) matters.

Lagos doctor bags life imprisonment for raping wife’s niece

Embattled popular Lagos-based Doctor, Femi Olaleye and Managing Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his wife’s niece.
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