Crime

Guinea-Bissau: An Urgent Wake-up Call to ECOWAS and Int’l Community

By Paul Ejime Africa seldom makes international news headlines unless wars (and they must be bloody), military coups, humanitarian catastrophes, disease pandemics, hunger, famine and pestilence are involved. With other parts of...

NDLEA Arrests 83-Year-Old Grandma, Seizes Drugs

Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency has arrested an 83-year-old woman for alleged drug trafficking, detained a South African woman with...

RAF Fairford Incident And Need For UK’s Homeland Defence Forces

By Dean WilsonAmerica’s withdrawal of its bombers from RAF Fairford, following a suspected terror plot against the base,...

NDLEA Intercepts Italy-bound Traveler, Foils N5b Drug Shipments

Nigerian drug enforcement operatives intercepted an Italy-bound traveler carrying 4.8 kilograms of cocaine hidden in shoe soles and...

Lagos Police Arrest Officer Over Anti-Igbo Video

The Lagos State Police Command has identified and arrested a police officer seen in a viral video making...
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Scavenger jailed 1 year for stealing quilted blanket

A Grade I Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced a scavenger, Musa Mohammed, for stealing a quilted blanket worth N50,000.

ECOWAS court finds Nigeria guilty of human rights violations

Abuja, Nigeria - ECOWAS court of Justice on Wednesday ruled that Nigeria violated the human rights of one Obianuju Catherine Udeh and two others. The...

Nigerian, 36, charged with defrauding 400 Americans in U.S.

A 36-year-old Nigerian, Okezie Ogbata, has been charged before a district court in Florida, United States for defrauding more than 400 elderly and vulnerable...

Adelabu family thanks security agencies for rescue of Ex-Minister’s sister, her twins

The family of a former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has thanked security agencies for the rescue of Mrs Olaide Adegoke John-Paul and her...

Prophet caught sleeping with 10-year-old stepdaughter in Akwa Ibom

Prophet Anwana Peter Essien, the pastor of Restoration Bible Church in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has been given a 21-year prison term for defiling his 10-year-old stepdaughter.

Killings, rapes by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in DR Congo

Nairobi, June 13, 2023) Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have committed unlawful killings, rape, and other apparent war crimes since late 2022, Human Rights Watch said today.
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