Crime

Rights Chief appalled by continued killing of civilians in El Fasher

Geneva, Oct.10, 2025 – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the continued killing and injuring of civilians in El Fasher....

NIDCOM condemns inhuman treatment of Nigerian girls in India

Abuja, September 30, 2025: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has strongly condemned...

Police investigates death of Arise TV journalist Somtochukwu Maduagwu

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has launched a discreet investigation into the death of...

US court sentences Nigerian man to over 5 years in prison for defrauding widow

Akindele posed as a wealthy Italian American businessman, “Frank Labato,” on a dating website, where he met a...

UNILAG student accuses lecturer of sexual assault in office

Dr. Samuel Ojogbo, a lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has been accused of sexually assaulting a...
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2024: How NAPTIP rescued 285 victims in 2024

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano Zonal Command, says it rescued 285 victims and apprehended 22 human traffickers...

How bandits kidnap Ekiti Travellers, demand ₦30m ransom

Kidnappers on Sunday night ambushed an Ado-Ekiti bound 18-passenger vehicle at Emure Ile, kidnapping all the passengers on board. The incident happened at the outskirts...

Suspected gunman open fire on church members on Sunday

A man who opened fire outside a Michigan church filled with worshippers on Sunday was struck by a vehicle and then fatally shot by...

3 police officers dismissed for abduction, extortion in Abia

Three Nigerian Police officers have been dismissed for alleged involvement in abduction and extortion in Abia State The officers, identified as Jonas Nnamdi, James Daniel,...

Juju master Akwa Okuko arrested for alleged kidnap links

Men of the Anambra State vigilante operatives, known as Agunechemba, have arrested a popular celebrity 'juju master', Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki n'Oba. According to a...

How immigration rescues 21 trafficked children in Yobe

The Niger state government has taken custody of 21 trafficked children, with an average age of 9, who were intercepted by the Nigeria Immigration...
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