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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Teenage girls raped in Sudan by armed combatants

Teenage girls are being sexually assaulted and raped by armed combatants in Sudan in alarming numbers, with many survivors aged between 12 and 17 years old, said Save the Children.

How police thwart kidnapping attempt, rescue abducted couple

The Katsina State Police Command says it thwarted a kidnapping attempt, and rescued the abducted victims unhurt. Police Spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq in a statement...

DSS improves investigation on Emefiele alleged sponsorship of terrorism

The Department of State Services (DSS) has renewed its investigations to arrest and prosecute Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

UNICEF condemns attack on displaced people in eastern DRC

UNICEF is horrified by an attack on a camp for displaced people in the early hours of 12 June 2023 in Ituri Province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Half of police forces not investigating crime properly

More than half of police forces are failing to investigate crime properly, according to official watchdog reports.

South Africans kill more Nigerians in Germiston, says NUSA

By Peter EjioforLondon, May 6, 2024 - Nigerians in South African have again expressed sorrow over the tragic deaths of two of their patriots...
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