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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Ogun Govt urged to procure trackers for security agencies

The Ogun State House of Assembly has called on the state government as a matter of urgency to provide every necessary security equipment towards...

Iran: Security forces rape, torture detainees

Lagos, April 22, 2024 – Iran's security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023, Human Rights Watch...

Soldiers foil kidnap attempt in Delta state, rescue passengers

Lagos, June 10, 2024 - Troops of 63 Brigade Nigerian Army deployed for internal security operations successfully thwarted a kidnapped attempt along the Ugheli-Patani...

20-year-old man docked over alleged illegal possession of firearm

A 20-year-old man, Chukwuezugo Igweobi, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Amawbia Chief Magistrate’s Court over illegal possession of a firearm. The Prosecutor, ASP Aduaka...

UNICEF expresses sadness on brutal school attack in Uganda 

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell has expressed sadness on the brutal attack of a secondary in Uganda.

Navy intercepts vessel with 350,000 liters of diesel

Nigerian Navy NNS Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday, said it has arrested a Marine Vessel, MV Cecilia, laden with about 350,000 liters of petroleum products suspected to be diesel.
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