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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MRA’s Office Burgled, Valuables worth Millions of Naira Stolen

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Monday said its office in Lagos was burgled and ransacked over the weekend by a group of unidentified intruders who made away with nine laptop computers and other valuable equipment worth millions of naira.

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...

How NDLEA intercepts 31 million pills, bottles of opioids

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a total of Thirty-One Million One Hundred and Twenty-Four Thousand Six Hundred (31,...

Community wants thorough investigation over alleged kidnapper’s arrest

Some community leaders in Ezinano community, Awka South Local Government Area, Anambra, have expressed concern over the arrest of an indigene, Mr Jeff Nweke...

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).
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