Crime

UN Rights Office launches US$500m appeal to reinvigorate global…

By Edwin Nwachukwu Geneva, Jan. 30, 2025 – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has launched a US$500 million funding appeal for 2025, to address global human rights needs. “From Gaza to...

Secure release of abducted lawmaker: LP reps charges Soludo

The Labour Party (LP) Caucus in the House of Representatives has urged Gov. Chukwuma Soludo, to ensure the...

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...

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...

Enugu to prosecute man who cut off wife’s wrist

The Enugu State Government has promised to prosecute one Sunday Onyeahanachi Echegi for allegedly cutting off his wife's hand...
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UN deplores harrowing killings of children, women in Rafah

Lagos, April 23, 2024 – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday decried a series of Israeli strikes on Rafah in the past...

Criminal violence, hunger trapping thousands of children in Haiti

Thousands of children in Haiti have been driven by hunger and poverty in recent months and have joined criminal groups, where they are forced...

Bamise: Court orders BRT driver to get new counsel

Justice Sherifat Sonaike of a Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, on Thursday, ordered the alleged murderer of a BRT passenger to urgently get a new counsel to avoid delay in his trial.

FRSC Impounds 2,823 Unregistered Motorcycles, Arrests 13,081 Riders

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has arrested over 13,081 motorcyclists and impounded over 2,823 unregistered motorcycles nationwide between Aug.1 and Aug. 31. The Acting...

Court jails lady for assaulting Lagos sanitation officer

A 22-year-old lady has been sentenced to seven months and three weeks imprisonment by a Special Offences Court for assaulting an officer of the...

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.
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