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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Lagos doctor bags life imprisonment for raping wife’s niece

Embattled popular Lagos-based Doctor, Femi Olaleye and Managing Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his wife’s niece.

How bandits intercept vehicle abduct passengers in Katsina

Many passengers are said to have been kidnapped by bandits who attacked the vehicle they traveling with in the Kankara Local Government Area of...

UN report directs Sri Lanka over enforced disappearances

Lagos, May 17, 2024 – A UN Human Rights Office report has urged Sri Lanka’s Government to take meaningful action to determine and disclose the...

Why EFCC seizes Betta Edu, Umar-Farouq’s passports

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized the travel documents of suspended minister Betta Edu and her predecessor Sadiya Umar-Farouq.

Why Allegedly battered woman is seeking divorce

A 37-year-old trader, Kehinde Amusa, is seeking dissolution of her 16-year-old marriage, alleging battering and irresponsibility by her husband.

NDLEA decries high rate of drug abuse in Abia

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has decried the high rate of drug abuse in Abia State which manifests in a long line of victims awaiting admission at NDLEA'S rehabilitation centre in Aba
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