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...
spot_img

How man stabs friend to death over $3,000 ‘Yahoo’ money

The Police command in Imo State has arrested a 22-year-old-man identified as Obinna Ugochukwu, for allegedly stabbing his friend, Nwachukwu Stanley, to death. 

Priest kidnapped in southeast Nigeria

The Diocese of Enugu has urged Catholics to pray for the safe return of Fr. Marcellinus Obioma Okide after he was kidnapped on Sunday afternoon, September 18, 2023, in southeastern Nigeria.

Bauchi Assembly To Promulgate Law Controlling Use Of Tobacco

The Bauchi State House of Assembly has expressed readiness to promulgate a law that would control tobacco smoking in the state.

Increase in number of children killed across Ukraine – UNICEF

Lagos, April 26, 2024 – The verified number of children killed in attacks across Ukraine has increased by nearly 40 per cent this year compared...

Lagos to tackle sexual, gender-based violence perpetrated against PWDs

The Lagos State Government says it is geared to tackle the perpetration of sexual, domestic and gender-based violence against Person With Disabilities (PWDs) in...

UN expert exposes $1 billion “death trade” to Myanmar military

The Myanmar military has imported at least $1 billion USD in arms and raw materials to manufacture weapons since the coup in February 2021, according to a new report on Wednesday by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews.
spot_img