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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Lebanon: Stepped-Up Repression of Syrians

Lagos, April 25, 2024 – Lebanese authorities have arbitrarily detained, tortured, and forcibly returned Syrians to Syria in recent months, including opposition activists and army...

NDLEA intercepts drugs in shoe soles, and hair attachments

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted some hard drugs concealed in soles of shoes and hair attachments heading...

U.S. Court Jails Fraudster 5 years Over COVID-19 Relief

Nigerian Abidemi Rufai, a former Special Assistant to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in the United States for stealing $500,000 COVID-19 pandemic relief benefits.

How Boko Haram killed farmers in Borno State

Boko Haram terrorists have killed ten farmers in some communities in Borno State. 

How Korean striker’s sister-in-law was jailed over leak videos

The sister-in-law of South Korean international Hwang Ui-jo was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for posting private explicit videos of the footballer...

Otti vows to arrest killers of soldier in Aba

Governor Alex Chioma Otti of Abia State has commiserated with the Nigerian Army over the death of a soldier who was shot dead by...
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