Crime

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 a United States prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar bribery...

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,...

HEDA commends ICPC as Ozekhome faces forgery charges…

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has commended the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related...
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U.S. announces reward offer for information leading to arrest of Russian national

The State Department on Tuesday announced a reward offer under the Transnational Organised Crime Rewards Programme (TOCRP) of up to $7 million for Russian...

NSCDC seeks capacity development in digitisation for war against crime

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos Command, has called for enhanced capacity in digitisation, cybersecurity, and technological advancement to tackle the...

Court Remands 2 For Allegedly Possessing Guns, Other Weapons

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, remanded two men in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly having in their possession two locally-made guns and other dangerous weapons.

Man bags 12-months imprisonment for Illegal mining in Kwara

Thirty-seven-year-old truck driver, Buba Muhammed has been convicted and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday for unlawful possession of 30 tonnes of solid minerals.

DRC to have record of grave violations against children

UNICEF says the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is on track to have record levels of verified grave violations against children for a third consecutive year in 2023.

How `Yahoo’ boy gets 5 years jail term in kaduna

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday secured the conviction of one Olanrewaju Temitope, at a Kaduna State High, Court on a one-count charge bordering on cybercrime.
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