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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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 of a firearm. The Prosecutor, ASP Aduaka...

EFCC urges Nigerians to beware of ATM card-swap fraudsters

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alerted Nigerians to Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card-swapping fraudsters at ATM locations and Point of Sales (POS) terminals.

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.

South Africans kill more Nigerians in Germiston, says NUSA

By Peter EjioforLondon, May 6, 2024 - Nigerians in South African have again expressed sorrow over the tragic deaths of two of their patriots...

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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