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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Nigeria urges US to repatriate more stolen wealth

Nigeria’s Federal Government has appealed to the government of United States (US) to repatriate more illicit funds transferred from Nigeria through its banking system. The...

ECOWAS court finds Nigeria guilty of human rights violations

Abuja, Nigeria - ECOWAS court of Justice on Wednesday ruled that Nigeria violated the human rights of one Obianuju Catherine Udeh and two others. The...

Court remands man for allegedly defiling his daughters, assaulting wife

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, ordered that a 35-year-old man, Femi Afolabi be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his three daughters and assaulting their mother.

Woman, daughters convicted in child labour trafficking conspiracy in Chicago suburbs

Chicago — A federal jury has convicted a woman and her two daughters on child labour trafficking charges for forcing two undocumented West African...

Police arrest 2, recover 1,170 live cartridges in Anambra

By Emmanuel NdukubaAwka, May 23, 2024 - Anambra Police Command have arrested two persons in connection with possession of live ammunition and car snatching....

Abia govt sacks six civil servants over salary padding

Abia State Government has approved the dismissal of six staff of the Ministry of Justice following their indictment in a salary padding scheme uncovered...
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