Crime

NDLEA arrests suspected drug baron after years in hiding

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a suspected drug baron, baron Ogbonnaya Kevin Jeff, at his hideout in Lagos. According to a statement by the...

Grave violations against children in DRC tripled – UNICEF

GOMA, DR Congo, 26 February 2025 – UNICEF is deeply concerned by the significant increase in reports of grave...

Wife arrested for stabbing husband in Bauchi

A tragic incident occurred in Bauchi, Nigeria, on February 25, 2025, when a 25-year-old woman, Salamatu Danjuma, stabbed...

Thai woman arrested with 46kg of cannabis at Airport

A 24-year-old Thai national, Ms. Pattaphi Wimonnat, was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at...

HEDA to hold conference on anti-corruption situation room

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) is set to convene the 38th edition of its...
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UNICEF speaks on daily killing, injuring of children in Gaza strip

Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa says the Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. 

Unemployed man in court for allegedly snatching phone, cash

A 25-year-old unemployed man, Hassan Isiyaku, was on Monday docked in a Kado Grade I Area Court in Abuja for alledgely snatching a cell phone and N10,000 at a bus-stop.

UN peacekeepers urged to improve protection on displaced Congolese

Militia fighters killed at least 46 civilians, half of them children, and pillaged and burned a displaced people’s camp on June 12, 2023, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province, Human Rights Watch said today.

How gunmen abducted 87 in Kajuru village, Kaduna

About 87 persons have been reportedly abducted by bandits who attacked the Kajuru station community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Reports said...

Sexagenarian pastor docked for allegedly defiling 10-year-old girl

Awka, Nigeria - For allegedly defiling his 10-year-okd domestic worker, 65-year-old cleric, Francis Ogu, was on Wednesday docked in the Children, Sexual and Gender-based...

UNICEF condemns attack on displaced people in eastern DRC

UNICEF is horrified by an attack on a camp for displaced people in the early hours of 12 June 2023 in Ituri Province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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