Crime

Rights Chief appalled by continued killing of civilians in El Fasher

Geneva, Oct.10, 2025 – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the continued killing and injuring of civilians in El Fasher....

NIDCOM condemns inhuman treatment of Nigerian girls in India

Abuja, September 30, 2025: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has strongly condemned...

Police investigates death of Arise TV journalist Somtochukwu Maduagwu

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has launched a discreet investigation into the death of...

US court sentences Nigerian man to over 5 years in prison for defrauding widow

Akindele posed as a wealthy Italian American businessman, “Frank Labato,” on a dating website, where he met a...

UNILAG student accuses lecturer of sexual assault in office

Dr. Samuel Ojogbo, a lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has been accused of sexually assaulting a...
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Novelist Salman Rushdie On Ventilator After New York Stabbing

Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at a lecture in New York state on Friday and airlifted to a hospital, police said.

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.

Why EFCC seizes Betta Edu, Umar-Farouq’s passports

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized the travel documents of suspended minister Betta Edu and her predecessor Sadiya Umar-Farouq.

Why Allegedly battered woman is seeking divorce

A 37-year-old trader, Kehinde Amusa, is seeking dissolution of her 16-year-old marriage, alleging battering and irresponsibility by her husband.

Nigerian Govt receives $52m Diezani loot from US

The Nigerian government on Friday received from the United States $52.88m recovered Galactica assets, linked to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The...

ECOWAS court to investigate unresolved killings of 11 journalists

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja has fixed hearing for May 19, 2023 in a suit filed by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) seeking to compel the Federal Government to properly investigate the unresolved killings of 11 journalists.
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