Crime

Guinea-Bissau: An Urgent Wake-up Call to ECOWAS and Int’l Community

By Paul Ejime Africa seldom makes international news headlines unless wars (and they must be bloody), military coups, humanitarian catastrophes, disease pandemics, hunger, famine and pestilence are involved. With other parts of...

NDLEA Arrests 83-Year-Old Grandma, Seizes Drugs

Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency has arrested an 83-year-old woman for alleged drug trafficking, detained a South African woman with...

RAF Fairford Incident And Need For UK’s Homeland Defence Forces

By Dean WilsonAmerica’s withdrawal of its bombers from RAF Fairford, following a suspected terror plot against the base,...

NDLEA Intercepts Italy-bound Traveler, Foils N5b Drug Shipments

Nigerian drug enforcement operatives intercepted an Italy-bound traveler carrying 4.8 kilograms of cocaine hidden in shoe soles and...

Lagos Police Arrest Officer Over Anti-Igbo Video

The Lagos State Police Command has identified and arrested a police officer seen in a viral video making...
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German President urges unity after Christmas market attack

Germany’s president said Tuesday that a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market had cast a “dark shadow” over this year’s celebrations but urged...

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 her husband to death during a...

US expresses worry over disregard for human life in Mali

The United States says it is appalled by the disregard for human life exhibited by elements of the Malian Armed Forces in cooperation with the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group – a transnational criminal organization – during the operation in Moura, Mali in March of last year.

Marwa calls for collaboration of anti-narcotics agency in war against drug trafficking

The recent discovery of clandestine laboratories for the production of methamphetamine and the seizures of captagon, fentanyl and other deadly substances in Nigeria further underscored the growing threat of illicit drugs to public health and national security.

Spike in Israeli killings of Palestinian children – Rights Watch

The Israeli military and border police forces are killing Palestinian children with virtually no recourse for accountability, Human Rights Watch said today.

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. 
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