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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Kidnapped Catholic priest, UNIZIK lecturer regains freedom

By Emmanuel NdukubaAwka, May 23, 2024 - Kidnapped Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Basil Gbuzuo and Prof. Sydney Onyeagu of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka...

Criminal violence, hunger trapping thousands of children in Haiti

Thousands of children in Haiti have been driven by hunger and poverty in recent months and have joined criminal groups, where they are forced...

Man, 20, Docked Over Alleged Stealing

The Police on Friday has arraigned a 20-year-old man, Mudasiru Umaru in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged theft of an air-conditioned pipe valued at  N158,000.

Police arrest officers demanding money to investigate missing girl…

Some officers attached to the Ogun State Police Command have been arrested for allegedly demanding money from the family of a missing girl before...

FG urged to declare state of emergency on kidnapping, terrorism

The Federal Government has been urged to declare a state of emergency on kidnapping and other forms of terrorism. Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria...

U.S. Court Jails Fraudster 5 years Over COVID-19 Relief

Nigerian Abidemi Rufai, a former Special Assistant to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in the United States for stealing $500,000 COVID-19 pandemic relief benefits.
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