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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Why Chef is docked over alleged threat to kill man

A 30-year-old cook, Chibuzor Anasi, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Upper Area court, Karu, Abuja, for allegedly threatening to kill his neighbours.

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. 

Umeh calls for an end to cultism in Anambra

By Emmanuel Ndukuba Awka, May 30, 2024 - Sen. Victor Umeh, representing Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, has called for an end to cult activities and...

Killings, rapes by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in DR Congo

Nairobi, June 13, 2023) Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have committed unlawful killings, rape, and other apparent war crimes since late 2022, Human Rights Watch said today.

Court jails lady for assaulting Lagos sanitation officer

A 22-year-old lady has been sentenced to seven months and three weeks imprisonment by a Special Offences Court for assaulting an officer of the...

Arase urges FG to intensify war on human trafficking

Chairman Police Service Commission (PSC) Mr Solomon Arase has tasked the Federal Government to intensify efforts in the war against human trafficking.
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