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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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.

NDLEA arrests Nigerien grandfather, others over cocaine possession

The NDLEA has arrested a Nigerien grandfather and two other Nigerian grandfathers in connection with the seizure of over 52.252 kilograms of Cocaine, Methamphetamine and Skunk.

NAF airstrikes knock out terrorists’ enclaves, illegal oil refining sites 

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its airstrikes on Friday knocked out known terrorists' camps in Borno and active illegal oil refining sites in Rivers.

Shocking: Lagos PDP Chairman kidnapped, abductors demand N200m ransom

The Lagos State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Philip Aivoji, has been kidnapped. It was gathered that Hon. Aivoji was kidnapped on...

Myanmar records increase in civilian casualties caused by landmines

Lagos, April 4, 2024 – A new data released by UNICEF reveals an alarming increase in civilian casualties, including many children in Myanmar. According to the...

Police arrest most wanted armed robber in Anambra

By Emmanuel NdukubaAwka, May 22, 2024 - The Anambra State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old, Anichede Akachukwu, a notorious and most wanted cultist...
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