Crime

How ex-NNPC GM was jailed in US for $2.1m bribe

A former senior official of Nigeria’s national oil company has been sentenced to more than seven years in a United States prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar bribery...

Nigeria: Saving judicial appointments from corruption

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu For nearly five years, Abia State has been the site of a bewildering contest over the...

HEDA petitioned FRIN boss to EFCC over alleged N3bn fraud

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),...

LAWMA secures convictions for 19 environmental offenders

Seventeen persons arrested for open urination and defecation, along with two others apprehended for indiscriminate dumping of refuse,...

HEDA commends ICPC as Ozekhome faces forgery charges…

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has commended the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related...
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Lagos doctor bags life imprisonment for raping wife’s niece

Embattled popular Lagos-based Doctor, Femi Olaleye and Managing Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his wife’s niece.

UN report directs Sri Lanka over enforced disappearances

Lagos, May 17, 2024 – A UN Human Rights Office report has urged Sri Lanka’s Government to take meaningful action to determine and disclose the...

Why WCS commends Customs on fight against illegal wildlife trade

Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has commended the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on efforts made by the service to combat illegal wildlife trade through its arrests of suspected traffickers.

DSS improves investigation on Emefiele alleged sponsorship of terrorism

The Department of State Services (DSS) has renewed its investigations to arrest and prosecute Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

State’s Assembly demands re-arrest of Lawmaker’s killers amid controversy

The Anambra State House of Assembly has issued a strong challenge to the state Police Command to re-arrest the alleged killers of lawmaker Justice...

Bauchi Assembly To Promulgate Law Controlling Use Of Tobacco

The Bauchi State House of Assembly has expressed readiness to promulgate a law that would control tobacco smoking in the state.
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