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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How police docked security guard for alleged CCTV cameras theft

The Police on Monday arraigned a 43-year-old security guard, Kaza Samuel, in a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly conspiring and stealing CCTV cameras at his work place.

Soldiers foil kidnap attempt in Delta state, rescue passengers

Lagos, June 10, 2024 - Troops of 63 Brigade Nigerian Army deployed for internal security operations successfully thwarted a kidnapped attempt along the Ugheli-Patani...

Sad again as terrorists attack Kwara, abduct pregnant woman, others

Again terrorists have attacked Isapa, a community near Eruku in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, abducting at least 11 residents just 24...

SERAP sues CBN over ‘unlawful regulations on customers’ social media handles

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over “the failure to delete the patently unlawful provisions in the Central Bank of Nigeria (Customer Due Diligence) Regulations directing banks to obtain information on customers’ social media handles for the purpose of identification.”

Umuoji PG murder trial: Suspects’ lawyer absence stalls hearing

By Emmanuel Ndukuba Awka, June 10, 2024 - One of the lawyers of the suspects absence in the murder case of Chief Silas Onyima, President-General...

Türk warns of deepening human rights crisis in Haiti

Geneva, Feb. 9, 2024 – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday issued an urgent warning about the deepening human rights...
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