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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Police arrest armed man in Anambra Hotel

Determined to stop any form of criminality, the Police operatives in Anambra have arrested an armed man around the premises of a popular hotel in Awka, the State Capital.

Akoko-Edo Development Association condemns attacks on security agencies

Benin City, Edo State. March 6, 2024: Akoko-Edo Development Association (aka Akoko-Edo Forum) has expressed dismay at the recent spate of attacks on security personnel...

U.S. announces reward offer for information leading to arrest of Russian national

The State Department on Tuesday announced a reward offer under the Transnational Organised Crime Rewards Programme (TOCRP) of up to $7 million for Russian...

How NDLEA uncovers meth lab in Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has uncovered a secret laboratory producing a deadly illicit substance, methamphetamine, in a residential community located in Ikeja, Lagos state.

ECOWAS court to investigate unresolved killings of 11 journalists

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja has fixed hearing for May 19, 2023 in a suit filed by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) seeking to compel the Federal Government to properly investigate the unresolved killings of 11 journalists.

Priest kidnapped in southeast Nigeria

The Diocese of Enugu has urged Catholics to pray for the safe return of Fr. Marcellinus Obioma Okide after he was kidnapped on Sunday afternoon, September 18, 2023, in southeastern Nigeria.
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