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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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.

Israel: Strikes on journalists in Lebanon deliberate

Two Israeli strikes in Lebanon on October 13, 2023, that killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six other journalists was an apparently deliberate attack on civilians and thus a war crime, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.

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.

UK becomes first country to criminalise AI child abuse…

Britain will become the first country to introduce laws against AI tools used to generate sexual abuse images, the government announced late Saturday. The government...

Police arrest woman for recruiting underage girls as prostitutes

The Police Command in Rivers said it has arrested a female suspect accused of recruiting underage girls for prostitution in Rivers.

MARAN proffers long-term solutions to address piracy in GoG

The Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria (MARAN) plans to proffer long-term, sustainable solutions that will effectively address maritime crimes in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG).
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