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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HEDA demands ICPC investigation of Science and Technology Ex-Minister

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has called on the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to launch...

Gunmen kill 2, abduct 1 in Ihiala, Anambra state

By Emmanuel Ndukuba Awka, May 20, 2024 - Two persons were killed and one abducted when suspected gunmen attacked Okija community in Ihiala Local Government...

Why teenagers faked kidnap, demand ransom from parents

The Ondo state owned private security, Amotekun Corps has arrested two teenage girls for allegedly pretending to have been kidnapped.

Group blames rising gender-based violence on lack of data, shelters

The Gender Perspective and Social Development Centre (GPSDC) has attributed the rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV) in Anambra State to the lack of...

Ebonyi youths prefer enrolling in vigilantes to police – Nwifuru

Abakaliki, Nigeria - Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi state says youths from the state prefer enrolling in vigilantes to police because of their desire...

Man docked for allegedly using cutlass to assault uncles

A 24-year-old driver, Chibuike Oliagba, was on Wednesday, arraigned before an Amawbia Chief Magistrates’ Court, Awka, for allegedly assaulting his uncles with cutlass. Oliagba who...
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