Crime

More than a thousand migrants arrived in Italy within a few hours while hundreds of others, rescued by humanitarian vessels, were waiting for a port to receive them, NGOs and authorities said Sunday. Between January 1 and July 22, 34,000…

The Police Command in Adamawa has arrested a 20-year-old housewife,  Caroline Barka, for stabbing her husband, Barka Dauda, to death. Mrs Barka is a resident of Angwan Tamiya in the Madagali Local Government Area of the state. This is…

A 25-year-old POS operator, Raphael Aluoluwapo, was on Friday docked in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing his employer’s N2.7 million and four cell phones. Aluoluwapo, whose address was not provided, is…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday arraigned a 28-year-old man, Okoro Ekene, before Justice Zainab Abubakar of the Federal High Court Abuja, for allegedly trafficking 4.1 kilogrammes of cocaine. The NDLEA…

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday tendered before a Federal High Court, Abuja, exhibits linking suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari with alleged drug trafficking offences. The…

A teenager considered such an inspirational youth leader he was invited to address MPs in parliament is among 10 young black men to have been jailed after being convicted of being part of a violent conspiracy. But the convictions have…

A wire fraud suspect Fatade Idowu Olamilekan on the wanted list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been extradited to the United States for allegedly stealing over $3.5m worth of equipment in various cities across the US.…

Senate Panel on Public Accounts has uncovered an alleged $5 million legal fee paid by officials of Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to a law firm for service not rendered. Chairman of the committee, Senator Matthew Urhoghide,…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday, opened its case against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. At a resumed sitting the agency witness,…

A young man who gunned down 17 people at his former high school in Parkland, Florida goes on trial Monday, with jurors set to hand down either the death penalty or a life sentence. Nikolas Cruz took an AR-15 assault rifle into Marjory…