Ben Agande – Kaduna The detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El Zakzaky has been transferred to Kaduna correctional centre from the custody of the Department of state services where he had been held for several months. His transfer followed an order by the Kaduna State high court Judge, Gideon Kudafa […]

The U.S. has raised its travel advisory for Burkina Faso to level 4, advising citizens not to travel to the country “due to terrorism, crime, and kidnapping”. In an advisory, the State Department said it had ordered all family members of U.S. government employees not of age to leave the West African country and said […]

A 34-year-old woman, Chineye Nwakwo, on Monday, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly selling her one-day-old female baby for N300, 000. The alleged buyer, Happiness Bini, 49, who was arraigned alongside the defendant, was charged with unlawful adoption of baby. The duo, whose residential addresses were not given, are facing a three-count-charge […]

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday said it arrested 42 suspects over rape, kidnapping and other criminal activities in the territory. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Command, Mr Bala Ciroma, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja. He said that 26 of the suspects were kidnap […]

The forgotten victims of crime are often children left behind, wives and aged parents in some cases. While the perpetrators of crime are prosecuted and jailed as the case maybe, often, the families left behind, who are the victims of crime are not accorded any form of compensation.

The Ebonyi Chief Judge, Justice Anselm Nwaigwe, on Monday, discharged one inmate in a remand home during a jail delivery in the state. Nwaigwe also granted bail to 10 inmates and remanded 13 others at the Federal Correctional Service, Abakiliki, where the exercise took place. He said that the exercise would also be carried out […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The Ghanaian police arrested three Nigerians, and one Ghanain alleged to have been involved in the kidnapping of two Canadians in Ghana. The Nigerians are Sampson Aghalor aka Romeo, a 27-year-old computer engineer, Elvis Ojiyorwe, a 27-year-old businessman, Jeff Omarsa a 28-year-old Tiler, and Yusif Yakubu a Ghanaian resident. According to the […]

An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that a 52-year-old teacher, Davies Noel,who allegedly defiled his 12-year-old daughter, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice. Chief Magistrate, Mr Abdullamid Lawal, who did not take the plea of Noel, ordered the police to duplicate the case file to the Ekiti Directorate of Public Prosecutions for legal advice. […]

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The FCT Command disclosed at the weekend that it has created five additional Police Divisions to tackle the increasing crime wave in the federal capital. The Command said the new divisions were approved by the Inspector General, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, in line with his Community Policing strategies of taking […]

An account officer, Michael Thadius, 37, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly stealing N1.4million and setting office ablaze. Thadius , whose house address was not provided, was charged with arson, the threat to damage, stealing and attempted arson, to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Sgt. Felicia Okwori told the […]