Crime

The Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have frustrated attempts by drug syndicates to export large consignments of cocaine, methamphetamine and opioids through…

The Edo State Police Command has successfully rescued a 14-month-old baby, Grace Osamagbe, who was abducted by her nanny, Rejoice Chukwu, in April. Commissioner of Police Umoru Ozigi…

A 40-year-old man, Adebayo Jemileyin, on Friday appeared before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan,  for allegedly obtaining N16.5 million under false pretences. The…

A man accused of having affairs with multiple married women faced violent retaliation from their husbands in Zimbabwe. Dubbed the country’s "Baltasar," he was ambushed and flogged by a…

A Ugandan TikToker, Emmanuel Nabugodi, has been convicted for creating a video that mocked President Yoweri Museveni and called for his public flogging. The 21-year-old pleaded guilty…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday brought a Chinese, Zhengjia Jin, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, for alleged bribery and N301 million fraud. Jin…

A suspected arms dealer, Victoria Alabi, 45, collapsed in the dock at a Federal High Court in Ibadan on Thursday during her arraignment on charges of illegal arms dealing and aiding…

The police on Thursday brought a 43-year-old man, Olawale Saheed, before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly obtaining N5.5 million under false pretences. Saheed, whose…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has granted administrative bail to Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, co-defendants in an alleged money laundering case involving former…

Iranian boxer Roozbeh Safari and powerlifter Azam Baniasadi have each received suspensions after testing positive for banned substances in doping tests. Safari, who tested positive for…