Crime

The police on Friday arraigned one 43-year-old Ola Richard in Ibadan for alleged N20 million extortion. Richard, whose address was not provided, is charged with unlawful demand under…

Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have uncovered ₦2 billion counterfeit alcohol packaging centres in Lagos. The illegal packaging…

Mr Adamu Ibrahim Umaru, 48, was on Thursday paraded by the zone 6 Police Command in Cross River over allegation of defiling and impregnating his 15-year old daughter. The zone 6…

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the death of Sunday Abidoye, whose lifeless body was discovered in a room at Creestar Hotel, Sagamu, on Wednesday. In a statement issued by…

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has granted the request of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to arraign a former lawmaker for Anambra South…

The Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Badagry, Lagos State, has handed over five seized vehicles and quantities of cannabis sativa to the Nigeria Police Force and the National…

Winnie Byanyima, wife of prominent Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye, has alleged that her husband was kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya over the weekend, transferred to Uganda,…

Marius Borg Høiby, the 27-year-old stepson of Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been arrested on suspicion of rape, Oslo police confirmed. Høiby,…

The new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has pledged to leverage his position to stimulate the economy while adhering to the rule of law and…

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of one James Gabriel, 37, alleged to have sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl. Magistrate E. Kubeinje, who did not…