Crime

The Bayelsa State High Court in Yenagoa will on September 24, 2025, deliver a ruling on whether confessional statements allegedly extracted through torture can be admitted as evidence in the ongoing trial of 15 domestic staff of former…
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An Onitsha Magistrate Court has ordered the arrest of three men accused of demolishing a building worth N200 million after they repeatedly failed to appear for trial. The defendants, identified as Ifeanyichukwu Chiekwu, 45, Ostia Okoro,…
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A journalist, Nasir Hassan Yelwa, was arrested on Tuesday by police officers in Abuja while covering a religious procession held by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, and other Muslim worshippers…
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Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has ordered the arrest and prosecution of officers of the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra Brigade following a shooting incident near Emeka Offor Plaza in Onitsha Main Market. The governor…
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Staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Patigi and Edu local government areas of Kwara State have vacated their offices and suspended operations following a surge in kidnappings and bandit attacks. Security…
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The Federal Government has welcomed the conviction of pro-Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa by a Finnish court on terrorism charges. A district court in Paijat-Hame, Finland, sentenced Ekpa to six years in prison after finding him guilty of…
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The Päijät-Häme district court in Finland has sentenced Simon Ekpa, pro-Biafra agitator, to six years in prison for terrorism offences. In a ruling delivered on Monday, the court found Ekpa guilty of inciting terrorism and participating…
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The Itsekiri Progressive Youth Movement (IPYM) has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate alleged threats to the life of the Group Chief Executive Officer of…
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Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has announced that his administration has cleared more than 60 criminal camps operating across ten troubled local government areas of Anambra State. The governor named the affected areas as Ihiala, Nnewi…
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Former Imo State governor Emeka Ihedioha has condemned the killing of five people in Ezinachi community, Okigwe Local Government Area, describing it as another proof of government’s failure to safeguard lives and property. The victims…
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