A court in Somalia's Puntland regional autonomy has dismissed 9 men held in suspicion of terror activities, while sentencing an alleged insurgent to a 12-year prison term.
Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), an umbrella organisation of most of the opposition political parties in the country, yesterday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest former governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, for
A NORTON man was yesterday sentenced to 20 years in jail for breaking into 11 shops at Daventry House in Harare and stealing electrical gadgets worth more than $900 trillion.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has said it had charged three people to Court for alleged corrupt practices in the distribution of the National Identity Cards.
Unknown gunmen who specialise in kidnap of innocent citizens for ransom were yesterday apprehended by the Rivers State police command following a decisive and humanitarian role played by a group of motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders in the state.
A LEGAL practitioner and Chairman of Delta State chapter of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Mr. Oghenejabor Ikimi has commended an Asaba Chief Magistrate, Mr. Alex Oteri for refusing to accept bribe offered him in order
Ibadan-based socio-political group, the Senator Abiola Ajimobi Campaign Organisation, Wednesday, made a fresh call to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to beam its searchlight on the 33 local governments in the State with a view to unearthing how
Two suspects, Ahmed Danjuma and Najeen Audu have been arrested by operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kogi State, for allegedly stealing 33,000 litres of crude oil in a petrol tanker from Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
The lingering battle between Otunba Feyisayo Winfuke, Water Parks boss and Intercontinental Bank PLC, took another twist Wednesday, as An Igbosere Magistrate court ordered the arrest of the controversial business man for alleged conspiracy, stealing and obtaining under false pretences..
All manner of tales preceded her assumption of office as the new Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. A section of the media denigrated her as the anointed candidate of crooks whose brief was to undo
AS the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) continues to probe allegations of favouritism at the City of Windhoek with regard to credit control, the City is refusing to say whether it has taken any action against a number of high-ranking Government officials,
The police in Delta have arrested four suspected armed robbers who allegedly attacked Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan's advance party three weeks ago near Oghara.
The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, calls for a focus on the human rights aspects of the issue of trafficking in persons. I come to this position with many years of human
The House of Representatives has threatened to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of the Minister of Education, Dr. Igwe Aja Nwachukwu, should he fail for the third time, to appear before its Committee on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
THE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mrs Farida Waziri yesterday hinged the success of the war against economic and financial crimes on the co-operation of the nation's judiciary.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to investigate the management and spending of recovered stolen assets between May 1999 and May 2007.
