One Rotimi Ola of Gwarimpa, Abuja, has been arraigned before a magistrate's Court sitting at Wuse Zone 6 in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja for alleged forgery, criminal breach of trust and cheating contrary to sections 363, 312 and

Okiro has presented cheques totaling N2,950,000.00 to the families of policemen who were killed and injured during the attempted robbery of Zenith Bank bullion van on February 7, 2008.

THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has absolved the immediate past governor of Cross River State, Mr Donald Duke, and his wife, Onari, of allegation of financial impropriety and abuse of human rights.

Mohammed Abdul, a.k.a Katako,Former driver to Mohammed Abacha, son of late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, before a Lagos High Court, yesterday made more revealations on how the regime of the late dictator attempted to snuff life out of

TRAGEDY struck last Monday in Imianaba village, Okpilla, in Edo state when suspected political thugs invaded the village and shot three persons dead.

The Bank of Namibia (BoN) in collaboration with the Eastern and Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) and the World Bank is conducting training on money laundering and terrorism financing for bankers in southern Africa.

A 30-year old man Baraka Kombe, 22, of Unyankindi, Singida will spend the next 30 years in prison for raping his former girlfriend.

The City of Johannesburg has condemned the xenophobic violence that has wracked the Alexandra Township this week.

The police on Monday recovered a variety of stolen items during an operation.

The family of a local trader who was allegedly murdered in Foyiah, Lofa County by a police officer who is assigned to Vice President Joseph Boakai, is appealing for justice over the murder of their son, Price Lusenie.

The Mozambican police have arrested three health workers who allegedly helped Nelson Bata, a mechanic with no medical qualifications, to pass himself off as a gynaecologist for three years.

A forty-five year old man Prince Fillie of Magbema village in the Gbaneh chiefdom, Kono district is in police custody for allegedly raping an 8-year old girl (name withheld).

A RUSSIAN couple found murdered at their smallholding near Okahandja on Tuesday were hacked to death with pangas.

GUNMEN, Tuesday, seized a vessel and its 11 passengers, nine of whom are Nigerians. The other two are a Portuguese and a Ukranian. The gunmen are demanding a ransom of N30 million for the release of the hostages.

ILLEGAL miners in Chingola yesterday rioted after two of their friends were shot and wounded by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) and Cobra Security officers.

ONLY 5% of businesses take adequate steps to protect their confidential data, exposing themselves to attacks from inside and outside the company, says a former White House cyber-security expert.

Many Senators yesterday kicked against the Bill for an Act to establish a separate court to try all corruption-related offences, saying the move was unconstitutional.

In the space of a few weeks, Mauritania suffered a number of terrorist attacks, responsibility for which was claimed by Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb. Radical Islamism is not new in Mauritania, but terrorism and the sheer scale of violence witnessed

Villagers were left in grief and shock after an armed gang shot dead a police officer and her two sons.

Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka on Wednesday asked the prison reforms committee to work speedily in looking at the living conditions of warders.