One of the core issues that characterized the 2007 governorship election in Adamawa State was corruption.

Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon Tonye Harry,is alleged to have paid N10 million to one Priest Igodo to carry out the abduction of Mrs Cecilia Omehia, mother of former governor, Celestine Omehia. Inye Marshal-Harry, son of

Four of the nine persons involved in the attempted assassination of the commandant general of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC),Dr Ade Abolurin,have been sentenced to death

NATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Command said thousands of youths in the state inhaled gutter odour, sniff bicycle solution as well as take overdose of Benzyl cough syrup to get drugged, just as 558 suspects were so

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has blamed the increasing cases of cult activities in Nigerian universities on the desperation of Nigerian politicians to cling on to power.

SA's senior executives and management have been accused of abusing their powers, mostly for the purposes of fraud and other white collar crime.

A middle aged woman was on Wednesday accused of attempting to sell her child to an unknown resident.

Operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command, weekend, stormed some identified red spots in Yenagoa and arrested no fewer than thirty-eight suspected criminals, accusing them of involvement in scattered cases of violent crimes in the city.

The United Nation Organisation Drug and Crime (UNODC) representative, MS. Dagmar Thomas, has presented a copy of the 2008 World Drug Report,to the Chairman/Chief Executie of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Alhaji Ahmadu Gaide in Abuja, during the

CHAIRMAN of a coalition of over 200 non-governmental organizations working to ensure transparency and accountability in Nigeria's extractive industry, Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Nigeria, Rev. David Ugolor, has said that community-based groups in the country have the potential to

Can you trust police officers who got their jobs by presenting fake credentials?

Enugu State governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2007 general election, Barrister Okey Ezea, has said that to radically address the problem of corruption in the country, Nigerian leaders must emulate their counterparts in developed countries who

Two youth escaped the hangman's noose last week when they got jail terms for the murder of a German national eight years ago.

Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula says although the crime trends report published Monday indicated a continuation of the steady decline in crime levels in South Africa as seen in the past five years, Government was still concerned that the

A former doctor of philosophy student at Makerere University Faculty of Computing is accusing a senior lecturer of plagiarising her work to get a promotion.

The Public Service Ministry has indefinitely halted Adjumani District Service Commission from interviewing applicants it short-listed recently to fill various vacancies in the district, following allegations of corruption.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) weekend clarified that only individual beneficiaries who have nothing to do with security should return cars and cash gift from the Police Equipment Foundation (PEF).

Botswana remains one of the countries where civilians are not allowed to carry firearms. It is also regarded as one of the safest places, where people are not exposed to frequent gunshots during the night.

Senate ad-hoc committee on transport yesterday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Sir Mike Okiro to arrest and drag former Permanent Secretary of Works Ministry, Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed before it on Monday June 30.

There's always a new scandal out of Tanzania, Out of Africa author Baroness Karen Blixen would have written were she alive and living in Tanzania. The latest in the series is: "Who stole whose billions of shillings from the central