Category: Crime and Justics

As Nigeria joins the rest of the global community to commemorate the 2025 World Press Freedom Day, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is advocating for the establishment of ethical and legal frameworks to address the myriad of challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Tony Ojukwu OFR,SAN who...

*We saw JTF, police, soldier their – victims By Achadu Gabriel, kaduna Until very recently, it was absolutely a taboo to believe that victims of phone snatchers and other mobile items runs to a particular street to pay and collect their stolen phones back, few minutes or days after they’re robbed. They do this face...

An Ilorin Federal High Court has sentenced two individuals to 300 hours of community service for financial crimes, reinforcing the crackdown on economic offences in Nigeria. Justice Abimbola Awogboro convicted Musa Buba for running an unlicensed bureau de change business and Akinwale Olamilekan for cyber fraud. The court ruled that both men would serve their...

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) who made this statement at the official inauguration of the NHRC Office in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State observed that the Commission has not only championed the full enjoyment of human rights in the country but it has been working relentlessly to...

*Threatens legal action By Achadu Gabriel, kaduna Contractor Mr. Emmanuel Otokpa who was allegedly given a contract worth of N57 billion by Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), has made another startling revelation, alleging that he was advised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to settled with NPA late last year. Mr. Otokpa who said...

While Jie and Zerong were arraigned before Justice Kakaki, the remaining15 were arraigned before Justice Osiagor. The charge against Yi reads: “That you, Mao Bu Yi and Genting International Co. Limited sometimes in December 2024 at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourabe Court, willfully caused to be accessed computer system for the purpose of destabilizing and destroying the Economy...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) have reaffirmed their commitment to tackling financial crimes within Nigeria’s banking sector through enhanced collaboration. This was the focus of discussions when the Ilorin Zonal Director of the EFCC, Harry Erin, paid a courtesy visit to the NDIC’s Ilorin Zonal Controller,...

*Ex-AGF Malami, Ex-MD Koko, MD Dansofo fingered Idibia Gabriel, kaduna A Nigerian contractor has raised an alarm, alleging that the N57 billion worth of contract sum awarded him in Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) has been siphoned. He said the N57 billion contract was awarded to him through President Buhari’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General...

The Ilorin community has been thrown into mourning following the gruesome murder of Yetunde Lawal, a final-year student of Kwara State College of Education. The 24-year-old, who went missing on February 10 after attending a naming ceremony, was found dismembered in the residence of a suspect in the Offa Garage area. According to sources, Yetunde...