Category: Crime and Judiciary

Four officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) popularly known as Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) were on Wednesday, injured following an attack by some hoodlums on the Victoria Island area of the State . The incident occurred at 134, Sinari Daranijo Street, when the personnel embarked on a joint enforcement to Yakoyo Abula...

 A parent of a Kentucky State University student has been charged with murder in an on campus shooting that killed one student and critically injured another. Jacob Lee Bard was at the school’s campus in Frankfort on Tuesday and fired shots at the victims at a residence hall, police said in a statement. Investigators said...

ISWAP attacked a position of the Nigerian army in Mairari, Borno State on Tuesday, the terrorists burned the position along with three vehicles, and captured a fourth after the troops withdrew from the area, no casualties reported on either side.

Grammy-nominated singer Jubilant Sykes was stabbed to death at his home in Santa Monica, California, and his son was arrested on suspicion of murder, authorities said Tuesday. Officers responded to a 911 call Monday night reporting an assault in progress at the residence in the coastal city west of Los Angeles, according to a statement...

 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed into effect a law that reinforces protective measures for women who are victims of gender-based violence, a move welcomed by feminist activists although they also demand more funds for prevention. The introduction of the law comes at a time of anger in Brazil over record cases of violence against women and...

Frustrated by the city’s slow progress in painting crosswalks at intersections they believe are unsafe, activists in Los Angeles have been picking up paint rollers and doing it themselves. Now one of them has been arrested on a vandalism charge. In a video posted online, Jonathan Hale wears a bright yellow safety vest as he’s...

 A stabbing at a central North Carolina high school Tuesday left one student dead and another injured, authorities said. Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough said officers at North Forsyth High School in Winston-Salem sought assistance shortly after 11 a.m. “We responded to an altercation between two students,” Kimbrough said at a news conference, adding that...

Judges at the International Criminal Court sentenced a leader of the feared Sudanese Janjaweed militia to 20-year imprisonment on Tuesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the catastrophic conflict in Darfur more than two decades ago. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, was convicted in October on 27 counts of war...

Indian authorities have deported 32 Nigerian nationals allegedly connected to a sprawling transnational drug ring, following a sweeping multi-state operation that saw nearly 50 suspects arrested. Two weeks ago, India had launched one of its biggest coordinated crackdowns targeting a foreign-led drug and hawala network operating across several major cities. Fresh reports from the Times...