Category: Crime and Judiciary

A woman in New Zealand who was convicted of murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases for years before they were discovered will spend at least 17 years in prison, a judge ruled Wednesday. Justice Geoffrey Venning told Hakyung Lee at the High Court hearing in the city of Auckland that she would begin her sentence as a...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in continuation of their offensive action against drug syndicates in a nationwide crackdown, have dismantled an opioids cartel in an intelligence-led operation during which a baron, Onyekachi Pius Nwanagu and five members of his gang were arrested with illicit substances worth over N6.7 billion recovered from...

2023 presidential aspirantand former governor of Anambra State Peter Obi, on Wednesday revealed that he was in Strasbourg, France, to attend sessions at the European Parliament and had appealed to them to strengthen their relationship with Africa. According to the former governor statement: “While there, I spent the day holding a series of constructive meetings...

Justice Alexandre de Moraes of Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to begin a 27-year prison sentence for a coup plot against his successor, a climax to years of political turmoil and legal battles over his contentious legacy in Brazilian democracy. The court ruled that Bolsonaro will stay at the same federal police headquarters...

The federal government of Nigeria has secured the release of 24 kidnapped Kebbi school girls while president Tinubu in a statement on Tuesday commended the effort of the military forces Gunmen had abducted the girls from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, on November 17, killing two staff members. In one of...

Four people have been charged in Paris over suspected Russia-linked espionage and interference, in a case that ties economic intelligence gathering to pro-Russia posters placed on the Arc de Triomphe. Prosecutors said three suspects have been detained and a fourth placed under strict judicial supervision. The prosecutor’s office identified one of the individuals as Anna...

Hamas says it will return the body of an Israeli hostage Tuesday, part of last month’s fragile ceasefire that has held despite Israeli strikes on Gaza, mounting Palestinian casualties, and mutual accusations of violations. Palestinian Islamic Jihad announced it found the body earlier this week in Nuseirat, a refugee camp in central Gaza. The body will be...

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday began presenting closing arguments against an alleged commander of a rebel group from Central African Republic facing multiple counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes. Mahamat Said Abdel Kani is accused of overseeing torture, persecution and enforced disappearances at detention centers in the capital, Bangui, in 2013, where fighting raged...

Around 6 p.m. Monday, 30 armed bandits struck the Isapa community of Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, abducted 11 residents, fired shots that wounded an elderly woman and left bullet-riddled buildings behind. Seven victims out of the abductees came from one family, including vulnerable mothers and children; while the gunmen fled after the...