Category: Crime and Judiciary

63-year-old disabled Nigerian man who has lived in the UK for almost 40 years has won an appeal to stay in the country despite the Home Office wanting to deport him. Anthony Olubunmi George who entered UK at the age of 24 in 1986, has not left since and has no criminal convictions. He had...

A 34-year-old United Kingdom-based Nigerian, Olamide Shanu, has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States to face federal charges for his alleged role in a cyber-fraud scheme that defrauded victims of at least $2 million. The US Department of Justice disclosed in a statement on its website on Thursday that 34-year-old Shanu...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has arrested a businesswoman, Okolonkwo Ebere Theresa, after she was caught attempting to smuggle methamphetamine concealed in her specially crafted bum pads. at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. According to a statement issued on Sunday, September 21, 2025, by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the...

A notorious bandit leader, Kachalla Ummaru, has publicly issued a warning to the Nigerian Army and the government against relying solely on force in tackling insecurity, saying that lethal operations will only fuel more recruitment and violence, saying Ummaru led this out over the weekend during peace talks between some bandit groups and community leaders in Matazu...

The Nigerian military, 6 Division, has made a significant breakthrough in its fight against oil theft and pipeline vandalism, arresting 17 suspects and destroying nine illegal refineries in a week-long operation in the Niger Delta region. The operation, codenamed Operation Delta Safe, was carried out between September 15 and 21. The Army also said over...

Five suspected kidnappers of Yoruba and Fulani tribes were arrested in Kwara State, following a gun battle with combined forces of soldiers, local vigilantes, and hunters at Ero Dam, Odo Owa community, in Oke-Ero and Ekiti local government areas of Kwara State. The arrests followed intelligence reports; the suspects allegedly terrorized the area. Cash in...

A former Riverside megachurch pastor has been accused of sexually abusing and trafficking children for years at a shelter he ran in Bucharest, according to lawsuits filed by two Romanian men in U.S. District Court in California. The complaints, filed Tuesday by 33-year-old Marian Barbu and 40-year-old Mihai-Constantin Petcu, said former Harvest Christian Fellowship pastor...

 A New York judge on Tuesday threw out terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione, rejecting the Manhattan district attorney’s theory in a state murder case that the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was “intended to evoke terror.” Judge Gregory Carro kept other charges in place, including a second-degree murder count that requires prosecutors to prove Mangione...

Anambra State Police Command has arrested 54 suspects in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area. The suspects, comprising 39 males and 15 females, were nabbed during a raid of black spots. The command’s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, said at a press conference yesterday, that the suspects were undergoing screening and profiling, after which those found culpable...