Category: Crime and Judiciary

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a former Nigerian footballer and four others at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, for attempting to smuggle 22.6 kilograms of cocaine out of the country. An ex-international footballer Segun George Hunkarin along with his businessman partner Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu was arrested for attempting to smuggle...

A 42-year-old man who claimed to be a mobile police officer was apprehended on Friday while he attempted to steal a Toyota Highlander SUV at Magboro, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State . The suspect, identified as Omotoso Ayobami, was arrested by operatives of the Oodua People’s Congress while trying to drive away the...

Antoine Massey, who escaped from a New Orleans jail, has been captured after six weeks on the run, U.S. Marshals arrested him in the Hollygrove area of New Orleans following a Crime Stoppers tip. The ninth of ten escapees from the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility was recaptured on Friday after jail break which occurred on...

Oslo police on Friday announced charges against Marius Borg Høiby, the eldest son of Norway’s crown princess, on multiple counts including rape, sexual assault and bodily harm after a monthslong investigation of a case that involved a “double-digit” number of alleged victims. Høiby, the 28-year-old son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson of the heir to the...

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Friday, June 27, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of 14 Chinese for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The suspects are: Su Zong Gen, Li Zhong Chang, Chen Gui Ping,...

Two men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering an Aboriginal schoolboy, in a case that shocked Australia. Cassius Turvey died of head injuries after a brutal assault on the outskirts of Perth in October 2022. The 15-year-old’s killing prompted nationwide protests and vigils, also sparking debate on pervasive racism in the country. The killers, Jack Brearley...

A Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Lafia has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging a Nigerian singer, Timilehin Ajayi, for the murder of a female Corps Member, Salome Adaidu. The court presided over by Justice Simon Aboki held that the prosecution, the Nasarawa State Government successfully proved beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant...

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects who posed as real estate agents to lure, kidnap, and rob unaware victims. According to the police spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga in Anambra State, said in a statement on Wednesday night that police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad arrested the suspects earlier on Wednesday. The...

24-year-old Thika Technical College student, Victor Otieno Odhiambo, was allegedly shot in the head by the police during a protest in Juja Kenya on Wednesday. News suggests police fired on protesters, but the local police chief denies evidence linking them to the death. However, there were videos of police shooting live rounds, possibly during crowd...

Joy turned to shock for a newlywed couple in Singapore when a thief took off with nearly S$50,000 ($39,083; £28,705) worth of red envelopes from their wedding reception. The culprit, Lee Yi Wei, who later gambled the money away, was sentenced to a year in prison on Tuesday, and ordered to compensate the couple. His...