Category: Crime and Judiciary

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 120 suspected internet fraudsters, comprising 95 male and 25 female at various locations in Lagos. The suspects were arrested on Monday, May 19, 2025, following credible intelligence and thorough surveillance regarding their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud. Items...

South African authorities say they will continue with legal proceedings against Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso who was acquitted of rape last month, even though he has left the country. Mr Omotoso, who denied the 32 charges against him, was accused of sexually assaulting young women from his church in Port Elizabeth. The National Prosecuting Authority...

The most shocking thing for Jonathan, who had endured six gruelling months living and working underground in an abandoned South African gold mine, was the abuse he witnessed being meted out to children. Some are recruited for cheap labour, but others are brought in specifically for sex, campaigners say. Jonathan, now in his late 20s,...

 Five people were killed along the border that the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti in what authorities say is a suspected drug trafficking case. Police said they are looking for three suspects accused of opening fire on the victims on Sunday and fleeing with an unknown amount of drugs and money. Two others were injured...

Disgraced Nigerian monarch, Joseph Oloyede, has been ordered to forfeit millions of dollars in cash and high-value property to the United States government following his conviction on several fraud-related charges in $4.2 million COVID-19 relief scam, according to legal filings sighted by Peoples Gazette. The latest blow to Mr Oloyede, who was the Apetu of...

“I told Congress they’re killing poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and they’re paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US. This was the authorities’ response.” Ben Cohen

The former director of FBI James Comey, is under scrutiny over a post he shared then deleted on social media, which Republicans alleged was an incitement to violence against President Donald Trump. Comey posted on Instagram a photo of seashells that spelled the numbers “8647”, which he captioned: “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.”...

The Lagos State Government has shut down 35 supermarkets between January and April 2025 for selling expired products, Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperative, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Folashade Ambrose, revealed on Tuesday. She made this disclosure during a ministerial press briefing marking the second anniversary of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s second term in office. According to Ambrose,...

On the first day of Erik and Lyle Menendez ‘s resentencing hearing Tuesday, their cousins, a former judge and a former fellow inmate took to the witness stand to testify that the brothers were not only rehabilitated but helped others. The brothers did not show any apparent emotion during most of the testimony as they appeared via...