Category: Crime and Judiciary

Mexican authorities announced Monday the discovery of the bodies of a human rights activist and her husband, six months after they were reported missing in the southern state of Oaxaca. The Oaxaca State Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that lawyer and activist Sandra Estefana Domínguez Martínez and her husband Alexander Hernández Hernández were found Thursday in...

 An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems is scheduled to be executed Thursday in Florida for the shotgun killings of his girlfriend and her three young children in 1998. Barring a last-minute reprieve, Jeffrey Hutchinson is set to receive a lethal injection starting at 6 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison near...

Iran executed Wednesday a man it said worked for Israel’s foreign intelligence agency and played a role in the 2022 killing of a Revolutionary Guard colonel in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported. The report identified the man as Mohsen Langarneshin and said he was hanged. It called him a “senior spy” for the...

Justice Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, on Monday, April 28, convicted and sentenced Olaniyan Gbenga Amos to 63 years in prison for multiple investment fraud . Amos was convicted alongside his firm, Detorrid Heritage Investment Limited, on 30-count charges prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested a popular Lagos socialite, Emeka Okonkwo Daniel (a.k.a. E-Money), for allegedly abusing the Naira note. He was arrested on Monday night at his residence in the Omole area of Lagos. Sources within the commission on Tuesday said E-Money was arrested for allegedly spraying United States...

Police confirmed three people have been killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala. According to local media report, the shooting took place at a hair salon close to Vaksala Square in the centre of the city and the shooter, who fled on a scooter, is still on the run. The incident happened...

A General Court Martial (GCM) convened at the Headquarters, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, has sentenced Private Adamu Mohammed to death by hanging for murder, and Private Abubakar Yusuf to 10 years imprisonment for robbery. The sentences were delivered following the conclusion of their trials for serious breaches of military law. According to a statement...

In its continued efforts to maintain environmental decorum and enforce a zero-tolerance stance against illicit drug activities within the Lagos metropolis, the Lagos State Taskforce has intensified its operations against commercial motorcyclists (Okada riders). This led to the apprehension of two suspects, Soji Inawole (40) and another individual, Mufu, who is currently at large for...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 60-year-old woman identified as Safiya Shamsu, a major distributor of opioids in Kano State, believed to be a significant player in the illicit drug trade. According Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy in a statement, said that the agency operatives acted on intelligence,...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old boy, Solomon Ibiwoye, after he was found in possession of a firearm in the Ebute-Ero area of the state. Police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in an X post on Sunday, commending vigilant residents whose alert led to the arrest. “Kudos to observant Lagosians who...