Category: Crime and Judiciary

Indonesia is on an ambitious mission to offer free meals to 80 million school children – but that hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. Nearly 80 students across two high schools in Cianjur, south of the capital Jakarta, fell ill after eating the meals this week. Most of those who ended up in hospital have...

The public has a right to hear audio recordings from the custody hearing of Harmony Montgomery, a 5-year-old New Hampshire girl who was murdered by her father and vanished in 2019 after being placed in his care, the highest court in Massachusetts ruled Wednesday. The father, Adam Montgomery, was found guilty in her death last year and sentenced...

A group of British parents who believe social media played a part in the death of their children have travelled to the US to demand better online safety protections for children. Four families flew to New York City to protest with hundreds of others from the US and Canadaoutside the offices of Meta – owner...

Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, faces sentencing in federal court on Friday. The New York Republican, who served in Congress for barely a year before being ousted in 2023 by his House colleagues, pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He admitted to...

Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered 54 banks to immediately return a total of N9,329,322,870 fraudulently transferred by hackers from Union Bank accounts. The judgment, delivered on April 15, 2025, follows an ex parte motion filed in suit number FHC/L/CS/629/2025. The court directed the financial institutions to place a...

A 20-year-old Instagram and OnlyFans model Gabriella Zuniga, filed the lawsuit claiming Shannon Sharpe sexually assaulted her during their relationship. Sharpe and his legal team have denied the allegation, releasing a series of text messages from Zuniga that they argue undermine her credibility. Zuniga is seeking $50M compensation, while the Pro Football Hall of Famer...

A man on X with the handle @iam _polymath on Monday alleged that his brother was kidnapped by organ harvesters who disguised as police in Port Harcourt GRA. @iam _polymath narrated that his brother’s bolt ride had been stopped forcefully, while he was abducted, stating that he’s phone was collected from him, where the suspected...

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for gunning down a New Mexico state police officer who had stopped to help him. The sentence stemmed from an agreement Jaremy Smith reached with federal prosecutors earlier this year. He had pleaded guilty to charges that included carjacking resulting in death, using and...

About 1155hrs of 18th April 2025, one Yahaya Yunusa, a 25-year-old military Private (PTE), was apprehended in Jaji, Igabi Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The suspect said he is a member of the 197 Special Forces Battalion, Zamfara State.He was found in possession of unauthorized ammunition along with his Military ID Card and the under...

Two suspected kidnappers linked to the abduction of Nigerian Navy Lieutenant Cynthia Akor have been arrested by operatives of the Naval Unit in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory.The suspects reportedly confessed to their involvement in the kidnapping, as well as other criminal activities such as cattle rustling.According to reports, Lieutenant Akor was kidnapped on March 21...