Ex-militant leaders in the Niger Delta region are at odds over a multimillion-naira pipeline protection contract, with tensions rising amid the recent renewal of a major security contract and shifting political dynamics. The disagreement centers around a pipeline protection contract awarded to a company with links to the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, and...
Category: Crime and Judiciary
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Senator Ike Ekweremadu
Some years ago, the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) special project team approached the Deputy Senate President (Ike Ekweremmadu) to help them fast-track the funding for a project in the hospital through a government intervention project. He asked them to submit their proposal and they did. It was N400million for Renal Centre. The N400m...
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Cyprus Court Drops All Rape Charges Against Five Israelis After Doubting British Woman’s Credibility
A criminal court in Cyprus has dropped all charges against five Israelis accused of gang-raping a British woman in a hotel room after ruling her testimony as not credible and replete with “fundamental contradictions.” According to a Cyprus News Agency report issued late Monday that cited a criminal court announcement, the court found during closed-door proceedings that...
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Muslim Woman Attacked In Library By Woman Who Tried To Set Hijab On Fire, Canadian Police Say
A Canadian Muslim woman was targeted at a public library in what police called an unprovoked weekend attack by a woman who tried to remove and set the woman’s hijab on fire. Durham Regional Police officers responded to an assault call around noon Saturday at the Ajax Public Library in Ontario, about 50 miles east...
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U.S. Attorney General Bondi, Directs Prosecutors To Seek Death Penalty For Luigi Mangione, In Unitedhealthcare CEO’s Murder.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Bondi described Thompson’s murder as “an act of political violence”, part of her statement read: “Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young...
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Authorities Arrest 24-Year-Old Dad In Georgia For Leaving His Children At Mcdonald’s While He Attended A Job Interview.
A Georgia man was arrested last week after leaving his three young children in a McDonald’s restaurant without supervision while attending a job interview. Chris Louis, 24, was charged with deprivation of a minor on March 22. Authorities responded to the McDonald’s at 2902 Washington Road in Augusta after a concerned bystander noticed the children, aged 1, 6 and 10, in...
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A 17-Year-Old From The West Bank Becomes The First Palestinian Teenager To Die In An Israeli Prison
A 17-year-old from the West Bank who was held in an Israeli prison for six months without being charged died after collapsing in unclear circumstances, becoming the first Palestinian teen to die in Israeli detention, officials said. Walid Ahmad was a healthy high schooler before his arrest in September for allegedly throwing stones at soldiers,...
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The NDLEA has arrested Arokodare Damil Ebenezer, the owner of Damillionz Takeout in Lekki, Lagos, for allegedly importing 60 parcels of Lo¥d, a potent c+nnabis strain, from the U.S. to Nigeria .
The 43-year-old businessman was apprehended on March 24th, 2025, at Bay Lounge on Admiralty Way, Lekki where he allegedly ran his dr¥g operation. His arrest came as he awaited the delivery of a fresh narcotics shipment . According to NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, the arrest followed the interception of a shipment containing 7 large cartons...