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The Lagos State Government has announced plans to investigate a 22-year-old teacher, Louis Prosper, who allegedly dfiled a 10-year-old male student at Blessed Peace School in Abule Odu in Egbeda community, Alimosho Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the state Ministry of Education, Mr Kayode Sutton, said that the issue could have been addressed much earlier if the …

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, said two of the agency’s staff members were recently dismissed over allegations of corruption. Olukoyede disclosed this during the opening of the 6th Annual Criminal Law Review Conference organised by the Rule of Law Development Foundation in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 5-day event …

Canada recently foiled an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister and a strong critic of Tehran, Cotler’s organization said Monday, November 18. The 84-year-old was Justice Minister and Attorney General from 2003 to 2006 and then retired from politics in 2015 but has remained active with many associations that campaign for human rights around the …

Officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested a suspected vote-buyer during the Ondo governorship election. The suspect was apprehended with two bags of money believed to be intended for bribing voters.    The arrest took place at Ward 4, Polling Unit 007, outside St. Stephen’s Primary School in Akure, Ondo State, around 9 am on election day. …

Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested one Hussaini Ibrahim in connection with alleged currency racketeering of N460, 000. 00 (Four Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira).     Ibrahim was arrested by the Special Task Force of the Commission, Enugu Zonal Directorate on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, following intelligence received by …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has granted administrative bail to Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, co-defendants in the case against former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, who faces allegations of diverting state funds totaling N110.4 billion. The EFCC filed a 16-count charge against Bello, Oricha, and Hudu, alleging a criminal breach of trust involving state finances.   During …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kogi State Command has arrested three suspects for alleged criminal conspiracy and vandalism.   Parading the suspects at the command headquarters in Lokoja on Wednesday, the Kogi State NSCDC Commandant, Esther Akinlade, said the crime was committed on 7th and 20th October in Ankpa and Isanlu, both located in the Yagba East …

A 51-year-old male suspect has been apprehended in connection with the brutal r3pe and m8rder of a 15-year-old girl in the Siloam policing area, Vhembe District in Limpopo, South Africa.    The victim was reported missing on Monday, November 11, 2024, and her naked body was discovered in Khalavha plantation bushes the following day.   Preliminary investigations revealed that the …

In a new twist surrounding allegations against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, singer and entrepreneur Ray J has claimed that multiple celebrities are privately reaching out to alleged victims, offering payments to prevent them from going public. Ray J’s comments appear in TMZ’s new TUBI documentary, The Downfall of Diddy: Inside the Freak-Offs, where he discusses the actions some high-profile …

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested six suspects in a crackdown on marauders in Damaturu, the state capital.     The spokesperson of the command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Garba Ahmed, ordered a stakeout to apprehend perpetrators following reports of shoplifting, theft, criminal …