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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ekiti State Command, has paraded twelve persons arrested in connection with various crimes in the state.      Parading the suspects at the Command’s headquarters on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, the state Commandant, Agboola Adisa Sunday explained that the suspects were apprehended …

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has called for urgent return of Nigerian stolen assets stashed in foreign countries.   According to a statement posted on the commission’s X handle on Wednesday, December 13, Olukoyede made this call on Tuesday, at the ongoing 10th session …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges the military and rival paramilitary RSF to ‘stop this conflict now’. The United States has determined that warring factions in Sudan have committed war crimes, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said, as Washington increases pressure on the army (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid …

Opinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Oct 31 (IPS) – For three weeks, President Biden has played a key role in backing Israel’s war crimes while touting himself as a compassionate advocate of restraint. That pretense is lethal nonsense as …

Families sheltering in an UNRWA school. Credit: UNICEF/Hassan Islyeh Opinion by an IPS Correspondent (new york) Monday, October 23, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 23 (IPS) – Amnesty International (AI), one of the leading human rights organizations, has accused Israeli forces of continuing “to intensify their cataclysmic assault on …

On the fifth day of Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial, the prosecution’s star witness named the FTX founder as the ringleader of an alleged $10bn fraud scheme at the cryptocurrency exchange and its associated hedge fund. “While you were working at Alameda, did you commit any crimes?” a prosecutor asked Caroline …

The Lagos police authorities say there are pieces of evidence linking Naira Marley and Sam Larry with cyberbullying, physical abuse, a threat to life, and assault against 27-year-old singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad who died in questionable circumstances on September 12, 2023.    While videos of the singer alleging being …

Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto fraud trial gained steam on Thursday when the co-founder of his fallen exchange, Gary Wang, took the stand as a government witness in Manhattan federal court. His testimony came as the highly anticipated trial entered its third day. Bankman-Fried faces seven counts on fraud and conspiracy charges …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed that Nigerians have lost about N12.5 billion to financial crimes linked to the telecommunications industry in four years.    The commission’s Director of Consumer Affairs, Dr Al-kasim Umar disclosed this at the 2nd quarter of the 2023 Open Forum of the Industry Consumer …

The Joint Security Team has killed an alleged notorious political thug, Kabir Bala alias Okwo in Ejule, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State.   Kabir, who recently decamped from one political party to another, was allegedly behind the brutal murder of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) woman leader, Mrs. …