A recent report by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, has revealed that Nigerians paid bribes a staggering 87 million times to public and private officials in 2023. This number, although concerning, shows a slight decrease in the frequency of bribery compared to 2019. In 2023, an estimated 27 per cent of Nigerians who interacted with a public official admitted to paying a...

Substandard, falsified, and banned products worth over N20 million have been seized by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in a major raid carried out across some markets in Sokoto state. Similarly, four suspects were arrested after the screening of 17 shops during the raids. The agency in its X platform said the operation which was carried out by the Investigation and Enforcement/Federal Task Force on Fake Drugs and Unwholesome...

Four persons who kidnapped the former Bayelsa State Commissioner for Trade and Investment in Federal Otokito to Igbomotoru Busthe  and demanded ransom in 2022 have been sentenced to 40 years each in prison. The convicted persons were arrested by operatives of the Operation Puff Adder led by Chris Nwaogbo and believed to be boys working with a prominent Ex-Militant leader from Southern Ijaw Local Government area of the State. The Police Prosecuting Counsel, Stella Jerry-Friday,...

The Enugu State Police Command has declared eight males wanted, promising monetary reward for any person with credible information for their arrest. The men are wanted in the case of conspiracy to wit: murder, terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, arson, and unlawful possession of firearms. An official bulletin signed by DSP Daniel Ndukwe, Police Public Relations Officer reveals that the last known address of all the men declared wanted is Igga in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area...

Osun State High Court sitting in Ede has sentenced one Issa Ibrahim, along with four others to death for kidnapping and murdering his father, Adamu Ibrahim, after collecting a ₦3 million ransom. The other convicts, include Lateef Bello, Abdulrahmon Soliu, Bello Ibrahim, and Jolaanabi Saheed. They were arraigned on charges of conspiracy, kidnapping, and murder alongside Jolaanabi’s mother, Ajibola Shared, who was later acquitted. The prosecution, led by Moses Faremi from the Osun State Ministry...

A 24-year hair salon apprentice Blessing Okonkwo, resident of Kabang ward in Mubi town, headquarters of Mubi North LGA Adamawa state has sold her 4 years old biological brother Friday Okonkwo at the cost of N410N700,000, 000.00. Blessing, who confessed to the crime, told the Police that she initially demanded N700, 000 from the buyer, but later agreed on N400,000. According to her, she procured a grinding machine and handset with the money and gave...