General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Alhaji Abdulhahi Dikko has set up a committee to check all forms of bribery and corruption in the service.
Police and the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) have launched a manhunt for a soldier, who went berserk on Monday, and opened fire on his colleagues, killing two of them on the spot in Kigoma Region.
Vice president Goodluck Jonathan has called for international cooperation and support against the trafficking in persons in the country.
An applicant, Ameh Joseph, 18, was yesterday arraigned before an Ejigbo Magistrate's Court in Lagos for allegedly defiling an 11-year old girl. Joseph, however, pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge of having canal knowledge of the girl without her consent.
A human rights activist and social crusader, Mrs. Olushola Akai, has frowned at the rampant cases of sexual abuse against the youths in the present-day society.
For CHINWE OCHU, many Nigerians do not appreciate their country until they travel out and taste the bitter side of other countries. Her trip to South Africa recently exposed her to experiences that made her realise that despite the country's bad image abroad, Nigeria still has something to be proud of, even though she still has Soweto in her mind
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos command has apprehended a 64-yearold mother of seven for ingesting 80 wraps of substances, weighing 1.060 kg, which tested positive to cocaine.
A team of Mobile Policemen under the newly created anti-robbery and kidnap outfit set up by the Edo State Government codenamed "Operation Thunder Storm" was on Tuesday morning demobilised by armed robbers, who killed a police Sergeant and set the patrol vehicle ablaze.
The latest rating by global corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI), which ranked Nigeria 130 out of 180 countries surveyed in the 2009 corruption index, has, contrary to positions in official quarters, reaffirmed the belief that corruption, which has been the bane of the country's development, is far from reducing.
Deputy Minister of Correctional Services, Hlengiwe Mkhize, is to take a project which focuses on the well-being and protection of children behind bars to the Limpopo province on Friday.
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, has directed that Rosalind Sumner, an Australian love scam victim be paid the sum of N514, 212.10 and another $5900 recovered from a Nigerian fraudster.
A non-governmental organisation, Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN), has appealed to the National Assembly to probe the inability of the Minister of Police Affairs, Ibrahim Lame, to account for N3.5 billion meant for strategic crime prevention projects in seven cities in Nigeria.
The police recently arraigned a middle-aged man before an Abuja magistrate court for allegedly defrauding one Eze Udenyi of N548, 000.Ugochhukwu Dick was accused of conniving with others now at large to defraud the complainant of the said money sometimes this year.
Four security guards were last Tuesday arraigned before an Abuja magistrate court for allegedly abandoning their duty posts and paving the way for thieves to break into a shop belonging to one Ugwu.
Five staff of Gilmor Construction Company recently appeared before an Abuja magistrate court for allegedly stealing some iron rods belonging to the company.
Two suspected burglars, Useni Muhammed and Sunday Michael are presently cooling off at Dutsen-Alhaji Police Post after they were allegedly caught with materials stolen from a shop that belongs to Sebastian Onkwasbeze.
BUSIA Town Council officials have been cautioned against extorting money from the public using the LC3 chairman's name. Michael Mugeni expressed disappointment that some council employees were obtaining money using his name.
Operatives of the anti-narcotic Agency have apprehended a sixty-four year old mother of seven at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos for ingesting 80 wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine weighing 1.060 kg.
A SENIOR officer in the Windhoek City Police is facing three criminal charges - including a count of drunken driving - after making a first court appearance on Friday following a late-night car accident in the city earlier in the week.
THE Luweero district records officer who forged signatures to help top district officials get a loan of sh945,000 is being detained at Central Police Station in Kampala.
WOMEN activists have expressed worry over the delay by the Police and courts to dispose of gender-related violence cases.
TWO Kyambogo University staff working in the salary section have been suspended over creating ghost workers on the payroll that cost the institution over sh90m.
An appeal by Fred Kavuma, a former programme manager at the defunct Uganda Television challenging his conviction and sentence for embezzlement, will be heard at the Court of Appeal today.
A judicial integrity committee investigating cases related to corruption and bribery by judicial officers has started its work in northern Uganda.
National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), has acquired equipment to detect illegal water connections that cost the institution about Shs25 billion water in losses a month, Daily Monitor has learnt.
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