Crime Facts

2023 year of enormous suffering, violence — UN

  The United Nations has lamented that 2023 was the year of suffering and violence across the countries. The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres disclosed this in a solemn video message released on the eve of 2024. Recalled that there was an insurrection that broke out on April 15, 2023, in Khartoum and the Darfur region, […]

NDLEA arrests Qatar-based businessman, others for drug trafficking

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has intercepted a Qatar-based businessman, Agu Amobi, and one other, Uchegbu Obi, with consignments of psychoactive substances at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos. This was contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, December 31. Babafemi revealed […]

Israel appoints new foreign minister

  The Israeli government on Sunday approved the appointment of a new foreign minister to replace Eli Cohen, a statement said, in a pre-arranged reshuffle. Israel Katz, the current energy minister, will swap positions with Cohen as part of the ministerial rotation that is subject to parliamentary approval. “The government has now approved appointing Eli […]

NDLEA Bursts Hotel, Arrests Drug Dealers In Kwara

  The Kwara State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested four suspects for allegedly dealing in illegal substances. While two of the suspects were picked up in an undisclosed hotel in Ilọrin, one was arrested on the highway en route to Kebbi State. The fourth, a 21-year-old girl, Ishola Bisola, […]

New Year: Meet first and last country to enter 2024

  Nigeria will join other countries across the world to say goodbye to 2023 and welcome the New Year 2024. The trepidation with which Nigerians look to 2024 should not spoil the fun. Therefore, let’s meet the first country to say ‘Happy New Year’. The Pacific nation of Kiribati will be the first to celebrate […]

FG must address economic hardship in 2024 — Atiku

  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged the Federal Government to address the economic hardship that Nigerians are going through in 2024. Atiku made the call in his 2024 New Year message to the nation. In the statement released on Sunday, Atiku offered “adulation to God and a heart full of gratitude” as Nigerians […]