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- Cross-border Crimes
- January 25, 2025
- 205 views
Tinubu commends Finnish government for arresting, detaining Simon Ekpa
President Bola Tinubu has commended the Finnish government for arresting and detaining Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Tinubu spoke on Friday when…
- Cross-border Crimes , Scams & Hoaxes
- January 25, 2025
- 217 views
36-year-old charged with defrauding 400 Americans in US
A Nigerian national, Okezie Ogbata, has been charged by a district court in Florida, United States, for defrauding more than 400 elderly and vulnerable victims of over $6m. The Southern…
- Cross-border Crimes
- January 23, 2025
- 192 views
Two Nigerians arrested in Kuwait over $14,918 robbery
The Kuwaiti General Department of Criminal Investigation (GDCI) has arrested two unidentified Nigerians in the Ahmadi Province for allegedly robbing an exchange office and stealing $14,918. They have been charged…
- Cross-border Crimes , International
- January 20, 2025
- 334 views
Report: Iranian singer Tataloo sentenced to death for blasphemy
Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, the singer better known as Tataloo,A supreme court in Iran has reportedly sentenced Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, the singer better known as Tataloo, to death for blasphemy. Guardian…
- Cross-border Crimes
- January 20, 2025
- 179 views
80 killed, thousands displaced in Colombian guerrilla violence
A fresh outbreak of guerrilla violence amid a faltering peace process in Colombia has left more than 80 people dead, including civilians, and displaced around 11,000 in just four days,…
- Cross-border Crimes
- January 18, 2025
- 191 views
Nigerian, Jeremiah Okoye dies in S’Africa’s police custody
A 50-year-old Nigerian man, Jeremiah Okoye, has died in the custody of the police in Limpopo, South Africa. Okoye, who resided at 71, Magazyn Street, Polokwane Limpopo Province, before his…
- Cross-border Crimes
- January 17, 2025
- 201 views
3 Nigerians bag jail term in US for $2m fraud scheme targeting elderly, vulnerable individuals
Three Nigerians in the US have been sentenced for their involvement in a prolonged fraud scheme that frequently targeted elderly victims, according to authorities. Fatai Okunola, 38, of Kalamazoo, received…
- Cross-border Crimes
- January 10, 2025
- 229 views
Nigerian man jailed 11 years in US for money laundering, passport fraud
A 37-year-old Nigerian man, Chukwunonso Obiora, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his involvement in separate criminal schemes, including laundering fraud proceeds and obtaining a U.S. passport…
- Corruption , Cross-border Crimes
- January 10, 2025
- 245 views
US returns $52.88m Diezani Alison-Madueke’s loot to Nigeria
The Federal Government has received $52.88 million in recovered assets linked to a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, from the United States of America. The Attorney-General of the Federation…
- Cross-border Crimes
- January 9, 2025
- 207 views
28 Beninese soldiers killed in attack near Burkina Faso borde
Twenty-eight soldiers were killed in an attack in northern Benin, a security source told AFP on Thursday, as violence blamed on jihadists based in neighbouring countries increases. The high-ranking official…
- Cross-border Crimes , Scams & Hoaxes
- January 8, 2025
- 201 views
Two US-Based Nigerians Face 40-Year Jail Term Over $560,000 Romance Scam
Two Nigerians, Olutayo Sunday Ogunlaja, 39, and Abel Adeyi Daramola, 37 will face a combined 40-year jail term for participating in a romance scam. A statement by the US Attorney,…
- Cross-border Crimes , Sex Crimes
- January 8, 2025
- 302 views
Sisters Set Father On Fire After Rape
Two teenage sisters were arrested in Pakistan for killing their father by setting him on fire in revenge for rape, police said Wednesday. The father was attacked in the Punjabi…
- Cross-border Crimes
- January 8, 2025
- 212 views
Lakurawa kill ‘four soldiers’ in Niger Republic
Suspected members of the Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), a militant jihadist organisation, reportedly killed four soldiers in an attack on Tafouka, a town in Konni, Tahoua region in…
- Cross-border Crimes
- January 5, 2025
- 179 views
Three Nigerian women freed after 10-month in Saudi jail for drug trafficking
Three Nigerian women, who were arrested and prosecuted for drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia have been discharged and acquitted after spending 10 months in detention. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
- Cross-border Crimes
- January 4, 2025
- 181 views
Nigerian’ gunmen kill five Cameroonian soldiers in border attack
Gunmen reportedly from Nigeria have killed at least five Cameroonian soldiers in Bakinjaw, a village along the countries’ shared borders. Aka Martin Tyoga, a member of parliament for the district,…
