Justice B. Bassi of High Court 12, Jos, Plateau State has remanded Mrs Nneamaka Nwachuku for allegedly torturing an 11-year-old house help, Margret Joshua to death. Late Margret was reportedly tortured to death on November 11, 2022, by Nwachukwu after pouring hot water on her body, a development that subsequently led to her death. […]
At least 56 journalists were jailed in Africa in 2022 as Egypt was the top jailer country, according to Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). CPJ, in an investigative report published on Wednesday, found that 363 newsmen were deprived of freedom as of December 1, 2022, which set a new global high that overtakes the […]
Condemnations have continued to greet the horrible acts of security agencies towards protesting women in Enugu-Ezike. Enugu-Ezike youths are the latest to frown at these ugly acts. It was gathered that the incident happened in Enugu-Ezike, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State over the weekend. In a viral video seen by crimefacts.news, the protesting […]
Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of two TikTok users – Mubarak Muhammad (Uniquepikin) and Nazifi Muhammad – in custody in Kano State. The duo were remanded in prison for allegedly defaming the character of Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, in one of their comedy skits. In his ruling on Monday, the presiding magistrate, […]
Mrs Anthonia Okonkwo, widow allegedly stripped naked by some youths in an Enugu State community says she did not harvest snails from the sacred forest as alleged by the perpetrators. Okonkwo made the disclosure on Friday when an NGO, the Women Aid Collective (WACOL) led by the Founder, Prof. Joy Ezeilo, visited her in […]
The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Sunday Faleye, has quizzed the Divisional Crime Officer of Ode-Omu Police Division, Matthew Ajayi, who was accused of torturing a woman inspector, Bamidele Olorunsogo. In a video seen by PUNCH Metro on Wednesday, Olorunsogo could be seen displaying the injuries she sustained on her chest and hands. […]
A chartered accountant, Anu Hunwathan, has accused a policewoman of assaulting him and tearing his clothes during an altercation at the Badagry Roundabout in the Badagry area of Lagos State. Hunwathan said an argument ensued between him and the cop after she demanded N100 bribe from a taxi driver on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. […]
The family of Kenneth Ike Ayogu, 29, a patent medicine dealer at Narayi in Chikun LGA, Kaduna state is raising issues with officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over the death of their son while under their custody. They are alleging that he was tortured to death inside their cell after […]
A lecturer at the Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa, Fred Ayokhai, has been called out on social media for attacking a 20-year-old student of the institution. In a series of viral videos obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, Ayokhai, who reportedly works at the History and International Relations department of the institution, was caught on […]
Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed on Thursday said it was “highly debatable” to use the word massacre to describe the October 20, 2020 #EndSARS incident at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos. However, he stressed that there were surely abuse of procedures and civil rights violations during the incident. […]
