criminal justice

Amended NDLEA Act: Senate approves life imprisonment for drug traffickers, rejects death penalty

The Senate on Thursday agreed with the House of Representatives' recommendation to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment for…

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NDLEA seizes 1,045kg of Illicit drugs, arrests 420 suspects in Kaduna

NDLEA seizes 1,045kg of Illicit drugs, arrests 420 suspects in Kaduna

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kaduna State Command has seized 1,045.93 kg of various illicit substances and arrested…

2 months ago

Freddie Owens executed in South Carolina after 13-year hiatus

South Carolina has executed its first inmate in 13 years, administering a lethal injection to 46-year-old Freddie Owens, who was…

2 months ago

George Floyd: Ex-officer, Derek Chauvin moved to new prison months after stabbing incident

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, has been transferred to a federal prison in…

3 months ago

Wisconsin woman sentenced to 11 years after killing sex trafficker

A Milwaukee woman, who claimed she was legally entitled to kill a man due to being sexually trafficked by him,…

3 months ago

Ekiti court sentences four to life imprisonment for kidnapping

On Monday, the High Court of Ekiti State, under the presiding Judge Hon. Justice A.L. Ogunmoye, sentenced four individuals to…

3 months ago

14 suspected criminals arrested and paraded by Osun police

The Nigeria Police, Osun State Command, has arrested six suspects for conspiracy, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and attempted…

12 months ago

Plateau court jails trader for nine months over seasonings theft

A 28-year-old trader, Bashiru Aliya, has been sentenced to nine months in prison by an Area Court in Jos, Plateau…

1 year ago

Lagos court remands man for defiling eight-year-old girl

Jegede Folorunsho, a 54-year-old man, has been remanded in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre over allegations of defiling an eight-year-old girl…

1 year ago