The Mumbai attacks have prompted some Western officials to step up vigilance against the type of low-tech assault the 10 gunmen mounted last month.Since the attacks in Mumbai, al Qaeda Web sites and chatrooms have ...

I have been a drug addict since the military hostilities started in Liberia," said ex-combatant Ophelia, now 36, who fought with a rebel group during the country's 1989-2003 war.

About 35 000 illegal diamond panners, dealers and vendors have been flushed out of Chiadzwa diamond fields in Marange while 1 200 illegal miners were arrested under a police operation aimed at curbing illegal diamond mining and smuggling.

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) deplored yesterday the treatment being meted to the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, warning that it could undermine commitment and determination of other public officials to serve

The President of the Appeal Court, Justice Umaru Abdulahi recently expressed worries over the high occurrence of cyber crimes in Nigeria and the need for the Judiciary to brace up for the challenges posed by this nagging and fast spreading

THE Vice Principal of Ime-Obi College, Agbor, Delta State has been shot dead by unknown gunmen, just as a ten-year-old girl has been allegedly murdered by his uncle for purported ritual purposes.

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, has condemned the situation where suspects prolong their prosecution under purported rule of law.

With the growing concerns about online security, Microsoft and Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) have formed a coalition to launch a campaign against cybercrime.

A gang of five armed robbers yesterday stormed the Obasanjo shopping complex, Minna Niger State and carted away unspecified sums of money.

As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate this year' s Internatinal Anti-Corruption Day, Children's Anti-Corruption Initiative (CACTI), a Lagos-based children's anti-corruption advocacy group, has stressed the need for government agencies to carry children along in its efforts

HOODLUMS, numbering six, have stabbed a soldier, Lance Corporal Suleiman Yakubu, attached to the 323 Artillery Regiment, Owena Barracks, Akure, over a scuffle on the payment of N30 ticket union due.

The planned introduction of new e-payment regime by federal government, on 1st January 2009 fiscal year for payment of its service providers, contracts and other services would put a stop to official bottleneck associated with payments of contracts that have

For the detention of 23 deported Liberians for allegedly committing crimes in the united states of America , the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, a human right organization that advocates for the rights of others ,yesterday, issued a petition for

As the Movement for the Defense of the Down-Trodden (MDDT) continues to call for the General Auditing Commission (GAC) to be audited because of corrupt practices; the GAC is calling the corruption claims against it as baseless.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Abia State Command, has raised an alarm over rising cases of drug trafficking and abuse in the state, even as the Command expressed worries that Abia accounts for over 50 per cent of

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate this year's International Anti-corruption Day, a children anti-corruption advocacy group, Children's Anti-corruption Initiative (CACTI) has declared that any anti-graft crusade that excludes children would be futile in view of the

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to launch its Anti-corruption Revolution campaign today.

Kidnapping has now become a generic word both in public and private discussions going by its prevalence in the country. Literarily, the word, which has become notorious, putrid and nauseating in the ears of virtually everyone, is derived from "kid"

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farida Waziri, has reiterated her commission's commitment to the prosecution of war against corrupt practices in the country.

Ongoing travail of the erstwhile Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu will discourage the fight against corruption by otherwise committed officers in the Police, the Senate panel on anti-corruption has said.