UPDATE: An Oregon State Police bomb technician became the second victim of a bomb in a Woodburn bank branch, State Police spokesman Lt. Gregg Hastings confirmed Saturday.Technician Bill Hakim, a senior trooper, and Woodburn Police ...

Shailja Patel ponders what lies behind the recent attacks in Mumbai. Pointing to the stark inequalities that exist in India and elsewhere in the world, she asserts that the same violence could play itself out in any other city where

Terrorism, the use of violence for political and some times religious ends, cannot be militarily defeated. This is a basic lesson many in the world have been trying to learn or come to terms with.

Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday honoured the invitation extended to him by the current chairman of the commission, Mrs Farida Waziri, over "several fundamental issues requiring clarifications".

Barely 48 hours to the wedding of her daughter, 16 armed hoodlums in the early hours of yesterday stormed the residence of Mrs. Victoria Mpigi, mother of Tai Local Government Chairman, Barrister Barry Mpigi and kidnapped her.

Since his escape from the noose thanks to divine intervention in June 1998, which saw him out of jail following the late General Sani Abacha's death, former President Obasanjo has consistently painted a glorious picture of innocence about his involvement

NORMALCY is now prevailing at Chiadzwa and in Mutare after the Government last month launched a highly successful operation against illicit diamond mining and trading.

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said its regulatory officers have arrested another illegal chemical marketer as the agency strives to lay to rest controversies surrounding the My Pikin teething mixture which killed somel children in

The police in Ekiti State have paraded 31-year old Azeez Akeem in connection with the death of five children in Ado-Ekit about two weeks ago. They were the children of Mr. Mutiu Nureini.

Ekiti State police command appeared to have recorded a breakthrough in its bid to unravel the mystery behind the death of five kids who were locked up inside the booth of their father's car, Mutiu Nureni, as it paraded a

In 2006 Marietta Samuel, 33, a mother of three children, had her arms cut off by her former husband, Herbert Samuel, in an attack fuelled by jealousy: an example of Malawi's widespread violence against women. He was sentenced to a

Embattled former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Malam Nuhu Ribadu yesterday put paid to speculations that he had fled the country when he paid a surprise visit to the headquarters of the anti-corruption agency.

A Sokoto-based lawyer, Mr. Ferdinand Okotete, has said Nigeria will be better off if the immunity clause is removed from the nation's constitution, urging President Umaru Musa Yar'adua to use the power of the PDP majority in the National Assembly

Corruption has been cited as the most serious threat to the enjoyment of fundamental human rights and freedom.

Failure to account for the source of acquired wealth by public officials should lead to confiscation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), elder statesman Yusuf Maitama Sule said yesterday.

A middle-aged man (names withheld) has allegedly killed his own son in a farm, just as bandits killed two policemen while escorting money from Ogwashi-Uku to Warri.

Former Minister of Environment, Housing and Urban Development Halima Tayo Alao has denied a newspaper report over her alleged involvement in N100 million scandal while in her former office.

Igu community members of Bwari have petitioned their traditional head to the FCTA, accusing him of misappropriating the community's finance and engaging in illicit activities.

United States Ambassador to Liberia, Linda Thomas-Greenfield has sounded out that corruption still remains one of the major challenges confronting the rebuilding process of Liberia.