Crime Africa

A popular Nigerian politician; Ike Ekweremadu, has been convicted together with his wife and a doctor for engaging in organ trafficking. The 60-year-old former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, his wife; 56, and the said doctor; Dr. Obinna Obeta; 51, are said to have conspired to facilitate the travel …

A South African accountant who was investigating high-level corruption cases has been shot dead along with his son. Cloete Murray, 50, was the liquidator for Bosasa, a company implicated in numerous government contract scandals. He also worked as a liquidator for firms linked to the wealthy Gupta brothers, who deny …

A series of videos have emerged of voters bleeding profusely from different parts of their bodies due to attacks inflicted on them by thugs of a political party. The videos making rounds showed how these residents from various polling units were attacked for trying to exercise their franchise. At Desa …

After nine days in prison custody, the former deputy governor of Imo State, Gerald Irona, has finally regained his freedom. Irona, who was on Thursday last week remanded in Owerri Custodian Centre after police arraigned him on a three-count charge bordering on treason, was freed on Friday. Spokesperson of the …

One woman wey falsely claim say one Asian grooming gang rape and traffic her, dey go jail eight-and-a-half years. Eleanor Williams bin cause protests for her Cumbrian home town of Barrow afta she post fotos on social media of injuries wey she claim say she get from beatings. But Preston …

More than 35 people have been killed by Boko Haram fighters in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. The victims were reported to have gone on a fishing expedition when the attack happened. Residents and families of the deceased have since called for more security in the area to …

At least 36 people were killed during an overnight attack on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. A local official and the head of a civil society group said on Thursday the assailants were believed to be members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) – a Ugandan …

A Kenyan man accused of selling potato chips fried with transformer oil was sentenced to two years in prison or pay a fine of Ksh.200,000 (around $1,500). According to Citizen Digital, authorities found 11 liters of transformer oil in Elijah Mwangi Muthoga’s possession when he was arrested in December 2021. …

Three Nigerian Nationals, who allegedly agreed to act together with a common purpose to commit a crime to wit robbery, have been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court. The accused persons are Kingsley Enyinnaya, aka “Kings”, Daniel Obasi Innocent, aka “Danny” and Sonny Iroh, aka “Easy”. The accused persons pleaded …

Disgraced former lawyer Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced to life in prison, a day after being convicted of murdering his wife and son. Judge Clifton Newman gave Murdaugh two life sentences at a hearing in Walterboro, South Carolina. They will be served consecutively. Mr Newman called the case “one of …