GENEVA: Despite significant progress on gay rights around the world, dozens of countries still criminalise consensual same-sex activity, including six…
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Criteria met to open Nigeria investigation
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says a decade-long probe has found enough evidence to…
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Holocaust Survivors Deserve Their Day in Court
On Monday’s anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases that provide an…
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Nigerian court hears blasphemy conviction appeals in northern city Kano
KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Two judges in northern Nigeria on Thursday heard the first appeals against Islamic law blasphemy convictions…
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economic crimes and forfeiture of proceeds of crime
Being a paper delivered by lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Wahab Shittu at the at J.B. Daudu…
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Recent Virginia Tech graduate is fatally shot in D.C., police say | Crime News
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Blasphemy convictions spark Nigerian debate over sharia law
By Alexis Akwagyiram, Abraham Achirga LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) – Fuad Adeyemi, an imam in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, respects those who believe…
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Firms cheated of $749,000 in purchase order scams, Courts & Crime News & Top Stories
Scammers posing as government agencies and local universities made off with $749,000 worth of goods after duping companies into delivering…
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UN calls on Nigeria to scrap death penalty for musician who was sentenced to die by Sharia court
The UN has called on Nigeria to scrap the death sentence handed to a musician by a Sharia court for…
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Nigerian scammers used man to hide cash
NIGERIAN scammers convinced a Gold Coast retiree to help hide money made through various hoaxes across the globe. Bill Ernest…
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EFCC Arrests 13 Yahoo Boys Amid Intensified Effort Against Crime
– The effort against advanced internet fraud has yielded another positive result – EFCC said it has arrested 13 suspected…
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Prosecution witness contradicts EFCC in court, says Adoke’s money not proceed of crime
A witness called up by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to testify against Mohammed Bello Adoke, former attorney-general…
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Buhari Bows To Pressure, Launches Probe Against Magu, EFCC | General News
President Muhammadu Buhari appeares to have bowed to public pressure to empanel a judicial commission of enquiry into the financial…
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In Ireland, Domestic Racism and U.S. Protests Spur Push on Hate-Crime Laws Amid Vacuum – The Wall Street Journal
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Nigeria: Wildlife Crime Impacts Environment, Biodiversity, Health, Says UNODC World Report 2020
The World Wildlife Crime Report 2020 launched recently by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) emphasises the…
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UPDATE 1-Nigeria suspends anti-graft chief during investigation into agency
(Adds details) ABUJA, July 10 (Reuters) – Nigeria has suspended the head of its anti-corruption body, the attorney general’s office…
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Nigeria: Over 3,000 Nigerians Deported From U.S. in 15 Years for Crime
With a streak of stepped-up enforcement policy on immigration reduction for 15 years, the United States has deported about 3,019…
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Over 3,000 Nigerians deported from U.S. in 15 years for crime
With a streak of stepped-up enforcement policy on immigration reduction for 15 years, the United States has deported about 3,019…
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