Crime

Investigative journalist ‘FISAYO SOYOMBO spent two weeks in detention — five days in a Police cell and eight as an inmate in Ikoyi Prison — to track corruption in Nigeria’s criminal justice system, beginning from the moment of…
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With Nigeria’s porous borders and corrupt law enforcement officers, anyone can conveniently cross into and leave the country or smuggle in goods without having to answer questions or present relevant documents—until a border closure was…
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Though Nigeria’s economy is yet to fully recover from the 2015 recession, young Beninese immigrants seem not to mind. For them, any life away from the extreme hardship back at home has to be good enough. 'Kunle ADEBAJO reports. GYAUME…
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When Beninese parents are pushed to the wall due to poverty and the burden of caring for too many children, they often send their wards to neighbouring Nigeria with the help of traffickers to earn extra income. In part one of this…
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The Nigerian Prisons Service recently changed its name to the Nigerian Correctional Service; however, the name change has not taken away the reality of the overcrowded prisons, long list of awaiting trial inmates as well as child…
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Dana Air, owner of Sri Sai Vandana Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and WEMA Bank Nigeria may be prosecuted by the anti-graft agency for the airline’s inflight donation collected between 2014 and 2018 without following due…
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Victims of rape hardly get justice in Nigeria. Oftentimes the miscarriage of justice happens because law enforcement officers compromise. 'Kunle ADEBAJO reports. "Sorry sir, this amount that they told me, I don't have up to that o,"…
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IF YOU asked Grace Bako, 10, or her sister, Janet, 14, what careers they're interested in when they become grownups, they would reply, Medicine and Pharmacy. And if you asked why, their explanation would be: to treat people, especially…
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"IT'S like a pharmacy in here," said Atoo, 43, attempting to break the ice as he welcomed visitors into his living room in the Apo Resettlement area of Abuja, the federal capital city. On the armrest of a Chesterfield sofa lied a drug…
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By Ibanga Isine THE Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and the media have twisted the slaughter of 11 Catholic faithful in Kajuru by Fulani herdsmen against the victims, The NEXT EDITION can authoritatively report today. While El-Rufai…
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