Category: Crime/Security

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday arraigned a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and his son, Abdulazeez Malami, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over allegations bordering on terrorism financing and unlawful possession of firearms. The duo appeared before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on a five-count charge filed by the…

Global Mirror News gathered that the Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Friday affirmed the death sentences imposed on five men convicted for their roles in the deadly 2018 Offa bank robbery. The Appellate Court dismissed the appeals filed by the convicts, ruling that they lacked merit and upholding the judgement earlier…

Shock and grief have followed the deaths of three young children after their mother allegedly poisoned them in the wake of a domestic dispute with her husband. The woman, identified as Linet Munala, is accused of causing the deaths of her one-year-old twins and a four-year-old child following a disagreement with their father. The children…

A Nigerian court has sentenced a school security guard to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of raping a nurse inside a school clinic in Lagos, in a ruling that underscores the country’s hardline legal stance on sexual violence. The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, sitting in Ikeja, convicted Emmanuel Buchi, a…

Nigeria’s Military high command has formally confirmed that a group of serving officers attempted to illegally undermine the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ending weeks of speculation and controversy surrounding the arrest and detention of senior and mid-ranking personnel across the Armed Forces. In a statement issued by the Defence Headquarters and personally signed…