R&B singer R. Kelly has formally appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump for a commutation of his 30-year prison sentence stemming from federal sex crime convictions. Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was found guilty in September 2021 on federal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering in New York. According to reports, his …
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama has granted N100 million bail to former Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, who is facing charges brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Umar was arraigned on July 9 on a four-count charge alleging that he abused his office …
A 25-year-old babysitter has been charged with multiple child sexual abuse-related offences following an investigation by authorities in New Jersey. Victoria Anne Cranmer was arrested after police alleged they discovered videos showing the abuse of a young child. According to investigators, the footage was found on a mobile phone that had previously belonged to Cranmer …
Police in the United Kingdom are appealing for additional victims to come forward after a former church leader was convicted of sexually abusing four vulnerable young men over a period spanning more than four decades. John Grant, 77, a former moderator and preacher with the London Baptist Association, was found guilty of 11 sexual offences …
Twelve people have been arrested following an alleged plot targeting an Islamic gathering in Suffolk, prompting organisers to end the event early as a precaution. Counter Terrorism Policing said the UK Ijtima event, held at Shrubland Hall in Coddenham, had been identified as the intended target of a suspected extreme right-wing terrorist threat. Three men, …
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 38-year-old South African woman, Ms. Will Jessica Ann, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, for allegedly attempting to smuggle 5.75 kilograms of heroin into Nigeria. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi …
Top Boy actor Micheal Ward became emotional after a jury found him not guilty of all charges in his rape and sexual assault trial. Ward, 28, had been accused of raping and sexually assaulting a woman following an encounter in the back of a Mercedes after they met outside a New Year’s party in east …
Zaire Wade, the eldest son of former NBA star Dwyane Wade, has been formally charged with a felony following his arrest in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident in California. Prosecutors filed the felony charge after reviewing the case. Wade was initially arrested on three separate allegations after the incident in Burbank last month. …
A 26-year-old man has been charged with the murder of his mother after authorities discovered her dead inside their home in the Far Rockaway neighbourhood of Queens, New York. Armel Crawford appeared in court on Wednesday, facing charges of second-degree murder and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the death of his …
