Category: Crime

Armed Smugglers Attack Customs Officers In Ogun
January 25, 2026 No Responses

Armed Smugglers Attack Customs Officers In Ogun

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun I Area Command, has confirmed a violent attack on its officers by suspected armed drug traffickers during an anti-smuggling operation at the Akokoro area of Iwoye, Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun...
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NDLEA Intercepts Brazilian Lady With N3b Heroin At Abuja Airport
January 25, 2026 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts Brazilian Lady With N3b Heroin At Abuja Airport

A 30-year-old Brazilian lady, Ms. Ingrid Rosa Benevides has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja for bringing into Nigeria a total of 30.09 kilograms of white heroin.....
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Court Convicts Firm For N30.5m Theft
January 24, 2026 No Responses

Court Convicts Firm For N30.5m Theft

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, January 23, 2026, convicted a company, AAC Consulting Limited, for allegedly stealing the sum of ₦30,564,635.81 ( Thirty Million Five Hundred and Sixty Four Thousand Six....
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Alleged $80,000, N953m Fraud: Court Convicts Stockbroker
January 23, 2026 No Responses

Alleged $80,000, N953m Fraud: Court Convicts Stockbroker

Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, convicted Victor Ogiemwonyi and his company, Partnership Securities Limited, for stealing the sum of N953,535,861.57 (Nine Hundred and Fifty-Three...
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EFCC Tackles Banks In N18.7b Fraudulent Investment, Airline Discount Schemes
January 22, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Tackles Banks In N18.7b Fraudulent Investment, Airline Discount Schemes

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has raised the alarm about negligence and compromise of banks and Fintechs in two major fraudulent schemes that have cost victims a total sum of N18.7billion.The alarm was raised in Abuja on Thursday,...
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Emefiele’s Ex-Zenith Colleague Testifies On Alleged ₦1.6b Disbursement
January 22, 2026 No Responses

Emefiele’s Ex-Zenith Colleague Testifies On Alleged ₦1.6b Disbursement

The trial of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, continued on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, before Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with detailed testimonies from the.....
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EFCC Arraigns Mompha’s Associate, Companies For Alleged N206m Fraud
January 20, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Mompha’s Associate, Companies For Alleged N206m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, arraigned one Sarumi Samusudeen Babafemi for an alleged N206,000,000 (Two Hundred and Six Million Naira) fraud before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Spe...
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Edo Court Jails Man For N1.5b Fraud
January 20, 2026 No Responses

Edo Court Jails Man For N1.5b Fraud

The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday January 19, 2026 secured the conviction and sentence of Ojo Eghosa Kingsley before Justice W. I. Aziegbemhin of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City.Kingsley...
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Customs FOU Zone A Intercepts Four Live Pangolins
January 19, 2026 No Responses

Customs FOU Zone A Intercepts Four Live Pangolins

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A, has recorded a major success in the protection of Nigeria’s biodiversity and the enforcement of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wil...
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NDLEA Nabs Drug Kingpin After 12-Year Manhunt
January 18, 2026 No Responses

NDLEA Nabs Drug Kingpin After 12-Year Manhunt

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a long-wanted drug kingpin, Lekan Jimoh, popularly known as “Kanmo-kanmo,” bringing to an end a 12-year manhunt over his alleged involvement in the killing of three NDLEA officers...
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EFCC Hands Over Recovered N802.4m To First Bank
January 13, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Hands Over Recovered N802.4m To First Bank

The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, January 12, 2026 handed over the sum of N802,420,000( Eight Hundred and Two Million, Four Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira only) to First Bank Nigeria.The money...
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Ekpoma Gets New DPO
January 13, 2026 No Responses

Ekpoma Gets New DPO

The Edo State Police Command has announced the reorganisation of the Ekpoma Division as part of an ongoing security assessment and strategic repositioning aimed at strengthening public safety in the area.The Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, Monday Ag...
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Kidnappers Kill Abuja-Based Lawyer
January 8, 2026 No Responses

Kidnappers Kill Abuja-Based Lawyer

THE family of Princess Nwamaka Mediatrix Chigbo, an Abuja-based lawyer, is saddened to announce her brutal death at the hands of still-to-be-identified kidnappers in the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory on Monday, 5th January 2026.Before her abduction, Barri...
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Court Grants Interim Forfeiture Of 57 Properties Linked To Malami, Two Sons
January 7, 2026 No Responses

Court Grants Interim Forfeiture Of 57 Properties Linked To Malami, Two Sons

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 ordered the interim forfeiture of 57 properties suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities linked to a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami...
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