Category: Crime

Police Recover 22 Stolen Vehicles
August 8, 2025 No Responses

Police Recover 22 Stolen Vehicles

The Rivers State Police Command has dismantled a sophisticated interstate car theft syndicate, arresting 12 suspects and recovering 22 stolen vehicles. The syndicate, which operated across at least eight states in Nigeria, was uncovered following the September 2024 carjacking of...
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EFCC Arraigns Katsina Revenue Officials, First Bank Staff For Alleged N1.2b Fraud
August 7, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Katsina Revenue Officials, First Bank Staff For Alleged N1.2b Fraud

The Kano Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 arraigned  five officials of the Katsina State Board of Internal Revenue and one bank staff before Justice Musa Danladi of the Katsina State High...
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Court Convicts Ex-NHIS Boss,Femi Thomas , BDC Operator
July 24, 2025 No Responses

Court Convicts Ex-NHIS Boss,Femi Thomas , BDC Operator

Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, July, 24, 2025, convicted the duo of Dr. Olufemi Martins Thomas, a former Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, and one Kabiru Sidi, a Bureau...
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EFCC To Appeal Court’s Acquittal Of Fayose Over Alleged ₦6.9b Fraud
July 17, 2025 No Responses

EFCC To Appeal Court’s Acquittal Of Fayose Over Alleged ₦6.9b Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to appeal the judgement of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, which on Wednesday acquitted and discharged former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of alleged ₦6.9 billion fraud. In a...
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EFCC Seals Hampton Hilton Hotel
July 14, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Seals Hampton Hilton Hotel

The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML, of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has sealed Hampton Hilton Hotel and Apartments, Kaduna.According to EFCC, the facility was sealed for non-complianc...
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EFCC Probes Suspect Over Undeclared $29,000 At Lagos Airport
July 9, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Probes Suspect Over Undeclared $29,000 At Lagos Airport

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of one Rajesh Kumar arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly failing to declare the sum of $29,000( Twenty Nine.....
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EFCC Probes Suspect Over Undeclared $420,900, £5,825, CFA3,946,500
July 8, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Probes Suspect Over Undeclared $420,900, £5,825, CFA3,946,500

The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced a comprehensive investigation into the case of one Ahmad Salisu, arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly concealing and failing to declare the s...
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NDLEA Arrests Ex-Footballer Over Alleged Attempt To Smuggle Cocaine
June 30, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Ex-Footballer Over Alleged Attempt To Smuggle Cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an ex-international football player and his businessman partner over an alleged attempt to smuggle a consignment of cocaine into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Ik...
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Nigeria To Arraign MultiChoice Chairman, MD, Others
June 25, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria To Arraign MultiChoice Chairman, MD, Others

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has fixed October 7, 2025, for the arraignment of the Chairman of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, Adewunmi Ogunsanya; and the Managing Director of the c...
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EFCC Arraigns Medical Doctor For Alleged N39.1m Fraud
June 20, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Medical Doctor For Alleged N39.1m Fraud

The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 19, 2025 arraigned one Dr. Nekabari Dambere Nathan, a Port Harcourt-based medical doctor before Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court, sitting....
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Court Jails Ecobank Staff One Year For N2.4m Cybercrime
June 16, 2025 No Responses

Court Jails Ecobank Staff One Year For N2.4m Cybercrime

Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, June 16, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Solomon Stephen Ufayo, a staff of Ecobank Plc, to one-year imprisonment for cybercrime.The convict was arraigned on Friday, May...
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EFCC Arraigns Director For Alleged N13.8b Fraud
June 16, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Director For Alleged N13.8b Fraud

The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned the director of Glossalalia Nigeria Ltd and Pelenged Nigeria Ltd, Precious Williams before Justice S. I . Mark of the Federal High Court, sitting in...
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NDLEA Intercepts N1.1b codeine
June 16, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts N1.1b codeine

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 157,800 bottles of codeine-based syrup at Port Harcourt Ports, Onne, Rivers.The shipment has an estimated street value of over ₦1.1 billion, according to a statement released on Sunday in Abuja...
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Firm Drags Zenith Bank To UK Parliament, ICC Over $64m Contract Judgment
June 14, 2025 No Responses

Firm Drags Zenith Bank To UK Parliament, ICC Over $64m Contract Judgment

The stage is set for another round of legal battle between Zenith Bank and Owigs and Obigs Nigeria Limited over what the company terms institutional sabotage.In a petition before the UK Parliament and the International Criminal Court Hague, Owigs and...
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