Category: Crime

EFCC Returns Three Properties, Two Vehicles, ₦1.1m To Fraud Victim
October 29, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Returns Three Properties, Two Vehicles, ₦1.1m To Fraud Victim

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, handed over three properties, two exotic vehicles, and ₦1.1 million recovered as proceeds of crime to a fraud victim, Mr. Daniel...
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Customs Hands Over 60,000 Litres of Seized PMS To NMDPRA
October 29, 2025 No Responses

Customs Hands Over 60,000 Litres of Seized PMS To NMDPRA

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), through Operation Whirlwind, has handed over a truck loaded with 60,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) for further regulatory action.The ha...
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EFCC Arraigns Man Over Alleged ₦1.07b Automotive Gas Oil Fraud
October 27, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Man Over Alleged ₦1.07b Automotive Gas Oil Fraud

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday October 27, 2025 arraigned one Ajayi Edward Olushola alongside his companies, Hola-Jayu Nigeria Limited and Mozann Global Merchants Limited, for alleged involvement ...
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Nigeria Police Recover Two VehiclesStolen From Netherlands
October 20, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria Police Recover Two VehiclesStolen From Netherlands

The Nigeria Police Force has recorded a significant breakthrough in the fight against transnational organized crime with the recovery of two luxury vehicles stolen from the Netherlands and illegally imported into Nigeria.Operatives of the INTERPOL National Cen...
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SEC Warns On AI-Generated Investment Scams
September 29, 2025 No Responses

SEC Warns On AI-Generated Investment Scams

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned Nigerians against the rising wave of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven scams.SEC, in a statement on Sunday, said the commission had adopted an advanced surveillance system to detect fraudulent activitie...
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Customs FOU, Zone A Impounds 15 Rifles, 4,800 Rounds, Drones
September 2, 2025 7 Responses

Customs FOU, Zone A Impounds 15 Rifles, 4,800 Rounds, Drones

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, FOU A, Ikeja of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has impounded 15 Rifles, 4,800 Rounds and two Industrial Drones.Briefing Journalists on Tuesday,Comptroller of the Unit, Mohammed Shuaibu said; “On August 7, 2025, at about 2:...
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NDLEA Detains Widow Using Fake Pregnancy To Traffic Cocaine
August 25, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Detains Widow Using Fake Pregnancy To Traffic Cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Officer, (NDLEA) has detained a 50-year-old widow and fashion designer, over alleged attempt to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine.A statement by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja said.....
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Customs, CDCFIB Strengthen National Security Partnership
August 23, 2025 7 Responses

Customs, CDCFIB Strengthen National Security Partnership

The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi has reaffirmed the Nigeria Customs Service’s collaboration with agencies under the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB).According to the Customs Boss, shared facil...
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Court Freezes Four Accounts Linked To Ex-NNPCL Boss, Kyari
August 20, 2025 No Responses

Court Freezes Four Accounts Linked To Ex-NNPCL Boss, Kyari

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the temporary freezing of four Jaiz bank accounts linked to the immediate-past Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr Mele Kyari, over allegations of fraud. J...
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EFCC Arrests Alleged Internet Fraudster
August 9, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests Alleged Internet Fraudster

Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a suspected internet fraudster with two locally- made pistolsHe was arrested alongside 55 others at K- Hotel in Itori, Ewekoro area of Ogun State...
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Court Fines Zenith Bank N85m For Freezing Customer’s Account
August 8, 2025 No Responses

Court Fines Zenith Bank N85m For Freezing Customer’s Account

A High Court in Abuja has awarded a fine of N85 million against Zenith Bank Plc for freezing a customer’s bank account by relying on an invalid court order.Justice S. U. Bature, in a judgment, also ordered the bank to...
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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...
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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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