Tag: Crime

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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Customs, NDLEA Intercept 30kg Cocaine On Foreign Vessel At Apapa Port
January 2, 2026 No Responses

Customs, NDLEA Intercept 30kg Cocaine On Foreign Vessel At Apapa Port

Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, working in synergy with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted 30 slabs of cocaine weighing 30.1 kilograms aboard a foreign vessel at the Apapa Port, Lagos.A state...
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EFCC Arraigns Commissioner, Ex-Polaris Bank Manager For Alleged N5.7b Money Laundering
December 30, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Commissioner, Ex-Polaris Bank Manager For Alleged N5.7b Money Laundering

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 arraigned Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance and former Branch Manager of Polaris Bank Plc, Bauchi State branch, Yakubu Adamu, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High C...
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Drug Kingpin Arrested With 23.50kg Cocaine
December 21, 2025 No Responses

Drug Kingpin Arrested With 23.50kg Cocaine

Twenty months after a cocaine trafficking cartel led by a couple: Bolanle Lookman Dauda and Olayinka Toheebat Dauda was smashed in Lagos and Ogun state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with multi-billion-naira worth of the...
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EFCC Arrests Herbalists with $3.4m, €280, 000 Counterfeit Notes
December 17, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests Herbalists with $3.4m, €280, 000 Counterfeit Notes

Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have uncovered huge counterfeit foreign notes to the tune of $3, 430, 000 (Three Million, Four Hundred and Thirty Thousand United States Dollars) and €280, 000....
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EFCC Probes Suspect Over Undeclared $800,575, € 651,505
December 17, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Probes Suspect Over Undeclared $800,575, € 651,505

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of one Kavlak Onal, an Austrian national, who was arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, on his way to...
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NDLEA Secures Court Order To Detain Vessel, 21 Crew
December 17, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Secures Court Order To Detain Vessel, 21 Crew

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured an order of a Federal High Court in Lagos to detain a ship, its captain and 20 other crew members following the seizure of 25.5 kilograms of cocaine in the hatch...
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EFCC Arraigns Peace Corps Commandant, Director For Alleged N60m Fraud
December 12, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Peace Corps Commandant, Director For Alleged N60m Fraud

The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday 11, December, 2025, arraigned the Commandant of the Nigeria Peace Corps, Dickson Akon and the Director of Finance of the Corps, Omolala Aminat Ahmed, before Justice....
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EFCC Hands Over N96.5m To Victims Of Ponzi Scheme
December 4, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Hands Over N96.5m To Victims Of Ponzi Scheme

In line with its commitment to combating economic and financial crimes and ensuring restitution for victims of fraudulent schemes, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, December 4, 2025 handed over N96, 500, 000. 00 (Ninety-six Millio...
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EFCC Arraigns Manager Over Failure To Appoint Compliance Desk Officer
December 4, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Manager Over Failure To Appoint Compliance Desk Officer

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja Zonal Directorate has arraigned a company compliance officer, Orbby Vanessa Agwuncha, before Justice O.A. Egwuata of the Federal High Court, Abuja, for failure to appoint a compliance desk officer and ...
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EFCC Arrests Man For Alleged N165m Fraud
December 2, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests Man For Alleged N165m Fraud

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Ndubisi John Iheukwumere for alleged property fraud.Iheukwumere, 64, is alleged to have collaborated with one Mrs Salt Adaeze Udoka who is curren...
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