Crime – City Business News

March 16, 2026 No Responses

Apapa Customs Intercepts ₦3.39b Codeine Syrup

Barely five days after the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, visited the Apapa Port and declared that the port would no longer serve as a playground for smugglers and criminal syndicates hiding behind legitimate trade documentation, officers of the...

March 13, 2026 No Responses

Court Orders Interim Forfeiture Of N1.3b Hotel

Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, March 12, 2026, ordered the interim forfeiture of a hotel, Responsible Leaders Hotel, linked to Edward Olutoke, Managing Director, Ikeja Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agri...

March 10, 2026 No Responses

Apapa Port: Customs Intercepts 13 Containers Of Expired Pharmaceuticals, N6.3b Contrabands

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Port command has Impounded 13 containers of contrabands with a duty paid value (DPV) of N6.38 billion.The seized items Includes expired pharmaceutical products, illicit drugs, as well as cannabis sativa ( Colorado), wit...

March 3, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Bankers For Alleged $306,667.81, €50,250 Fraud

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, arraigned two bank officials, Bakare Oladimeji Surajudeen and James Olukayode Imokwede, over an alleged $306,667.81 and €50,250 fra...

February 27, 2026 No Responses

Court Jails Orient Petroleum MD, Two Others 14 Years For N25b Fraud

Justice O. M. Anyachebelu of the Anambra State High Court sitting in Awka has convicted and sentenced Engineer Nnaemeka Nwawka, managing director, Orient Petroleum Resources Plc, Jude Anniekwe Cyril and Sage Nebefeife Foundation to fourteen years imprisonment ...

February 22, 2026 No Responses

Seme Border: NDLEA Nabs Woman With Drugs In Fake Pregnancy

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a 35-year-old businesswoman, Rabi Muhammad, at the Seme Border while attempting to smuggle thousands of tramadol capsules concealed in a fake pregnancy.Muhammad was arrested on Mon...

February 20, 2026 No Responses

Toll Gate Attack: FRSC Boss Commends Army, Police

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed, has expressed profound appreciation to the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force for their swift and decisive intervention following a mob attack on RS5.12 Benin Toll Gate Unit Command.....

February 18, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Secures Interim Attachment Order on Nine Mineral-Laden Trucks

The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, secured an interim attachment order on nine trucks loaded with assorted solid minerals, as well as the final forfeiture of the contents of...

February 17, 2026 No Responses

Court Jails Woman For Investment Fraud

The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of one Janet Theophilus Danjuma before Justice S. M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano for investment fraud to...

February 17, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Husband, Wife For N740m Investment Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, February 16, 2026, arraigned the Chief Executive Officer of Onome Global Market Resources Limited and Lexicon Multi-concept Media Limited, Osabohein Alex Ologbose, alongside his wife Hope Onome Oghe...

February 10, 2026 No Responses

NDLEA Mourns Officer, Recovers Cocaine, Heroin, skunk, Tramadol In Bonny Island

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided a notorious drug enclave known as Ama Hausa in Bonny Island, Rivers state where six suspects were arrested and a significant cache of illicit substances, including cocaine, heroin, meth...

February 4, 2026 No Responses

Customs Seizes 21 Smuggled Vehicles In Lagos

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 21 units of smuggled used vehicles in Lagos as part of intensified operations aimed at curbing vehicle smuggling and other forms of illicit trade across its...

February 1, 2026 No Responses

Customs, EFCC Step Up Joint Efforts Against Financial Crimes

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘A’ Headquarters, Lagos, has intensified its commitment to inter-agency collaboration following a courtesy visit by senior officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), aimed at strengthening the ...

January 30, 2026 No Responses

PTML Customs Hands Over Seized Arms, Ammunition To NCCSALW, Generates N44.06b In January

The Port and Terminal Multi-services Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over seized arms and ammunition to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), reaffirming its commitment to border.....