Crime – City Business News

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 fight against financial crimes and...

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.....

January 29, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns BFI Group Corporation, Six Others For Alleged €100m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, January 29, 2026 arraigned BFI Group Corporation, Reuben M. Jaja, Uzor Chidi Jerry, David Femi James, Imeobong Jumbo Udom, Adeola Edward and Emeka Emmanuel Okorie before Justice M.S Idris of the....

January 28, 2026 2 Responses

Police Uncover Alleged₦7.7b Telecom Fraud, Arrest Six Suspects

The Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Centre (NPF–NCCC) has uncovered and dismantled a sophisticated cyber-enabled fraud syndicate.A statement issued on Wednesday explained that the syndicate was responsible for the illegal diversion of a telecomm...

January 27, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Former NEDC National Coordinator for Alleged N2.2b Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday. January 27, 2026 arraigned the former National Coordinator of Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project, MCRP, North East Development Commission, NEDC, Alhaji Danjuma Mohammed and two others; Prince ...

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 ...

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.....

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,...

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.....

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...

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...

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...

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...

January 14, 2026 No Responses

IGP, SEC DG Reaffirm Commitment To Inter-Agency Collaboration

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on Wednesday received the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Emomotimi Agama, and members of his management team on a courtesy visit to the Nigeria Police Force Headqua...