Crime – City Business News

April 21, 2026 No Responses

Police Intensify Hunt For Kidnappers Of GUO Transport Passengers

The Edo State Police Command has launched an intensified manhunt for the passengers abducted during a deadly attack on a commercial bus along the Lagos–Benin Expressway.The incident occurred on April 18, 2026, at about 6:00 p.m. around the Iguobazuwa axis,...

April 16, 2026 No Responses

Alleged Fraud: Court Issues Arrest Warrant against Ex-Minister, Permanent Secretary

Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court Abuja on Thursday, April 16, 2026 issued a warrant of arrest against a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Faruoq and a Perm...

April 9, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Busts Yahoo Academy In FCT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, April 9, 2026 arrested 31 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation at an internet fraud academy, situated in Becki Estate, Karu, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.The suspects, comprisin...

March 31, 2026 No Responses

Alleged N1.4b Fraud: EFCC Re- arraigns Nadabo Energy Boss

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, re-arraigned Nadabo Energy Boss, Abubakar Ali Peters, for an alleged N1.4 billion oil fraud before Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State...

March 25, 2026 No Responses

Court Grants Final Forfeiture Of $13m Linked To Achimugu’s Firm

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 granted an order of final forfeiture of the sum of $13 million linked to a business woman, Ms Aisha Achimugu and her Oceangate Engineering Oil...

March 17, 2026 No Responses

Contractor Bags Two Years Imprisonment for Forgery

Justice F. A. Olubanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State has convicted and sentenced Julius Ejiogu, a contractor to two years imprisonment for forgery.The convict was arraigned on a three -count charge of conspiracy, forgery and...

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, offic...

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...