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The Crimes section covers criminal investigations, law enforcement operations, court proceedings, and major security developments across Nigeria. Our reporting spans cases involving kidnapping, terrorism, cybercrime, financial crimes, corruption, organised crime, and other issues affecting public safety and the rule of law.

Court sentences four to death for killing Rivers’ DPO

Crimes February 12, 20260

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced four persons to death by hanging for…

Police arrest two for allegedly luring, robbing women in Rivers’ hotels

Crimes February 12, 20260

By Deborah Nnamdi The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two suspected members of an armed robbery syndicate accused of…

Police arrest three over firearm, drug activities in Anambra

Crimes February 12, 20260

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested three suspects over alleged unlawful possession of a firearm and involvement in illicit…

Judge withdraws from EFCC cases against ex-AGF Malami

Crimes February 12, 20260

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has withdrawn from two cases instituted by the Economic and…

Bomb scare rocks Bayelsa secretariat as police arrest 60yo suspect

Crimes February 11, 20260

Panic erupted at the Bayelsa State Civil Service Secretariat on Wednesday after a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) detonated within…

Nine killed, dozens injured in school shooting in Western Canada

Crimes February 11, 20260

A gunman killed nine people and injured dozens more at a secondary school and a nearby residence in the remote…

Terrorists hijack four cattle-laden trailers, burn vehicles in Borno

Crimes February 11, 20260

Suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents have intercepted four trailers loaded with cattle and rustled over 100 cows near Kareto in Mobbar…

Police arrest four suspected Lakurawa collaborators, seize arms, drugs in Kebbi

Crimes February 11, 20260

The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested four suspected collaborators of the Lakurawa terror group and recovered arms, ammunition, and…

NDLEA operative killed in drug raid on Bonny Island

Crimes February 10, 20260

By Deborah Nnamdi A tragic incident occurred during a drug bust by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in…

Edo police uncover staged kidnapping over N1.3m gambling loss

Crimes February 9, 20260

By Deborah Nnamdi The Edo State Police Command has uncovered a case of staged kidnapping involving a 21-year-old dispatch officer…

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