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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.

Ekiti sacks surgeon over alleged non-consensual kidney removal

Crimes December 19, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi The Ekiti State Government has dismissed a surgeon accused of removing a patient’s kidney without prior consent…

Rob Reiner’s son charged with parents’ murder in Los Angeles

Crimes December 17, 20250

The son of legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, has been charged with two counts…

Teenager docked over murder of nine-year-old girl in stab attack

Crimes December 17, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a nine-year-old girl, following a fatal stabbing…

Mother sells 2mth old baby to pastor, fakes kidnap

Crimes December 17, 20250

Police in Delta State have uncovered that the reported abduction of a two-month-old baby along the NNPC Link Road in…

Police arrest female arms courier, child abductor, others in Niger

Crimes December 15, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi The Niger State Police Command has recorded major successes in its ongoing fight against crime with the…

Alleged N2.2b fraud: Court remands Ngige in Kuje prison pending bail ruling

Crimes December 15, 20250

Justice Maryam Aliyu Hassan of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Gwarimpa, Abuja, has ordered that a former…

Police arraign eight suspected child traffickers in Niger

Crimes December 15, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Niger State Police Command have arraigned eight suspected members of…

Police arrest 58yo man for alleged murder of wife

Crimes December 15, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested a 58-year-old man, Vitalis Nwoko, over the alleged…

NDLEA arrests alleged drug supplier to bandits, busts codeine factory in Abia

Crimes December 14, 20250

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected major supplier of illicit drugs to bandits operating in…

Ghana arrests 32 Nigerians in romance scam crackdown

Crimes December 14, 20250

Photo: Ghanaians protest expulsion of Nigerians from Ghana over alleged corruption The Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel…

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