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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.

NAPTIP busts major child trafficking ring, arrests prominent orphanage operator in Benue

Crimes October 26, 20250

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has dismantled a large-scale child trafficking network with the…

Police arrest notorious cultist, seven others in Anambra

Crimes October 26, 20250

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a suspected cultist and political thug, Onyeaka Odogwu, popularly known as Red Angel,…

Two Nigerians jailed for life over fatal stabbing in East London

Crimes October 26, 20250

A British court has sentenced two Nigerian men, Lekan Akinsoji and Sundjata Keita, both aged 27 and from Forest Gate,…

NDLEA raids Lagos nightclub, arrests over 100 at drug party

Crimes October 26, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the early hours of Sunday, October 26,…

Troops kill terrorists, nab 86 suspects in nationwide operations — DHQ

Crimes October 24, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced that Nigerian troops have killed scores of terrorists, arrested 86 criminals—including…

INTERPOL, AFRIPOL bust $562m crypto ponzi network, arrest 83 across six African countries

Crimes October 23, 20250

A joint operation coordinated by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL)…

Police arrest murder suspect, nab cultist with gun in Delta

Crimes October 23, 20250

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a key suspect linked to the abduction and killing of a…

US-based Nigerian woman faces life sentence for daughter’s death in hot car

Crimes October 22, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi A Nigerian woman living in Texas, United States, Gbemisola Akayinode, is facing possible life imprisonment after being…

Man bags life imprisonment for defiling a minor in Lagos

Crimes October 21, 20250

A 25-year-old graphic designer, Abodurin Apelogun, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl during the COVID-19…

Nigerian man who posed as female nurse in UK gets suspended prison sentence

Crimes October 21, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi A 33-year-old Nigerian man, Lucius Njoku, has been handed a suspended prison sentence in the United Kingdom…

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