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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.

Police arrest 95 suspected cultists, recover firearms in Edo

Crimes May 3, 20250

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have apprehended 95 individuals suspected of cult-related activities and seized a cache of…

Bamise: Court sentences BRT driver to death by hanging

Crimes May 2, 20250

A Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, has sentenced Andrew Ominikoron, a driver of Bus…

ICPC probes diversion of N71.2bn from N100bn student loan fund

Crimes May 1, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has initiated an in-depth investigation into suspected…

Wanted CBEX promoter turns himself in to EFCC

Crimes April 29, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi Adefowora Abiodun, one of the individuals declared wanted in connection with the cryptocurrency platform Crypto Bridge Exchange…

NDLEA intercepts Saudi Arabia bound cocaine, arrests three Ghanaian women for drug trafficking

Crimes April 27, 20250

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a consignment containing 46 wraps of cocaine, weighing 547…

CBEX: EFCC declares four Nigerians wanted

Crimes April 25, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared four Nigerians wanted over the CBEX Ponzi scheme…

US lost $65m to Nigerian romance fraudsters in 2 years

Crimes April 25, 20250

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has disclosed that the United States lost nearly $65 million over the past two…

Alleged $1bn fraud: Court okays arrest, detainment of six CBEX staff

Crimes April 24, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi with Agency Report A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday authorized the Economic and Financial…

Woman, 40, nabbed for sexually assaulting 12yo houseboy

Crimes April 23, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old woman, Fatima Ibrahim, over allegations of sexually assaulting…

18yo nabbed for illegal possession of firearm

Crimes April 23, 20250

By Deborah Nnamdi The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has apprehended 18-year-old Amanam Bassey Abraham, in the Ibesikpo Asutan Local…

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