EFCC accuses banks, Fintechs of enabling ₦18.7bn fraud through weak KYC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused some banks, fintech companies and microfinance institutions of facilitating large-scale fraud by failing to carry out basic customer due diligence. Speaking…
‘Kill my son for killing his aunt and six children’, Kano father tells authorities
The father of the prime suspect in the killing of a housewife and her six children in Kano State has publicly disowned his son and called for swift justice, as…
NDLEA ends 12-year manhunt, arrests ‘Kanmo-Kanmo’ over killing of three officers
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a long-wanted drug kingpin, Lekan Jimoh, popularly known as “Kanmo-Kanmo,” bringing to an end a 12-year manhunt linked to the killing…
Police arrest murdered housewife’s nephew as mastermind behind murder of seven in Kano
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old man identified as a nephew of a slain housewife, accusing him of masterminding the killing of the woman and her six…
Grief, anger trail murder of mother and six children in Kano
Tragedy struck the Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters of Kano metropolis on Friday, January 17, 2026, when assailants attacked a family residence, killing a woman and her six children. The Kano State…
‘One-chance’ killers caught: Police nab suspects behind Abuja lawyer’s murder
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a notorious “one-chance” armed robbery syndicate over the murder of a legal practitioner, Barrister Princess Chigbo Nwamaka…
Octogenarian drug dealer, dispatch rider among suspects nabbed in NDLEA raids
An 80-year-old ex-convict, Jeremiah Isaiah Nkanta, has been rearrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for returning to illicit drug trafficking barely three years after completing…
Dangote turns to EFCC, seeks probe of ex-NMDPRA CEO for corruption
Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Group, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Farouk Ahmed, former chief executive officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum…
20-year-old arrested at Lagos airport over ₦1bn yahoo-yahoo
The Nigeria Police Force, Airport Police Command, has arrested a 20-year-old suspected celebrity scam and romance fraudster accused of defrauding multiple victims in the United States of over ₦1 billion.…
NDLEA intercepts drugs hidden in coffee sachets, detains 22 Indians over cocaine shipment
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted multiple consignments of illicit drugs concealed in coffee sachets and book parcels bound for Zambia and the United Kingdom,…