Crime

*(This piece is lengthy, but unputdownable). Daniel arrived in Lagos for the first time in 2016. He had come from a village in Ebonyi, a state in south-eastern Nigeria. He was 15 years old, the eldest of nine siblings, and his parents were farmers. When he was a boy, his father became sick and Daniel started working to assist his family, helping to cut trees and clear land. A few years later, he decided to seek his fortune in Lagos. In Nigeria’s commercial capital, Daniel spent his days in the open-air Ikotun Market, where thousands of people shop every day…

By Emmanuel Ogoigbe, Warri A United Kingdom (UK)-based security expert and CEO of Safenet Security Solution, Dr. (Chief) Ogheneovoh Amurun, has strongly condemned the brutal and unjustified killing of Mr. Oghenemine Ogidi by some officers of the Nigeria Police Force in Delta State. In a statement from London yesterday, he noted that the deceased had already been apprehended on suspicion of unlawful possession of a firearm and posed no immediate threat at the time of the incident. “The use of lethal force in such circumstances is deeply concerning and unacceptable in any modern policing system," Dr. Amurun noted. According to…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Police in Enugu State have arraigned a 42-year-old man, Edwin Eze, before a magistrate court for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl at Mburubu, Nkanu East Local Government Area (LGA) of the State. This was even as the State Government vowed more crackdowns on child molesters, reiterating Governor Peter Mbah administration’s zero tolerance for child abuse, molestation and violence against women. Eze was arraigned before Magistrate Chijioke Idu of the Enugu East Magistrate Court, on Monday. In a charge marked CMG/69c/2026, Commissioner of Police vs. Edwin Eze, the police said the defendant unlawfully had carnal…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Commissioner of Police (CP), Enugu State, Mamman Bitrus Giwa, has reaffirmed the unwavering commitment of the police Command to proactively detect and prevent crime as well as ensure the protection of lives and property across the State even beyond the festive season. In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Enugu State Command, Daniel Ndukwe, the CP said that he has directed operatives to sustain the existing crime-fighting momentum and ensure that the State remains peaceful and secure throughout the period. The directive followed the recovery of a cut-to-size single-barrel gun from a fleeing…

*Nabbed *He Allegedly Converted Her To Sex Toy *State Police Boss Spits Fire By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Police Command, through operatives of its Nsukka Urban Division, with the support of Neighbourhood Watch Group, has arrested one Emeka Emmanuel Nwangwu (male, aged 51) for the gruesome murder of his maternal niece, Loveth Uloma Nwangwu, aged 19. In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Enugu State Command Headquarters, Daniel Ndukwe, the police said the suspect, a member of the Neighbourhood Security Watch Group, allegedly committed the crime at a pharmacy in Nsukka, where he was arrested. The…

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Kaduna State Police Command has announced the arrest of a notorious gang leader allegedly involved in armed robbery, shop breaking and vehicle snatching in the state. Identified by the police as Fahad Babangida, a male, he was arrested by operatives of Operation 'Fushin Kada' Tracking and Response Team, acting on credible intelligence on 11 September about 1900hrs, according to a police statement on Saturday. It was signed by spokesman of the state's Police Command, Deputy Superintendent (DSP) Mansir Hassan. According to statement, the suspect, said to be "well known" for allegedly recruiting and operating with multiple…

Justices Mahmud Abdulgafar and Sulaiman Akanbi of the Kwara State High Courts on Monday, July 14, 2025 convicted and sentenced Olaitan Abdulwahab Damilare, Maruf Quadri Kolawole, Habeeb Abiodun Jimoh, and Mubarak Moruf to jail for fraud. They were prosecuted by Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on separate charges that border on cheating, impersonation and obtaining under false pretences. While Damilare, Kolawole, and Jimoh were prosecuted before Justice Abdulgafar, Moruf was prosecuted before Justice Sulaiman Akanbi. The charge against Damilare reads: “That you, Olaitan Abdulwahab Damilare (a.k.a Fav), sometime in January, 2024 or thereabout at Ilorin, Kwara State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly induced one Michael, a white man to send you…

The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  has arraigned one Dr. Nekabari Dambere Nathan, a Port Harcourt-based medical doctor before Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for fraud. Nathan was arraigned alongside his Global Horizons Academy Ltd on a one-count charge, bordering obtaining by false pretence and advance fee fraud to the tune of N N39,157,000,00 (Thirty-nine Million, One Hundred and Fifty-seven Thousand Naira). The amount, obtained from one Justice Toojah lyieagbu, the Managing Director of Riskout Consults, was meant for processing of visa for his clients for Canada, Ireland and the…

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, convicted and sentenced two oil marketers, Mamman Nasir Ali and Christian Taylor, to 14 years imprisonment each for N2.2bn oil subsidy fraud. They were re-arraigned alongside Nasaman Oil Services Limited on an amended 57-count charge, following new findings in the case. The defendants had initially been arraigned on a 49-count charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain money by false pretence, forgery and the use of false documents. One of the counts reads: "Nasaman Oil Services Ltd, Mamman Nasir Ali, Christian Taylor, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo…

Justice R.M.Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced eight internet fraudsters to jail. The convicts, Ogar Joseph, Nanbut David Dauda, Abah Mathew Arome, Fasikun Lekan, Daniel John, Gideon Dennis, Friday Emmanuel and Yusuf Hijelan were prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a separate one-count charge, bordering on impersonation, cybercrime and money laundering. The charge against Dauda reads: "That you Nanbut David Dauda, (a.k.a Hacktivist Legion) sometime in April, 2025 in Tammah, Nasarawa State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, retained the total sum of $115.00 (One Hundred and Fifteen United States Dollars) which you knew that such fund…