Crime

Fresh data on cybercrime in Nigeria paints a worrying picture: thousands of attacks and roughly half a billion dollars in losses across individuals, SMEs, and public bodies. The patterns are familiar, phishing links that steal credentials, fake investment pitches, POS skimmers, and SIM-swap rings that hijack your OTPs. What’s new…

An Islamic cleric, Abdulrahman Bello, shocked the courtroom at the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Wednesday after a video recording was played in which he confessed to the ritual killing of a university student, Hafsoh Yetunde Lawal, for money-making purposes. The chilling video evidence, tendered by the prosecution,…

A Nigerian-born man, Oladapo Olalekan Fadugba, 40, has been indicted in the United States for allegedly stealing over $690,000 in government healthcare funds and lying under oath during his U.S. naturalization process. The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Gregory W. Kehoe, announced the charges on Wednesday, detailing…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sounded the alarm over a major real estate fraud in Abuja involving a suspected fake land vendor who allegedly swindled unsuspecting buyers out of more than ₦90 million. In a statement released on Wednesday, the EFCC confirmed the arrest of Nwobo Williams…

A student of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) was shot dead in broad daylight on Tuesday in a suspected cult-related attack, reigniting fears over the resurgence of violent campus cultism in Lagos State. The victim, whose identity was yet to be confirmed as of press time, was reportedly killed near…