Category: Crime

The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed multiple terrorism charges against two commanders of the Ansaru terrorist group, an Al-Qaeda-linked group. According to NTA, Mahmud Usman (aka Abu Bara’a/Abbas/Mukhtar), the self-styled Emir of Ansaru; and Mahmud al-Nigeri (aka Malam Mamuda), Bara’s deputy and chief of staff, who were recently arrested during operations by security forces, are facing charges bordering on leading the terror organisation, financing its activities, recruiting fighters, and coordinating violent attacks across the country. The Service is said to have expedited its investigation to ensure a speedy…

…. Your government Fail to protect the citizens …. Zamfara APC The Executive Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal has confirmed that he knows the exact locations of bandits operating in the state and could identify them using his phone Lawal made this known while lamenting and condemning the growing insecurity in the state, stressing that his inability to act was due to lack of control over security agencies. The statement was reported through the governor’s official X handle on Thursday, September 4, 2025. He vowed that if given authority…

 Amidst killings, kidnapping, displacing villages, intimidation carried out by some heartless ”run and hide” bandits in some parts of the North West, some community leaders in Katsina State have initiated the signing of the Peace Accord with the Bandits operating in Kurfi Local Government Area. The agreement was signed on Thursday with the hope of ending the prolonged violence, kidnapping for ransom, serial killings, incessant attacks and cattle rustling which have been bothering the local government. Sources said the signing of the agreement took place at Wurma forest, a notorious…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained Mr. Sirajo Salisu Usman, brother of the Chairman and CEO of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman (also known as Pakistan), over alleged fraud involving billions of naira. Sirajo was arrested on Wednesday afternoon by EFCC operatives in Abuja. He had previously been questioned earlier this month alongside other senior officials of the commission. Sources within the EFCC revealed that Mr. Usman, nicknamed “ka fi chairman” by colleagues—roughly meaning “de facto NAHCON Chairman”—spent the night in…

By: Bashir Abubakar, in Bauchi Justice Aliyu Baba Usman of the Bauchi State High Court Bauchi, Bauchi State has granted an order empowering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to continue its investigation of Alhaji Hamza Koshe Akuyam and his company, Pentech Engineering Nig Ltd. Koshe, the former PDP state Chairman in Bauchi had earlier approached the court sometime last year seeking a restraining order to halt the EFCC from investigating and prosecuting him  and his company. He had in a 31- paragraph affidavit asked the court to grant…

The Lagos State Police Commissioner, CP Olohundare Jimoh, has ordered the restructuring of the police squad involved in the “assault of a motorist” during a stop-and-search operation recently in Lagos. The directive follows widespread condemnation of officers caught on camera forcibly trying to remove the motorist’s eyeglass — on suspicion that the pair of glasses had a video recording feature. On Friday, a video circulating on X (formerly Twitter) showed the confrontation between officers and the motorist. The Command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, said swift disciplinary action has been taken against…

The France-based International Police Organisation, INTERPOL, has reportedly refused to act on a wanted notice issued by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Lagos businessman, Bashir Haske, who is also the son-in-law of the former Vice President, Alh. Atiku Abubakar. According to INTERPOL, the case appears politically motivated, and the organisation’s constitution strictly prohibits involvement in such matters. The EFCC had on Thursday declared Haske wanted over alleged money laundering, despite an existing Federal High Court order that restricts such action. Sources, however, claim the move may be…

The Anambra state police command has confirmed the arrest of three suspects in separate operations over alleged vandalism and theft of electricity installations in Onitsha and Obosi areas of the state. The Command’ s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday, said operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) acted on credible intelligence and raided a vandal’ hideout along Atani road, Onitsha, on Friday. He said three suspects — Adamu Ali, 25; Usman Sulaiman, 22; and Isah Abdullahi, 26 — were apprehended during the operation. “The operatives…

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, says the federal government will ensure that the perpetrators of the attack on worshippers in Malumfashi LGA of Katsina state are brought to justice. On Tuesday morning, gunmen attacked worshippers observing morning prayer (fajr) in a mosque located at the Unguwan Mantau community, Malumfashi LGA killing several people. The barbaric attack was believed to be a reprisal after residents reportedly ambushed and lynched some bandits two days earlier. In a statement on Friday, the Hon. Minister described the killings as “callous…

The Niger’s army said its soldiers killed a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, but experts cast doubt over the unverified claim, as confirmed by Abidjan Agence France-Presse, on Friday Since Boko Haram’s insurgency to establish an Islamic caliphate in neighbouring northeast Nigeria began in 2009, the conflict has left 40,000 people dead and forced more than two million to flee their homes. The leader, Bakura, was killed during a “surgical operation” on an island in the Diffa region of southeast Niger last week,…