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Lagos police arrest 23 suspected cultists, recover firearms

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 23 suspected cultists and recovered five firearms during a coordinated statewide crackdown on cultism and violent crime.

The operations, carried out across Ikorodu, Lagos Island, Okoko, Ilasan, Ogba and Iju, targeted criminal hideouts and illegal arms proliferation. Police said the raids were part of ongoing efforts by the Commissioner of Police, Tijani Fatai, to curb cult-related violence in the state.

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Court orders arrest of ex-minister, perm secretary

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has issued a warrant for the arrest of a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, and the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Bashir Nura Alkali, over an alleged fraud totalling $1.3 million and N746.6 million.

Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie made the order on Thursday, 16 April 2026, after both defendants failed to appear in court for their arraignment. Only the third defendant, Sani Nafiu Mohammed, was present.

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Alleged N33.8b fraud: Mamman fails to file final written address

Proceedings were stalled in the trial of the former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, on Thursday, April 16, 2026, as he could not file his final written address before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja.

Mamman is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 12-count charge, bordering on money laundering to the tune of N33,804,830,503.73 (Thirty-three Billion, Eight Hundred and Four Million, Eight Hundred and Thirty Thousand, Five Hundred and Three Naira, Seventy-three Kobo).

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Police arrest robbery suspects, recover firearms in Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspected armed robbers linked to incidents of conspiracy and armed robbery at an estate in Sangotedo on 11 and 13 April 2026.

Abimbola Adebisi, Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command on Wednesday, 15 April 2026, said the police identified the suspects as Balogun Teslim, Suleman Balogun and Peter Oluwagbemi.

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EFCC arrests fake football agent over N11m scam

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Osagie Destiny Etinosa over an alleged N11 million fraud.

The suspect was apprehended following intelligence gathered through open-source investigations. He had reportedly been posing on Instagram, using the handle @officialking_etto, as a football agent who specialises in linking players with foreign clubs for trials and recruitment.

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EFCC arrests one for Naira mutilation in Maiduguri

The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 7, 2025, arrested one Fatima Muhammed for an alleged Naira mutilation.

The suspect was arrested following a viral video circulated on TikTok, where she was seen cleaning mucus from her nose using a N500 note.

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Police raid ‘church’ hideout, arrest seven suspects

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has uncovered a criminal hideout disguised as a church, arresting seven suspects and recovering firearms and other items in a targeted, intelligence-led operation.

The raid, carried out in the early hours of Tuesday, 8 April 2026, followed credible intelligence that suspected criminals were operating from a compound posing as a place of worship. Police operatives moved in at about 6:00 am to execute the operation.

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EFCC arraigns man over alleged N64m fraud in Onitsha

The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a 29-year-old businessman,   Chizoba Emmanuel Dilo, before Justice S. N. Odili of the  Enugu State High Court sitting in Onitsha, Anambra State, over an alleged case of stealing to the tune of N64, 000, 000. 00 (Sixty-four million Naira).

Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, on Tuesday, 7 April 2026, stated that Dilo was arraigned on two counts bordering on stealing. The offence is contrary to Section 342 of the Criminal Code Law Cap. 36 Law of Anambra State and punishable under Section 353 (9) of the same Law.

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Witness: Emefiele breached CBN Act in Naira redesign

The seventh prosecution witness, Chinedu Eneanya, on Wednesday told Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele, violated provisions of the CBN Act during the 2022 naira redesign exercise.

Emefiele is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a four-count charge bordering on the alleged unlawful printing of new naira notes.

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EFCC arrests TikToker over fake kidnap claim

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a TikTok user, Udoma David Ekeh, for allegedly spreading false information about the Commission and its officers.

Ekeh, in December 2025, alerted the public to claims that some operatives of the EFCC’s Ilorin Zonal Directorate had been kidnapped by bandits while on assignment in Kwara State.

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