Crimes in Nigeria
In-depth stories and reports on major crimes, notorious criminals, financial fraud, organized crime networks, and justice in Nigeria.
When Public Anger Turned Into Fire: Why Hanifa’s School Was Burned
The school was already closed.The police had already arrested suspects.The government had already ordered the school shut.Yet, in the early hours of Monday, January...
The Missing Blankets at the Centre of a 1979 Kano Murder Case
On the morning of 10 May 1979, something was wrong at 13 Dawaki Road, Nasarawa, Kano.The gate was still locked.Inside the house was Hajiya...
The Kano Murder Case That Became a Supreme Court Battle
On the night of 9 May 1979, Hajiya Fati Mohammadu Nafiu was alive and apparently well when the last guest left her home on...
Why Petrol Was More Important Than the Weapons on Flight 470
A gun was pointed at the cockpit of Nigeria Airways Flight WT470.But the gun was not the most dangerous thing aboard the aircraft.The real...
They Boarded a Plane With Toy Guns, Then Hijacked It
On 25 October 1993, Nigeria Airways Flight WT470 was nearing Abuja when four passengers turned a routine domestic flight into an international political crisis.They...
Between 2003 and 2009, Nobody Could Find Toyin Igbira
For several years, Toyin Igbira seemed to exist in two different worlds.The authorities were looking for her.Lagos society was still talking about her.Between 2003...
A ₦20 Million Vault, Diamonds and a Drug Empire: The Toyin Igbira Story
The woman had spent years building a reputation around expensive fabrics, diamonds, cars, parties and Fuji music. Then, at Lagos airport, investigators found themselves...
Who Killed Alfred Rewane? The Unresolved 1995 Assassination at the Heart of Nigeria’s Democracy Struggle
Who Killed Alfred Rewane? The question has endured since the morning of 6 October 1995, when five men entered the residence of Chief Alfred...
Anthony Ndubuisi: The Shoe Dealer and the Bodies Found in His Septic Tank
Anthony Ndubuisi was known in Port Harcourt as a shoe dealer. He had a business, a home and neighbours who saw him as an...
They Went to Recover a Debt. Hours Later, Four Students Were Dead
The four young men did not leave that morning knowing they were walking into a death trap.They had gone to Omuokiri, Aluu, in Rivers...