Crimes in Nigeria
In-depth stories and reports on major crimes, notorious criminals, financial fraud, organized crime networks, and justice in Nigeria.
Before the Killers Came: How George Iwilade Became OAU’s “Afrika”
On 10 July 1999, armed attackers entered Awolowo Hall at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, and killed five students. Among them was George Akinyemi...
The Night They Came for Afrika: Inside the July 10, 1999 OAU Massacre
In the early hours of Saturday, 10 July 1999, armed men entered Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, and moved towards Awolowo Hall, one of...
The OAU Five: Twenty Seven Years After the Massacre, Why No One Was Convicted
In the early hours of 10 July 1999, armed attackers invaded Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, and killed five students. The incident became one...
Before the OAU Massacre: How George “Afrika” Iwilade Confronted Campus Cultism
Four months before five students were killed at Obafemi Awolowo University on 10 July 1999, the university’s Students’ Union confronted suspected cult members operating...
They Killed Afrika, but Not His Cause: Why OAU Still Remembers the July 10 Massacre
On 10 July 2026, students and alumni of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, mark twenty seven years since armed attackers invaded the campus and...
How Nigeria’s Missing Billions Moved From Abacha’s Vaults to the Emefiele Courtroom
Nigeria’s history of missing public money is not only a story of individual greed. It is a story of systems that repeatedly allowed public...
Nigeria’s Secret Security Money Machine
Nigeria’s most controversial corruption channels do not always appear as ordinary stolen contracts or inflated public projects. Some are hidden behind the language of...
The $180 Million LNG Bribery Scandal That Shook Nigeria’s Oil Industry
The Halliburton/KBR Nigeria LNG bribery scandal remains one of the most important corruption cases in Nigeria’s modern oil and gas history. It drew global...
OPL 245: The Oil Block That Exposed Nigeria’s Costliest Governance Failure
OPL 245 is one of the most controversial oil blocks in Nigerian history. It is remembered not only for its deepwater potential, but also...
The Oil Billions Nigeria Never Fully Explained
More than three decades after the Gulf War oil boom, Nigeria’s $12.4 billion windfall controversy remains one of the most debated financial scandals in...