Crimes in Nigeria
In-depth stories and reports on major crimes, notorious criminals, financial fraud, organized crime networks, and justice in Nigeria.
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...
Why Poor Young Men Were Drawn to Maitatsine
There was a moment in Kano when a religious dispute stopped being a dispute.On 18 December 1980, police moved into the Shahuci area of...
The Strange Things Maitatsine Followers Were Told to Reject
Imagine living in Kano in the late 1970s and being told that the wristwatch on your arm was not merely a watch.It was a...
Why Did Clifford Orji Spend 12 Years in Prison Without a Trial?
In April 2012, officials walking through Kirikiri Maximum Prison came across a prisoner whose case had become almost impossible to explain.Clifford Orji had been...