Given the recent surge in reported cases of ritual killings in the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vowed to intensify the fight against internet fraudsters and those going spiritual in the act of fraud. In a Facebook post, the anti-graft agency said it isn’t ignorant that ‘Yahoo boys’ now go spiritual, offering sacrifices and performing rituals in order to succeed in their criminality. EFCC went further to issue a stern warning...

LAGOS — On Friday, suspected kidnapper, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, during a hearing at Ikeja Special Offences Court denied kidnapping a businessman, Sylvanus Ahamonu, and collecting $420,000 ransom from his family. Standing trial alongside ex-soldier Victor Aduba on a four-count charge of kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms, Evans accused dismissed DCP, Abba Kyari of forcing and torturing him to admit to being a kidnapper after killing six people in his presence. Evans alleged victim,...