The United States has frozen the assets and properties of eight Nigerians accused of having links with the Boko Haram and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL. The over 3,000-page document released at the weekend by the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC, also identified individuals sanctioned for cybercrime-related offences…
Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday convicted and sentenced a Kannywood actress, Saadatu Mohammed Inuwa, (a.k.a Samha) to six months imprisonment for the abuse and mutilation of the naira. The actress was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on the mutilation of the Nigerian currency, contrary to the…
The Chinese government has denied allegations by the United States that it is sponsoring illegal mining in Nigeria. Recall that five US Congressmen had, in a bill, accused Chinese nationals involved in “illegal mining” operations of paying terrorists for protection. The bill titled “Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026” linked Chinese illegal mining…
Militias The United States proposed bill has sought to counter Chinese mining operations in Nigeria as part of targeted measures to address religious freedom violations and extremism by terrorist groups. According to report, the proposal is contained in the Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026, co-sponsored by Rep. Riley Moore (R-West Virginia) and…
Bature Masari Justice O. A Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the “no-case submission,” filed by the former director of Small Scale and Medium Enterprises, SMEDAN, Bature Masari, ordering him to enter his defence against the fraud charges levelled against him by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The anti-graft…
A professor with the Nigerian Army University Biu (NAUB), Borno State, Abubakar Mohammed El-Jummah, has died in Boko Haram captivity nearly one year after he was abducted by terrorists along the Damaturu–Biu Road The family further announced that Salat al-Ghaib (funeral prayer in absentia) will be held on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at the Ngomari…
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Edo State Branch said that arrest of abductors linked to the kidnap of one of its members, Dr. Ibrahim Babatunde was a sign on the police of unwavering dedication to citizen safety. The association commended the Edo State Police Command, led by Commissioner of Police CP Monday Agbonika, for their…
Security operatives have arrested a bandit who disguised himself as a beggar in Igbaja, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Elder Oyin Zubair, Coordinator of the Joint Security Watch for Kwara South Senatorial District, confirmed the arrest to SaharaReporters on Wednesday. He explained that the suspect had attempted to move freely among towns and…
Gunmen have reportedly seized five persons, including a police officer, wife, daughter and three others, Akoko Edo, Edo State. The gunmen, suspected to be Kidnappers abducted the victims in two separate operations on February 8, 2026, according to police confirmation. Police Inspector, Segun Obanowa, an indigenes of Uma/Imoga community, in Akoko Edo Local Government Area…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted the Kwara State Commissioner of Police over an alleged imminent terrorists attack on Gbabe community in the Baruten Local Government Area of the state by suspected Mamuda terrorists. The warning was contained in a letter dated February 5, 2026, with reference number S.122/1/1897, signed by J.S. Adams…
