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…
Gunmen on Thursday, September 19, killed a soldier and abducted four Chinese expatriates in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State. The attack, which occurred at Saminaka in the Ejiba axis, targeted a convoy belonging to Vau & Co. Mining Company, which was conveying Chinese engineers to a mining site. According to security sources,…
Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of digital assets worth $222,729.86 recovered from Chinese nationals linked to cyber-terrorism and internet fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission disclosed this in a statement on Monday, following the court order delivered on July 21, 2025. The…
Gunmen who seized a Chinese expatriate and his Nigerian colleague at mining site in Kwara State have demanded a ransom of ₦1 billion for their release. Mr. Sam Xie Wie and his assistant David Adenaiye were abducted on Wednesday after the gunmen killed the two mobile policemen protecting them in a surprised attack. According to…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced nine Chinese nationals, including two women, to one year’s imprisonment each for offences bordering on economic sabotage and financial terrorism. Justice Daniel Osiagor delivered the judgment on Wednesday, following the defendants’ guilty plea under a plea bargain agreement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The…
A first prosecution witness, PW1, in the trial of one Xiao Hong Will, a Chinese, over an alleged cyber terrorism and internet fraud, on Friday, told Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, how he was instructed by his employers to present himself as a female to gain clients’ trust. The witness,…
In its ongoing efforts to clean the nation of internet fraud and other acts of corruption, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested four Chinese and 101 Nigerians in a business apartment in the Gudu axis of Abuja. They were arrested on Thursday, January 9, 2025. The suspects, comprising 67 male…
