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…
The United States Department of Homeland Security has said it will deport no fewer than 79 convicted Nigerians listed on its ‘worst-of-the-worst’ criminal list. Findings from the DHS website on Monday showed that the Nigerians were convicted of various offences including fraud, drug peddling, assault, manslaughter, robbery, and related crimes. An accompanying note explained that…
No fewer than 13,635 stranded Nigerians were repatriated from 10 countries over three years. Data obtained from media reports and the official websites of the International Organisation for Migration, the National Emergency Management Agency and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission showed that the repatriations were carried out from Libya, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab…
*Illustration In a disturbing illustration of the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Sahel, hundreds of Nigerians fleeing banditry, insurgency and economic hardship, have taken refuge in the largest public graveyard in Niamey, the capital of Niger Republic, PRNigeria reports. The displaced families, mostly from Katsina, Zamfara and Borno states, said they were forced into the…
The federal government has moved to calm public concerns over recent changes to Nigeria’s tax laws, insisting that the adjustments will not negatively affect citizens or the overall tax system. Recall that in June 2025, President Bola Tinubu on Thursday signed into law four landmark tax reform bills designed to overhaul Nigeria’s fiscal and revenue…
The sceptre of the Tax Reforms is now hanging over the heads of millions of Nigerians like a Sword of Damocle as the implementation of a part of the tax law kicks in next week. Nigerians will begin paying a 7.5 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on selected banking services, including mobile bank transfers and…
The Spanish National Police have arrested 34 members of Black Axe in a coordinated multi-agency raid, inluding 10 individuals of Nigerian nationality, The operation against the group, dubbed an international criminal organisation, was conducted in collaboration with the European Police and the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office. A statement on Friday by Europol revealed the…
No fewer than 42 Nigerians have been deported from Ghana’s Ashanti Region following rulings by various courts over alleged prostitution, fraud, and other related offences. The development was disclosed in a Facebook post on Thursday, December 18, 2025, by the Ashanti Regional Minister, Frank Amoakohene. According to him, other foreign nationals deported include 13 Cameroonians,…
The House of Representatives has waded into mounting public outrage over escalating bank charges, warning that excessive fees could undermine Nigeria’s drive for financial inclusion. Lawmakers said the growing deductions from customers’ accounts are discouraging savings and eroding trust in the banking sector — a trend that threatens to reverse years of progress toward expanding…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied ever pursuing a third term in office. Speaking at the Democracy Dialogue organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Accra, Ghana, Obasanjo said there is no Nigerian, dead or alive, who can truthfully claim he sought support for a third-term agenda. “I’m not a fool. If I wanted a…
