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  Mr Adewale, who was arrested in Nigeria in August, is part of a wider operation with the FBI to apprehend sexual extortionists who target minors. A Nigerian, Afeez Adewale, appeared before the US federal court in Philadelphia on Tuesday after he was extradited from Nigeria for his involvement in a wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy that led to …

  SaharaReporters’ visits to the Kali, Baburasa, and Gada Oli communities near Woro on Monday and Tuesday highlighted escalating fear among residents. Residents of several rural communities in Kwara State have raised fresh alarm over what they described as total absence of security presence, weeks after suspected Boko Haram terrorists killed more than 200 people in neighbouring Woro community. SaharaReporters’ …

Expenditures were made outside legislative approval, several arms and departments of the Edo government under Governor Monday Okpebholo. Various arms and departments of the Edo State Government violated the state’s appropriation law by spending beyond approved budgetary sums, an official document shows. A PREMIUM TIMES analysis of the fourth quarter 2025 Budget Performance Report (BPR) of the Edo State Government …

A member of the Iranian Army attends a … As the United States continues a significant military buildup in the Middle East, Iran has taken steps to signal its readiness for war, including fortifying its nuclear sites and rebuilding missile production facilities. Iranian and US negotiators held indirect talks in Geneva for three-and-a-half hours on Tuesday, but it ended with …

  Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice Musa Kaakaki of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, held that the action carried out by CP Moshood Jimoh of the Lagos State Police Command was illegal and a violation of Sowore’s fundamental rights. The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has awarded N30 million in damages to former presidential candidate and human …

Justice Yusuf Halilu of an Abuja high Court on Thursday reserved judgment in a N5.5 billion suit instituted by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). Two DSS officials, Sarah John and Gabriel Ogunleye, had dragged the Incorporated Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Kolawale Oluwadare The operatives accused the defendants of making false …

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called for continued stakeholder engagement following the Federal Government’s executive order restructuring oil and gas revenue remittances. PENGASSAN President, Mr Festus Osifo, made the call on Thursday in Lagos during a news conference on the executive order and its implications for the oil and gas industry. Osifo said …

A witness of the Department State Services (DSS), on Thursday, gave details of how suspected terrorists, who attacked St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State on June 5, 2022, were tracked and apprehended. The operative, who testified as the 11th prosecution witness (PW-11), told Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja while being led in evidence …

The Minister of State for Finance, Doris Anite-Uzoka, on Thursday announced plans to begin payments for the 2024 and 2025 capital budgets to ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs). Anite-Uzoka made this disclosure while defending the ministry’s 2026 budget proposal before the Senate Committee on Appropriation in Abuja. Her clarification followed persistent questions from senators seeking updates on the status of …

A former presidential candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Chief Martin Onovo, has faulted the newly assented Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026, saying it did not reflect the yearnings of Nigerians for credible elections. Onovo, who is also the Head of Policy Positions at the Movement for Fundamental Change, made the remarks in an interview with the News Agency …