The Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) 2025 Annual Report has uncovered an emerging crowdfunding network being exploited to raise and channel funds for terrorist operations. According to the report obtained by ThePunch online said terrorist financiers were opening bank accounts in women’s names as well as using phone numbers for mobile banking or account alerts that are not registered to the account holder or the true beneficiary. The report said the crowdfunding scheme involves foreign-based facilitators using social media platforms to solicit donations under the guise of humanitarian relief or educational support, before moving the funds through multiple layers to…
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The Fusengbuwa Ruling House in Ijebu-Ode has dragged the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun; the Awujale kingmakers; and five others, including the Chairman of Ijebu-Ode Local Government, Dare Alebiosu, before the Ogun State High Court sitting in Ijebu-Ode, seeking orders compelling the completion of the process for selecting the next Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland. The suit, dated Friday, 21 August, 2026, a copy of which was made available to journalists on Monday, 24 August, 2026, was filed by the Chairman of the ruling house, Abdulateef Owoyemi; Deputy Chairman, Adedokun Ajidagba; and Vice Chairman, Prof Fassy Yusuf. The defendants,…
The United State government on Monday, 24 August, 2026 announced that it has commenced training for Nigerian troops in unmanned aircraft systems, combat casualty care and other military skills as part of efforts to strengthen security cooperation between both countries. This latest development is coming after AFRICOM in July disclosed that the US had withdrawn most of the troops deployed to Nigeria for a specific counterterrorism operation, while retaining an intelligence-sharing and security partnership with Nigeria. According to US goverment, the training was conducted at an operating location in Bauchi State and formed part of a broader US-Nigeria security cooperation…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has called for increased investment in agriculture and other sustainable sectors to secure the future of the Niger Delta region. Speaking on Resource Control during the Nigeria Bar Association’s 66th Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, stated that while oil had been a blessing to the nation and had contributed significantly to development, the region could not afford to remain dependent on it indefinitely. He stressed the need for stakeholders to ask fundamental questions about the region’s future beyond oil, particularly by identifying areas where Niger Deltans…
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chief Anthony Ojukwu, has thrown his weight behind the establishment of state police, but warned that the reform could worsen Nigeria’s security and human rights problems if state-controlled forces are allowed to operate without stringent safeguards and independent oversight. Ojukwu said decentralising the country’s policing system had become an urgent necessity because the existing centralised structure was overstretched, slow to respond to emergencies and increasingly incapable of matching the security demands of a vast and populous country. He spoke on Tuesday, 25 August, 2026, at the 66th Annual General Conference…
Public affairs commentator and activist Mahdi Shehu has expressed concern over the proposed Nigerian NGO Regulation Bill before the National Assembly, warning that, if enacted, it could significantly expand government oversight of a wide range of civic, religious, and community organisations across the country. In a video message obtained and translated from Hausa to English by PRNigeria, Shehu claimed the bill, which he described as nearing its final legislative stages, could extend beyond registered non-governmental organisations to cover religious institutions, schools, student unions, market associations, transport unions, cooperative societies and other informal community groups. According to him, the proposed legislation could introduce…
A deepening power struggle within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State has taken a troubling security dimension following the reported detention of the Aide‑de‑Camp (ADC) and Chief Security Officer (CSO) attached to Governor Dikko Umaru Radda at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. PRNigeria gathered from multiple sources that the two officers have remained in police custody since August 20, 2026, amid allegations that their detention is linked to an intensifying political rivalry between factions within the ruling party. The development has raised concerns among political observers and security analysts, who warn that drawing security institutions into intra‑party disputes could…
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), has declared that the fight against drug trafficking can only succeed when criminal networks are stripped of the financial gains that sustain their operations. Marwa made the assertion while delivering a presentation at the 43rd Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, organised by the Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, where judges, law enforcement chiefs, financial crime experts and academics from across the world gathered to discuss strategies for combating organised crime. Speaking on the theme, “Criminal Property…
Nigeria is taking a broad development and security agenda to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, seeking stronger partnerships on humanitarian response, youth empowerment, investment and regional security. The Nigerian delegation, led by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, is scheduled to participate in the ministerial meeting on Thursday, August 27, as the Federal Government seeks to leverage Nigeria’s membership of the 57-nation organisation to advance national interests. Enikanolaiye said Nigeria’s participation would be anchored on President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and the administration’s four-D foreign…
By Oumarou Sanou There is nothing wrong with urging Nigerian youth to look past Britain, America and Canada, or with Russia offering scholarships to African students. Young Nigerians deserve every legitimate route to education the world can offer. But there is everything wrong with dismissing documented security concerns as “propaganda” simply because the offer arrives wrapped in the language of mentorship. A recent online discussion by the Arewa Youth Mentorship Program did exactly that, urging Northern Nigerian youth toward Russia while waving away fears about the Ukraine war as fear-mongering. The pitch was seductive: no IELTS, no international passport at…