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A Nigerian national and three currency exchange firms operating in Lagos and Kano now sit on Washington’s terrorism blacklist, after the United States accused them of channelling funds for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria through Nigeria’s bureau de change sector. The designations, announced on Monday, June 22, 2026, by the U.S. Department…
The United States government has placed a high-profile Nigerian citizen and a network of affiliated businesses on its global terrorism blacklist. The US Department of the Treasury announced the sanctions on Tuesday through its Office of Foreign Assets Control. Federal investigators uncovered evidence linking the individual directly to illicit financial networks that funnel money to…
A homemade bomb concealed beneath a parked vehicle ripped through a residential street in the Oke Mushin area of Lagos on Monday morning, injuring the car owner and sending shockwaves of fear through a community more accustomed to commercial bustle than security scares. The blast went off around 6 a.m. at 22, Wey Street,…
Fifty elderly residents of Magamin Diddi village in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State remain in the grip of bandits more than two weeks after they were seized while attempting to broker peace with a notorious gang leader, even as Governor Dauda Lawal insists his administration will not negotiate with armed groups. The…
Peter Obi, the former Anambra State governor and a leading opposition figure ahead of the 2027 election, has declared his readiness to die for Nigeria, arguing that genuine leadership demands the ultimate sacrifice in the face of the country’s worsening security crisis. Obi spoke in a recent episode of the Black Box interview on…
The Osun State government has summoned an emergency security meeting following the mass abduction of students and teachers in neighbouring Oyo State. The state Ministry of Education met with local union leaders and state intelligence chiefs in Osogbo to draft defensive strategies. Governor Ademola Adeleke ordered the immediate revitalisation of the Safe School Initiative to…
Rising public frustration over the federal government’s silence on school kidnapping rescue operations has drawn a direct response from the presidency, with a top aide defending what critics have described as a communication blackout around abductions that have claimed lives and left families in anguish across the country. Dada Olusegun, Special Assistant to President…
President Bola Tinubu announced yesterday that the difficult period of his administration’s economic reforms has ended. In his Eid-el-Kabir message, the president declared that the nation has completed its walk through a dark tunnel. He claimed that three years of public sacrifice have stabilized the economy. The president now positions the country as a preferred…
The United States has disbursed $187.3m in foreign assistance to Nigeria as Washington considers applying stricter conditions to future funding. Data published by the US Department of State confirms the cash release, positioning Nigeria as the second-largest aid recipient in sub-Saharan Africa this period, behind Ethiopia. The bulk of the capital flowed directly through the…
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked a school in Borno State on Friday morning, carting away an unspecified number of pupils in what witnesses described as a swift and unopposed raid deep within a conflict zone bordering the dreaded Sambisa Forest. The attack occurred around 9 am at Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in…
