A Nigerian national based in the United States, Opeyemi Olujobi, and his wife, Jennie Davidson, are facing a potential combined sentence of up to 50 years in prison after being arrested over an alleged large-scale credit card fraud operation in New York.

There is tight security on Thursday as the Plateau State Government arraigns four suspects over the deadly March 2026 attack on Angwan Rukuba community in Jos North.

A Nigerian-born fraud convict and United States permanent resident, Emuobosan Emanuella Hall, has been declared wanted after failing to turn herself in to begin serving an eight-year prison sentence linked to a romance scam, a move that could attract an additional decade behind bars.

Jos – Land disputes, climate stress, criminal networks and political interference are among the key forces fuelling recurring violence in Plateau State, stakeholders said on Tuesday as they gathered in Jos to chart a path towards lasting peace. The multi-level and multi-sectoral roundtable with the theme: Addressing farmer-herder conflicts in the context of criminality and […]

“The troops were said to have inflicted heavy casualties on the attackers, neutralising no fewer than 24 during the encounter,” a credible military source said. 

Comrade Olufemi Lawson said the narrative pushed by the ORF was a “recycled campaign of calumny” aimed at discrediting the administration of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.

He added that a programme management unit would be domiciled in the Sector-Wide Approach (SWAP) coordination office of the ministry to oversee execution.

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Thursday announced plans to conduct a live firing exercise for cadets of the 76 Regular Course.

Another headline has reports on United States Senator Ted Cruz, accusing the Nigerian government officials of involvement in attacks against Christians in the country.

Iran’s vow not to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — so long as a US naval blockade remained in place — was held into Thursday despite a ceasefire extension, as the Gulf nation announced the seizure of two ships trying to cross the strategic waterway.