The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency's request to demolish a covert methamphetamine factory discovered in a secluded forest in Ogun State will be heard by the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday, July 24. Following a special court session on Wednesday at the facility in Mowe village, Ijebu East Local Government Area of the state, Justice Musa Kakaki set the date.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has uncovered 908 suspected ghost workers across at least 50 Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and recovered around N942 million allegedly disbursed as fake salaries during a payroll verification exercise.

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee probing the alleged establishment of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) without legal backing has summoned the National Security Adviser (NSA) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to explain how the council allegedly operated despite concerns over its legitimacy. The committee also issued a final ultimatum to relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that have yet to appear before it, directing them to attend its sitting on Thursday.

106 young people who were allegedly lured into the scheme were saved after the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Badagry Area-Command, discovered a suspected bogus university operating out of a three-bedroom apartment in Ilado, Olorunda Local Council Development Area, Lagos State. The command also detained the institution's purported owner, who was charged with enticing young people from Nigeria and nearby West African nations with offers of admission to a foreign university.

ABUJA, - Nigeria's central bank said it opened two foreign currency accounts for the disputed Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) after receiving authorisation from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF), despite questions over the council's legal status. The disclosure was made on Monday during a hearing of a House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the legal basis, operations and budgetary allocation of the council, which lawmakers have described as a "phantom" agency.

The Federal Government on Friday charged three men, Abdulrazak Umar (a.k.a. Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid), Yunusa Musa (a.k.a. Yunusa bin Musa), and Shamsu Adamu Sani (a.k.a. Abu Itisar), for the recent kidnapping of children and teachers of a school in Orire Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State. The 10-count charges filed before the Federal High Court, Abuja, border on terrorism, kidnapping, concealment, incitement and illegal mining.