On February 25, Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate former governor of Kaduna State, is scheduled to appear before a Federal High Court in Abuja on a three-count criminal complaint brought against him by the Department of State Services (DSS), barring any unanticipated events. The matter has been handed to Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, who will arraign El-Rufai. The court sent the parties a hearing notice that included information to this effect.
In the case designated FHC/ABJ/CR/99/2026, the DSS charged El-Rufai with breaking the Communications Act and committing cybercrimes by allegedly participating in the illegal bugging of National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu's phone.

Officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) searched the Abuja residence of a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday.

Eight Nigerians have had their assets and properties frozen by the United States on suspicion of having ties to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Boko Haram, and other Islamic sects. This was seen by the correspondent on Monday in a 3,000-page document dated February 10 that was made public by the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. Individuals sanctioned for offenses related to cybercrime and other security hazards were also listed in the publication.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested two suspects linked to the killing of four military personnel in Ashaka Aboh, Ndokwa East LGA, Delta State, 3 years after the incident.

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate alleged evidence tampering in the current N10 billion fraud trial involving Ali Bello, chief of staff to the governor of Kogi, Usman Ododo.

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has sentenced a former Managing Director (MD) of the Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank, Robert Orya, to 490 years imprisonment over alleged N2.4 billion fraud.