Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, has officially fired Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, his longstanding personal attorney, and instructed him to cease representing him, his family, or IPOB in any capacity. Kanu stated in a letter from the Sokoto Correctional Center dated July 22, 2026, that Ejiofor's engagement as his personal legal representative had already been terminated informally and that the most recent correspondence served as official written confirmation of that decision.

A senior financier of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), along with two of his sons, has surrendered to troops of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK).

The Nigerian Army (NA) has declared Private Mohammed Yusuf Amutu wanted over the alleged sale of military uniforms to terrorists and other criminal elements.

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday has sentenced three suspects to life imprisonment for their connection to the abduction of students and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.

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.