Nnamdi Kanu, the imprisoned leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to halt his trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja, which is being presided over by Justice James Omotosho. According to court documents Kanu submitted, he is requesting an order to prevent Justice Omotosho from rendering a decision on November 20, 2025, while his appeal against the high court's rulings in the matter is heard and decided, Channels reported.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a six-count charge against a man, Innocent Chukwuemeka Onukwume, for allegedly advocating for a military coup in Nigeria. In the charge filed in the Federal High Court in Abuja, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/610/2025, it stated that the 27-year-old from Oyigbo LGA of Rivers State allegedly committed the offense in October this year.

On Monday, President Bola Tinubu allegedly dispatched a high-level delegation to meet with authorities from the United Kingdom (UK) Ministry of Justice to address the case of beleaguered Nigerian former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu. Ayekooto Akindele, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who posted a video of their arrival in the UK on his Facebook page, said the delegation included Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, and Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi.

On November 9, 2025, DCT Police Anti-Kidnapping Unit officers, working with the Department of State Services (DSS), local hunters, and vigilante groups, began a special patrol that covered churches and places of worship in border communities and forested areas that connect Bwari with Kaduna State, Bwari with Niger State, and Gwagwalada with Niger State.

A fierce clash between the factions of Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) has resulted in the death of more than 50 fighters at Toumbun Gini, an island community in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State.

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday has fixed November 20 for judgment regarding the terrorism charges leveled against the detained leader of the proscribed separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.