Sokoto state Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has dethroned 15 District heads across the state over allegation of aiding insecurity, insubordination, Land racketeering , and conversion of public properties into personal; property by the district heads affected. This was informed by recommendation of a committee set up by the state government some months back on review of appointment of some district heads, their degree of involvement on insecurity bedevilling the state, as well as renaming of tertiary institutions in the state.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested Hadi Sirika, former Minister of Aviation over an ongoing N8 billion money laundering probe of Nigeria Air.

The Kenya Police Service has arrested fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, as the International Criminal Police Organisation moves to extradite him to Nigeria within the week to face charges leveled against him. Government sources, who are familiar with the case, confirmed the development on Sunday night. It was gathered that the arrest of the Binance executive was predicated upon the approval of an extradition request by INTERPOL, Nigeria, in conjunction with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Anjarwalla, who is the regional manager for Binance in Africa fled Nigeria after he escaped from lawful custody on March 22. He was detained alongside Tigran Gambaryan, a Binance Holdings Limited executive for allegedly offering their platforms for manipulation of the value of the naira, tax evasion, and money laundering.

President Bola Tinubu is set to inaugurate the African Counter-Terrorism Summit, which will take place in Abuja on Monday, April 22, 2024. The summit is a high-level conference organized by Nigeria in collaboration with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and will run for two days from April 22 to 23. According to Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the President on media and publicity, the summit will focus on counter-terrorism efforts in Africa.

A traditional ruler in Taraba State in Gassol Local Government Area of the state, Chief of Sansani, Alhaji Abdulmutallib Nuhu was killed by unknown gunmen suspected to be assassins. According to reliable sources, the gunmen in large numbers stormed the residence of the monarch on Thursday night at around 10 pm on motorcycles, went straight to the room the monarch was resting, and shot him several times without asking for anything.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared the immediate past governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, wanted for offenses relating to economic and financial crimes. This was contained in a notice posted on the commission’s official Facebook page on Thursday. “Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is wanted by the EFCC for offences relating to economic and financial crimes to the tune of N80.2 bn. “Anybody with information as to his whereabouts should report immediately to the commission or the nearest police station,” the notice read.