Reports have it that there was pandemonium in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi state after unknown miscreants were said to have blown off the administrative offices in the evening of 20th February 2023 where properties worth millions of naira were razed down, it is said that the affected building is close to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office. Although no life was lost. Just a few weeks back there was a similar incident of an explosion, just a few hours before President Muhammadu Buhari visit the state to commission some projects. it was alleged that the detonation was sponsored by the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic West Africa Province (ISWAP).

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested an accountant with Oando filling station and a Point of Sale (PoS) machine operator in Dutse, Abuja over alleged racketeering of the new naira notes. The Commission revealed this on Friday in a statement issued by its Spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua.

Zamfara State government has ordered all non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the state to leave immediately and has ordered security agencies to investigate and prosecute any NGO still operating in the state without due clearance. The state government has also ordered Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to cease any form of relationship with the NGOs, warning that sanctions will befall any MDA that flouts the directive.

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has sentenced Shedrack Ibibo and Magus Awuri, two former officers of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to death by hanging over the killing of Michael Akor and Michael Igwe, while in their custody for allegedly stealing recharge cards in Oyigbo, Rivers state in 2015.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Akali Baba has ordered the arrest and prosecution of persons engaging in the selling and abusing of the new naira notes issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria. This was contained in a statement issued by the police spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi on 3rd February 2023. The scarcity of the new notes has worsened cash transactions in local markets, as poor networks and other technical issues stifle online transactions. According to Friday’s statement by the police spokesperson, Mr. Baba’s directive is in furtherance of the federal government’s policy and drive to uphold the provisions of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007.

An Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police and Head of the National Central Bureau, INTERPOL, Nigeria, Garba Umar disclosed that the government of the United Kingdom (UK) rejected a request to extradite a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, over alleged corruption during her tenure. Umar made this revelation on Thursday while appearing before the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee assigned to investigate the alleged loss of over $2.4bn in revenue from illegal sale of about 48 million barrels of crude oil in 2015 including crude oil exports from 2014 till date.