The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has yesterday refused a bail application filed by five men accused of being members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group whom unleashed terror attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, that claimed the lives of more than 40 worshippers and left over 100 others injured. The presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, dismissed the application, insisting that the terrorism charges against the defendants were capital offences and that releasing them on bail would pose a significant security risk.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared the chief executive officer (CEO) of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, Olasijibomi Ogundele, a Lagos-based businessman, wanted over alleged “diversion of funds and money laundering.”

Following the six years jail term slammed by Finnish government on the self-acclaimed Biafra Prime Minister, Simon Ekpa, Nigerian Government has applauded the judgment of the Päijät-Häme District for imprisonment over terrorism offences. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, In a statement released this afternoon, he commended the Finnish authorities stands as a watershed moment – not only for the countless innocent Nigerians whose lives and livelihoods were brutally disrupted by the reign of terror incited and financed by Ekpa and his collaborators—but also for the strengthening of bilateral relations between Nigeria and Finland on a diplomatic ties.

A court in Finland has sentenced the self-proclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Government in Exile, Simon Ekpa, to six years in prison for terrorism-related crimes.

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Department of State Services (DSS), has filed charges against suspects allegedly linked to the recent deadly attacks in Yelwata, Benue State.

Israeli police reported Wednesday that during a search in the occupied West Bank the previous day, security personnel had confiscated around 1.5 million shekels ($447,000) worth of "terror funds." The Red Crescent reports that scores of Palestinians were injured Tuesday as Israeli troops attacked a currency shop in Ramallah. While Israel frequently conducts raids throughout the West Bank, where hostilities have persisted throughout the Gaza conflict, it seldom enters downtown Ramallah, the location of the Palestinian Authority.