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Nigeria Works To Tighten Controls Over ISWAP’s Methods Of Financing

Global UpfrontMar 20, 2025March 20, 20250

By ADF The Islamic State group’s two affiliates in West Africa rely on both modern cryptocurrency and hawala, a traditional person-to-person exchange, to finance their

Congressman Perry’s “Shocking” Claims USAID Funded Boko Haram Terror Group “Is Blatantly False”

Global UpfrontFeb 15, 2025February 15, 20250

By Emmanuel Ogebe I was shocked to see comments by Congressman Scott Perry that USAID is funding Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria. As the topmost

Nigeria Has Convicted Over 100 Terrorism Financiers – Tinubu

Global UpfrontJan 22, 2025January 22, 20250

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday announced that over 100 terrorism financiers have been prosecuted and convicted in the last two years. Speaking at the

Disband NIA, DSS For Inability To Track Terrorism Sponsors – Major General Ishola Williams (rtd)

Global UpfrontJan 12, 2025January 12, 20250

Former Commandant of Nigerian Army Signals, Commander Training and Doctrine Command and Chief of Defence Training and Planning (CTOP), Major General Ishola Williams (rtd), speaks

EFCC Gets Court Nod To Freeze 24 Bank Accounts Over Alleged Terrorism Financing, Money Laundering, Currency Manipulation

Global UpfrontDec 31, 2024December 31, 20240

A Federal High Court in Abuja has okayed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s application to freeze 24 bank accounts domiciled in different banks

Boko Haram’s Cattle Rustling: Funding Terrorism And Exerting Control In The Lake Chad Basin

Global UpfrontDec 15, 2024December 15, 20240

By Oluwole Ojewale and Raoul Sumo Tayo In Africa, transnational cattle rustling – the forceful theft of livestock for illicit commercial gain – is increasingly

Terrorism: Finnish Court Sets May 2025 Deadline For Simon Ekpa’s Trial To Begin – Report

Global UpfrontNov 28, 2024November 28, 20240

Leader of the Autopilot militant wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the promoter of the Biafra Liberation Army (BLA), Simon Ekpa, who

BGIE, Simon Ekpa’s Donors Guilty Of Terrorism Financing – Lawyers

Global UpfrontNov 24, 2024November 24, 20240

Individuals donating funds to the arrested Biafran agitator and separatist leader and self-declared Prime Minister of Biafra Government In Exile (BGIE), Simon Ekpa, can be

Combating Terrorism Financing More Challenging Compared To Military, Other Security Combat Operations, Says NSA

Global UpfrontSep 13, 2024September 13, 20240

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has emphasized that combating terrorism financing poses a complex and formidable challenge, comparable to the difficulties faced

Police Place N20m Bounty on Briton Andrew Wynne, Nigerian Lucky Ehis Obinyan Over #EndBadGovernance Protests, Plot To ‘Overthrow’ Tinubu

Global UpfrontSep 2, 2024September 2, 20240

The Nigeria Police has placed a bounty of N20million towards the arrest of of Andrew Wynne (also known as Andrew Povich or Drew Povey), a