United States federal authorities have arrested a former US Citizenship and Immigration Services officer, Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu, and Adeniyi Akeem Somoye over an alleged multi-year scheme involving illegal payments in exchange for manipulating and expediting immigration applications. According to the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas, Ganiyu is a former Senior Immigration Services officer. The arrests were reported by Nigeria's Daily Post.

Amotekun, the security outfit in Nigeria's Ondo State, uncovered a hideout housing foreign nationals and arrested 53 suspects, according to PM News. A commander said the individuals claimed to have entered Nigeria from neighbouring West African countries to engage in menial jobs and phone repairs but could not produce documents authorising their stay in the country.

The US Secret Service has added Egbe Tony Iyamu, a Nigerian national, to its most wanted list and released his name and photograph publicly. According to the agency, Iyamu is sought for his alleged role in international financial crimes. The move is intended to aid efforts to locate and apprehend him. The allegations remain unproven, and further details about the specific charges or his whereabouts were not immediately disclosed in the report.

The United States has deported Nigerian national Ayodeji Ajayi due to multiple criminal convictions, including domestic violence. This action is part of the US's ongoing immigration enforcement efforts, as stated by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on their official X account.

Nigerians in Manchester, United Kingdom, were reportedly denied entry to a venue where the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) was scheduled to process passport applications on Monday. According to posts shared on X by Nigerians at the venue, the Lebanese owner of the premises blocked access, alleging he had not been paid. The incident disrupted the scheduled passport exercise for applicants in the city.

Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, a 42-year-old Nigerian national, has been sentenced to five years in prison by a United States District Court in Tacoma, Washington, for his role in an online romance scam that defrauded victims of over $3.5 million.