The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has arrested 11 suspected high-ranking members of terrorist groups in Nigeria as part of a continent-wide crackdown on terrorism financing and related crimes.

The arrests were made as part of Operation Catalyst, a two-month joint operation conducted by Interpol and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL) across six countries: Angola, Cameroon, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, and South Sudan.

In a statement, Interpol said the operation targeted terrorism financing and the illegal activities supporting it, examining more than 15,000 individuals and entities of interest. The operation uncovered $260 million in both fiat and virtual currencies potentially linked to terrorism-related activities, with over $600,000 seized.

“Of the 83 arrests, 21 were for terrorism-related crimes, 28 were for financial fraud and money laundering, 16 were linked to cyber-enabled scams, and a further 18 were related to the illicit use of virtual assets,” the statement said.

In Angola, 25 people of multiple nationalities were detained in connection with informal value transfer systems tied to terrorist financing and money laundering. Authorities seized around $588,000, along with 100 mobile phones, 40 computers, and froze 60 bank accounts.

In Kenya, investigators uncovered a suspected money-laundering network using a virtual asset service provider with potential links to terrorism financing. The operation, valued at about $430,000, led to the arrest of two individuals. In another case, two suspects were detained for allegedly recruiting young people from East and North Africa into terrorist groups through online platforms. Funds for the recruitment were traced through cryptocurrency channels back to individuals in Tanzania.

Interpol said Nigeria’s contribution to the operation resulted in the arrest of 11 suspected terrorists, “including high-level members of several terrorist groups.”

The international police agency also uncovered a major cryptocurrency-based Ponzi scheme operating across 17 countries, including Nigeria, Cameroon, and Kenya. The fraudulent platform posed as a legitimate trading service and defrauded more than 100,000 victims worldwide, resulting in losses estimated at $562 million.

According to Interpol, several large cryptocurrency wallets linked to the scheme are now being investigated for possible connections to terrorism financing. The global investigation remains ongoing.

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A man arrested in the US after allegedly murd£ring a 51-year-old man had been arrested over 40 times before, records show.

Ronnie Fewell, 32, sh0t and k!lled Ronald Neville on Oct. 10 at a Motel 6 in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to an arrest affidavit.

Neville was found with several gunsh0t wounds and was pronounced de@d at the scene.

Video obtained by police showed that Fewell was one of three men who forced their way into the motel room, where they were only inside for several seconds, police said.

Detectives said one of the men “quickly” fled the hotel room with a backpack that he didn’t have before.’

Fewell was charged with felony murd£r, robbery with a dangerous weapon and felony conspiracy in relation to the sho0ting.

Officials said he was one of four people allegedly responsible for Neville’s de@th.

The backpack had items valued at $100, according to an arrest warrant.

Fewell was given no bond and was ordered to be detained at the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office.

Court and arrest records reviewed by Fox News Digital show that Fewell has been arrested at least 40 times dating back to 2012.

Fewell had previously been arrested for charges of resisting a public officer, breaking and entering, possession of stolen goods, assault on a female, possession of cocaine, selling cocaine, possession of a firearm by felon, possession of a stolen firearm, robbery, assault on a female, assault with a deadly weapon, and more.

Many of the charges were dismissed by the local state’s attorney and resulted in no jail time, according to court records, but he has served time in prison for several convictions.

Rep. Mark Harris, R-North Carolina, wrote on X he was “disgusted” at the amount of times Fewell has been arrested.

“Another serial criminal who was walking free in Charlotte, NC, has just been arrested for the MURDER of a 51-year-old man,” Harris wrote.

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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted Hon. Amobi Godwin Ogah, member representing Isikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State, leave to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute the Minister of State for Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, over alleged forgery of election results.

It was  reports that Justice M.G. Umar, in a ruling delivered on September 23, 2025, on an ex parte motion filed by Ogah, held that the lawmaker had provided sufficient material evidence in his affidavit to justify the court’s decision.

Onyejeocha, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had dragged Ogah of the Labour Party (LP) to the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, claiming victory at the 2023 general elections.

However, Ogah alleged that Onyejeocha tendered forged results at the tribunal to back her claims, a case she eventually lost.

In April, Onyejeocha, through a media aide, dismissed the allegations as false, insisting they had been settled. “All the allegations in the petition are false. They are not only false, but they have been trashed out long ago,” she said.

Ogah, however, proceeded to the Federal High Court, urging it to grant him leave to seek an Order of Mandamus compelling INEC to investigate and prosecute Onyejeocha for forgery.

He alleged that after he was declared the winner by INEC, “Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha forged the results in respect of the polling units listed, whose results were tendered during the trial of the petition at the Election Tribunal to prove the allegations contained in the petition.

“That Hon. Nkeiruka Chidubem Onyejeocha forged Exhibit 3 and passed them off as the official election results and documents of the respondent, and the respondent vehemently disputed the authenticity of Exhibit 3 during the trial of the Election Petition.

“That Hon. Nkeiruka Chidubem Onyejeocha even attempted to deceive the judiciary by presenting the forged documents, i.e. Exhibit 3, to the Election Tribunal and Court of Appeal as documents that were issued by the respondent.”

In his ruling, Justice Umar held that the application had merit, stressing that the court must exercise its discretion “judicially and judiciously.”

He ruled, “I have considered Order 34 Rules 1, 3, and 4 of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2019, upon which this application is based, and I am of the view that it is trite that in an application of this nature where the Court is required to exercise discretion, it must be so considered judicially and judiciously.

“Consequently, I am satisfied that the applicant (Ogah) has placed relevant materials in the affidavit in support of this application, and this Court is thereby persuaded to exercise discretion in favour of the applicant.

“An order is hereby made granting leave to the applicant to apply for an Order of Mandamus against the respondent, compelling the respondent (INEC) to investigate and prosecute Nkeiruka Chidubem Onyejeocha for the electoral offence of forging the election results of the polling units within the Isikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State.”

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