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Nigeria Names Six Persons, Three Entities Sanctioned for Terrorism Financing After US Expo. apapaparrot

The Nigerian government has released a list of six persons and three entities sanctioned for terrorism financing after US sanctions.

In a statement on Tuesday, Secretary of the Nigerian Sanctions Committee, Beatrice Jedy-Agba, said the list was approved and published on 18 June.

This comes a day after the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the sanctions on Mukhtar Adamu, and three bureau de change companies over their alleged involvement in financing the terrorist group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).

OFAC, in its announcement on Tuesday, accused Mr Adamu, a Lagos-based bureau de change operator, of facilitating financial transactions and money transfers on behalf of ISWAP.

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On Wednesday, the Nigerian Sanctions Committee, released a broader list of six persons and three entities similarly sanctioned in Nigeria for terrorism financing activities

The list includes Mr Adamu and two companies – Nine to Nine BDC and Generation BDC Limited – named in the US sanctions on Monday.

Mrs Jedy-Agba, who doubles as the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Minister of Justice, said the US sanctions followed “the inclusion of Adamu and his companies as part of a broader update to the Nigeria Sanctions List approved and published on 18th June 2026.”

She welcomed the inclusion of Mr Adamu and the two firms in the US designations.

The fresh list of designations by the Nigerian government, including Mr Adamu and the two firms linked to him, is as follows:

1. Ibrahim Yakubu Ogirima (NLISWi.19)

2. Muktar Muhammad Adamu (NLISWi.20)

3. Adamu Chiroma (NLISWi.21)

4. Ibrahim Abubakar (NLISWi.22)

5. Abdullahi Umar Usman (NLISWi.23)

6. Babangida Muhammed Adamu Hammajam (NLISWi.24)

7. Abbal Bako & Sons Bureau De Change Limited (NLISWe.25)

8. Generation Currency BDC Limited (NLISWe.26)

9. Nine to Nine BDC Limited (NLISWe.27)

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You Don’t Need Much to Start Akara, Roasted Corn or Kuli-Kuli Business, Remi Tinubu Tells Women to Renew Hope. apapaparrot

Remi Tinubu, Nigeria’s first lady, says small-scale food businesses such as selling akara and roasted corn require little capital.

Akara is a Nigerian snack made from deep-frying ground beans.

Tinubu said her office has been providing grants, not loans to support such businesses as part of efforts to improve livelihoods under the Renewed Hope Agenda.

“We’re trying to give hope, and to start Akara business doesn’t take a lot of money. To start roasting corn, or somebody even said kuli kuli doesn’t take much. We didn’t give them a loan; we gave it to them as a grant,” she said.

Speaking to journalists in Abuja, the first lady said the grants are aimed at empowering beneficiaries while complementing the programmes of the federal government.

She also highlighted interventions by her office in the health sector, including N2 billion for tuberculosis, N1 billion for breast cancer, and N500 million to tackle food malnutrition.

“I remember giving for TB. When I heard there were so many TB cases, I gave N2 billion. To breast cancer, I gave a billion. For food malnutrition, I gave half a billion,” she said.

“So those are the things we’ve been doing and making sure we can make sure that whatever this government is trying to do, it will see the light of day.”

Tinubu expressed concern over what she described as negative narratives affecting Nigerians and said the Renewed Hope Agenda is intended to restore optimism.

“The narrative has really changed, has changed to challenge the average man, whereas the average man is supposed to have hope. So I like the idea that Mr President says this is the Renewed Hope Agenda. We have to renew our hope,” she added.
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