ABUJA (AFP) - Two Nigerian men were on Thursday accused in the Abuja federal high court of links with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and of receiving funds from the militant group.

Olaniyi Babafemi Lawal, 31, and Luqman Babatunde, 30, are accused of receiving "monies in Saudi riyals and US dollars equivalent to one million naira (about $6,200; 5,000 euros) from a terrorist organisation known as Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," court papers said.