Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has criticised the arraignment and detention of a 19-year-old blogger accused of defaming businessman . Reacting in a post on X (Formerly known as Twitter) on Friday, Sowore alleged that the timing of the court proceedings was designed to frustrate...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, May 26, 2026 arraigned one Salifu Olije Mustapha before Justice A.I. Akobi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kubwa, for allegedly posturing and parading himself as an officer of the Commission He was arraigned on a four- count charge...
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, has secured the interim forfeiture of a lounge and a four-bedroom bungalow located in Ado-Ekiti. Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ilorin, while granting the application, held that the Commission had fulfilled all the necessary legal requirements. The...
By AJAYI OSASHON – The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ordered the de-congestion of Nigerian prisons and a periodic review to end the prolonged detention of awaiting trial inmates in the country. According to 2024 official statistics, of the estimated 79,237 inmate population in Nigeria, 26,718 were convicted, while 52,519...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Gombe Zonal Directorate on Thursday, May 21, 2026, arraigned one Dalhatu Yahaya, before Justice A.M Yakubu of the Gombe High Court 2, Gombe, Gombe State. Yahaya was arraigned on two- count charges bordering on intent to defraud to the tune of N3,500,000(...
Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentence of Obadofin Daniel Bamise and Hadiza Oyiza Yakubu, before Justice A.A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna for theft. Both convicts are former officials of Access Bank. They...
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, May 21, 2026 arraigned Aisha Alkali Wakil, Sa’idu Tahiru Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyede before Justice Jude K. Dagat of the Borno State Federal High Court sitting in Maiduguri. The defendants were arraigned on a...
Six years after PRNigeria published an exclusive investigative report questioning the controversial trial, demotion and dismissal of former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division, Major General Hakeem Oladapo Otiki (rtd), the Supreme Court has finally cleared the senior military officer of all charges, effectively vindicating the position earlier canvassed...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on May 14, 2026, convicted and sentenced a businessman, Kingsley Obasi, to seven years imprisonment for a $247,390 fraud. Obasi, alongside his company, Great King Parkson Industrial Company, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 granted the final forfeiture of N1.9bn worth of shares, N288m and five bedroom duplex located at No 20 City Gate Estate, Kukwaba, Abuja linked to a former Acting Accountant General of the Federation...
The Fourth Prosecution Witness, PW4, in the trial of the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, told Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that Zenith Bank Plc, where the former AGF had account, filed Suspicious...
Justice O.A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, rejected the application filed by Bauchi State Accountant General, Sirajo Muhammad Jaja for permission to travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the Muslim pilgrimage, hajj and medical check-up. Jaja is facing...
Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, May 11, 2026 admitted in evidence, newspaper publications tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the trial of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele...
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, May 11, 2026, reserved ruling till June 2, 2026 on the bail application filed by one of the defendants in the alleged ₦2.04 billion money laundering trial involving staff of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC....
In its ongoing clampdown on illegal mining activities, the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, has secured the conviction of a 50-year-old truck driver, Kasimu Bawa, from Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. He was jailed for unlawful possession of solid minerals valued at N2.4million. Bawa was sentenced...
Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, May 11, 2026, convicted and sentenced Taofeek Daniel Oriola to nine years imprisonment for money laundering. Oriola was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, Ikoyi, on a three-count...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama has warned parties involved in the lingering dispute over the Apo Resettlement Market project to obey an existing stop-work order or face possible sanctions for contempt. Justice Yusuf Halilu gave the warning during proceedings in the suit involving Dr Shuaibu Musari,...
When the Economist described Nigeria over 18 years ago as a “democracy by court order”, it ventured into prophetic journalism. In the period since then, partisan politicians have become comfortable with playing second fiddle to judges, a sizeable number of whom have emerged as the most avid tribe of belligerents in...
A Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto has fixed May 19, 2026, for the hearing of a leadership dispute rocking the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the state, as tensions heighten ahead of the party’s primaries scheduled for May 21. The case, which was brought before Justice Ahmad Gama...
A prosecution witness, PW14, Shehu Bello, on Thursday, May 7, 2026, told Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that Ali Bello made several cash payments running into millions of naira for the construction of a property located at Plot 1891, Dala Hills, Maitama, Abuja. The...