Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, adjourned further hearing in the alleged N76 billion and $31.5 million fraud trial involving a former Managing Director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, and others till June 25,...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested a fleeing former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, in Rigasa area of Kaduna State. Mamman was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday, May 19, 2026 following weeks of intensive surveillance and intelligence gathering by operatives of the Commission. Addressing...
The trial of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over allegations of treason and breach of national security continued on Monday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, with the prosecution presenting evidence to support claims that he received an intercepted private conversation involving the National Security Adviser (NSA)....
Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to a former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the sum of N100 million with one surety in like sum. The former governor, who admitted on national television to wiretapping the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, is being charged...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Monday condemned the continued detention of former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, following reports that authorities denied him access to his doctors and prevented his wife from delivering food to him in custody. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji...
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja on Monday, May 18, 2026 sustained the arrest warrant he issued against the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq on April 16, 2026. The former Minister, alongside tow others, Bashir Nura Alkali and...
*Remains in ICPC custody following Kaduna high court’s earlier denial of bail application The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to a former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the sum of N100 million with one surety in like sum. The former governor, who admitted on national...
Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted bail to activist and social media commentator, Justice Chidiebere, popularly known as “Justice Crack,” in the sum of ₦5 million. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik ruled that the bail condition must be supported by one surety who resides within the court’s jurisdiction and...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Joash Amupitan, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), “to promptly, thoroughly, impartially, independently, transparently and effectively investigate the allegations that governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) diverted N800 billion for political and campaign purposes.” SERAP urged...
A house wife, Haliru Halima Umar, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for pleading guilty to charges of unlawful possession of 302 rounds live ammunition of AK-47 rifles brought against her by the Department of State Service (DSS). She was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by Justice...
The bail application filed by Chidiebere Justice Mark, popularly known as Justice Crack, on Thursday suffered a setback at the Federal High Court in Abuja after two lawyers, Femi Balogun and Marshall Abubakar, clashed over who to represent him. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik had, on May 4, fixed today for...
James Balami, the Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, in the trial of the former National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA boss, Professor Usman Yusuf on Thursday, May 14, 2026 told the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje, Abuja, presided over by Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu that the contract awarded to...
Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, May 12, 2025, arraigned Blessing Gozi-Anyaokei, Managing Director, Viscount Microfinance Bank before Justice Y. Halilu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, for fraud. She is being prosecuted on a two-count charge, bordering on illegal conversion...
Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit filed by promoters of the All Democratic Alliance (ADA) seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the group as a political party. Justice Emeka Nwite ruled that the case, instituted by Umar Ardo and others,...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 sentenced a former Minister of power, Saleh Mamman to 75 years imprisonment for money laundering charges. Mamman, who was absent in court, was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed an appeal against the judgment delivered on 5 May 2026 by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, which awarded ₦100 million in damages in favour of officials of the Department of State Services (DSS), a judgment SERAP considers...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, viewed a video- recorded statement by Sheikh Sani Abdulkadir, the sixth defendant in the ongoing trial of persons accused of conspiring to overthrow the government of President Bola Tinubu. In the recording, the Sheikh, who admitted receiving money to pray for...
Justice Maryann Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Maitama, on Monday, May 11, 2026 revoked the bail, granted the former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman and issued a warrant for his arrest following his absence in court to face his criminal prosecution. Saleh has remained...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday challenged a suit filed by a lawyer, Johnmary Jideobi, seeking to restrain him from contesting the 2027 presidential election. Jonathan, through his lawyer, Chief Chris Uche, SAN, told Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja shortly after the matter was...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has expressed deep concern over what it described as the increasing use of criminal defamation laws by the administration of President Bola Tinubu to target activists, journalists, bloggers and other citizens for peacefully exercising their fundamental rights. SERAP’s reaction followed Friday’s ruling by...