Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed September 29, 2026, to deliver judgment in a suit seeking a fresh police investigation into the death of Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. Justice James Omotosho scheduled the date after hearing arguments from Break the Silence Foundation, the group...
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Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, adjourned the trial-within-trial in the alleged N109.5 billion fraud case involving a former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, till October 13, 2026, for adoption of final written addresses. Idris is being...
Human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, will remain in Kuje Correctional Centre after the Federal High Court in Abuja fixed June 30 to rule on his application seeking to overturn the revocation of his bail. Justice Mohammed Umar scheduled the ruling after hearing arguments from...
Department of State Services (DSS) has ordered an immediate investigation into the conduct of its operatives following an incident that occurred at the Federal High Court in Abuja and led to the remand of activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, at the Kuje Custodial Centre. In a statement issued on...
Federal High Court in Abuja has refused an application by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, seeking a review of the bail conditions imposed on him in his ongoing alleged wiretapping trial. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, who presided over the case on Tuesday, ruled that the existing bail conditions would...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, admitted in evidence a testimony by a witness of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the ongoing trial of former Kaduna state governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai for allegedly wiretapping the telephone lines of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu...
Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the remand of online publisher and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, at the Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Mohammed Umar, in a short ruling, ordered Sowore to be kept in the correctional centre pending the hearing and determination of...
Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday sentenced two women arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for their involvement with terrorism to forty years in prison. The convicted women, Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, are mother and sister respectively of the terrorist kingpin, Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo, who...
Agunloye’s alleged $6b Mambilla project fraud: Witness affirms authenticity of prosecution’s exhibit
Agunloye’s alleged $6b Mambilla project fraud: Witness affirms authenticity of prosecution’s exhibit
The trial of the former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, continued on Thursday, June 18, 2026 before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja with the Sixth Prosecution Witness, PW6, Iliya John Iyakwari, denying under cross-examination by defence counsel, Adeola Adedipe, SAN, that there is an...
Trial of the former Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Hadi Sirika continued on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 before Justice S.C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), High Court, Abuja, with the 12th Prosecution Witness, PW12, Christopher Odofin disclosing that Sirika violated due process in the N299 million...
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former SKogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, told the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that he paid between 50 and 60 percent of the commissions earned by his company from consultancy services rendered to...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has welcomed the decision of the Court of Appeal to stay the execution of a Federal High Court judgment that sought the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties. Reacting to the development in a post on X on...
Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, dismissed an application filed by former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the N110.4 billion alleged fraud charge preferred against him by the...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has revoked the bail earlier granted to the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, after he failed to appear for the continuation of his trial. The decision was delivered on Tuesday by Justice Mohammed Umar following submissions by the...
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja on Monday, June 15, 2026 dismissed an application filed by the counsel to a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq seeking the setting aside of the Bench Warrant and Warrant of Arrest issued...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strongly condemned a Federal High Court judgment reportedly ordering its deregistration, describing the decision as a dangerous assault on democracy and a calculated attempt to weaken opposition politics ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Monday by its National Publicity...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister five political parties for failing to satisfy constitutional requirements governing political party participation in Nigeria. Delivering judgment, Justice Peter Lifu held that the affected parties failed to meet the minimum electoral performance...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday sentenced each of the five persons arrested on May 31, 2026, by the Department of State Services (DSS) for being accomplices in the 21 November 2025 attack on St. Joseph Catholic Church school, Papiri, Niger...
The Fifth Prosecution Witness (PW5), in the trial of the former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 clarified what transpired over the certification of the extract of the minutes of Federal Executive Council meeting of May 21, 2026, before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday June 8, 2026 sought to re-arraign the trio of Aishatu Bappa El-Nafaty, Mamud Alhaji Abubakar and Igba Ityoakura Joseph before Justice Muhammed Zubairu of the Federal Capital Territory, High Court, Jikwoyi, Abuja for fraud. The first defendant, El-Nafaty is the Director,...