Kaduna State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Sadiq Mamman Lagos, has dismissed claims that the ministry is indebted to contractors to the tune of over N30 billion, insisting that any aggrieved party should seek redress in court. Addressing journalists at a press conference in Kaduna on Friday,...
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The prosecution in the case of four persons standing trial for the April 2026 killings in Angwa Rukuba, Jos North LGA of the state, on Thursday told a High Court of Plateau State that allowing the suspects leave the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) was a...
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly condemned the extrajudicial killing of a suspect by police officers in Delta State, describing the act as a grave violation of the rule of law and constitutional rights. In a statement reacting to a viral video of the incident, the association expressed deep...
Osun State Governor, Adebayo Adeleke has dethroned the Apetumodu of Ipetumodu in Ife North Local Government Area of the state, Gbenga Joseph Oloyede, with immediate effect. The Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, in a statement, indicated that the decision followed due consultation, legal review, and...
Alleged N395.1m railway fraud: Witness testifies how N268.5m was paid into Ogbole-Inalegwu’s account
Alleged N395.1m railway fraud: Witness testifies how N268.5m was paid into Ogbole-Inalegwu’s account
The First Prosecution Witness (PW1), in the trial of Director, Mechanical Services, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Oche Jerry Ogbole-Inalegwu, narrated before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Thursday, April 23, 2026, how a total sum of N268, 503, 653 (Two Hundred...
The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Friday, April 24, 2026, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with the court dismissing an objection by the defence counsel and allowing the prosecution to proceed with its case. Bello is being...
Kogi State High Court has ordered Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to pay ₦1 billion in damages to former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, following a defamation case. In a judgment delivered on April 23, Justice A. S. Ibrahim ruled in favour of Bello, holding that the claims against the senator...
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has inaugurated a General Court Martial to try 36 serving military personnel over alleged mutiny, aimed at overthrowing President Bola Tinubu led federal government. Director, Defence Information, Major General Samaila Uba, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. Maj. Gen. Uba said tge...
Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the duo of Samuel Inalegwu Okpala and Ezelibe Emmanuel Nzube before Justice Bala Khalifa-Mohammed Usman of the Federal High court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, on a four-count charge bordering on fraudulent personation, conspiracy and obtaining...
Plateau State Government has filed terrorism-related charges against five suspects over the March 2026 killings in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North Local Government Area, with four of them arraigned before the state High Court. The defendants—Isa Umar Ibrahim, Auwalu Abubakar (also known as Auwalu Dogo), Musa Abubakar Ibrahim (alias Yaroro),...
Plateau State government on Thursday arraigned four suspects arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) in connection with the April 2026 killings in Angwa Rukuba, Jos North LGA of the state. The matter was, however, adjourned till April 30. Justices Danladi Longden and Gegeliah Fwomyon, who presided over...
Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday April 20, 2026 secured the conviction and sentence of Goodluck Ejimiyare before Justice (Professor) C. A. Obiozor of the Federal High Court, sitting in Benin City. The convict was arraigned on March 30, 2026 on an amended...
A Former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka( UNN), and other parties in a suit filed by Nnaji to stop the release of his academic records are now exploring an out-of-court settlement. The former minister had filed the suit in October last...
Morocco on Saturday released three Senegalese fans from jail after they completed a three-month prison sentence for participating in the violence that broke out during the Africa Cup of Nations final in Rabat, an AFP journalist saw. The trio left Al Arjat 2 prison, northeast of Rabat, in a...
Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, April 16, 2026 arraigned one Mohammed Abdullahi Korimi before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a two -count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation and obtaining...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, presented its second prosecution witness, PW2, in the ongoing trial of a vessel, MT Ostria, and three others over an alleged theft of 25,354,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation...
Legal troubles of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, took a dramatic turn on Tuesday as a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna granted him bail in the sum of N200 million, but with stringent conditions that effectively keep him in custody for now. Presiding judge, Rilwanu Aikawa,...
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, before Honourable Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court 5 on a nine-count charge bordering on alleged advance fee fraud and money laundering. The arraignment, which took...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, and the Management of both the Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd (NIGCOMSAT) and the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) to account for and explain the whereabouts...
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to Nyesom Wike has announced the unsealing of the party’s national headquarters in Abuja, describing the development as a significant step toward restoring stability within the opposition party. In a statement issued by National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Jungudo Haruna Mohammed,...