Workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), under the umbrella of the Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC), on Thursday resumed the indefinite strike earlier declared on January 19 over unresolved welfare demands. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that activities remained largely paralysed across FCTA Secretariats, Departments...
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, arraigned the former Chairman, Benue State Independent Electoral Commission, (BSEIC), Dr. Tersoo Joseph Loko. He was arraigned alongside ten others before Justice M. S Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Makurdi, for an alleged N1,100,000,000 (One Billion, One...
Taraba State Governor, Mrs. Agyin Kefas, on Wednesday met with 17-year-old Miss Iwasen Terhemba, who was allegedly mutilated by Ramatu Abbas in Donga Local Government Area of the state on January 21, 2026. Miss Terhemba was reportedly attacked following allegations that she rebuffed advances from the suspect’s husband. Ramatu...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 arraigned the former National Coordinator of Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project, MCRP, North East Development Commission (NEDC), Alhaji Danjuma Mohammed and two others; Prince Achem and Aminu Alhaji (at large) before Justice K. N Ogbonnaya of the Federal Capital...
National Industrial Court of Nigeria, sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, ordered workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to suspend their ongoing strike, granting an interlocutory injunction sought by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the FCT Administration. Delivering his ruling in Suit No:...
The long-awaited corruption trial of former Nigerian Petroleum Minister and first female OPEC president, Diezani Alison-Madueke, is set to commence in London on Monday. The 65-year-old faces five charges of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, all allegedly tied to her tenure as Nigeria’s Minister...
A Taraba woman, Mrs. Ramatu Abbas, from Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State, who allegedly mutilated a teenage girl over her husband’s advances, has reportedly been divorced by her husband in line with Islamic rites. The incident occurred on January 21, 2026, when Ramatu allegedly attacked a 17-year-old...
Former Chairman of the governing board of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC).l, Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, has filed a fundamental rights suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja against the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and five others for alleged...
Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, convicted one Victor Ogiemwonyi and his company, Partnership Securities Limited, for stealing the sum of N953,535,861.57 (Nine Hundred and Fifty-Three Million, Five Hundred and Thirty-Five Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty-One Naira,...
FCT Police Command has today, 21st January 2026, arraigned eleven (11) suspects linked to the murder of Ms. Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu, Esq., an Anchor, Reporter, and Producer with ARISE News, and Mr. Barnabas Danlami, a security guard. The deceased were killed during a robbery incident at Unique Apartments, Katampe...
Trial of former Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, continued on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, with the First Prosecution Witness, Hamma Adama Bello testifying with video evidence in a trial-within-trial that the defendant wrote her statements...
A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Sagamu, Ogun State, has adjourned the trial of Adeniyi Kayode, the driver involved in the tragic road accident that claimed the lives of two key members of boxing star Anthony Joshua’s camp, to February 25, 2026. Kayode, 46, is standing trial over a fatal...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, arraigned one Sarumi Samusudeen Babafemi for an alleged N206,000,000 (Two Hundred and Six Million Naira) fraud before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Babafemi alongside his companies, 606 Autos...
Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday January 19, 2026 secured the conviction and sentence of Ojo Eghosa Kingsley before Justice W. I. Aziegbemhin of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City. Kingsley was prosecuted by the Benin Zonal Directorate of the EFCc, on...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike “over their failure to account for the spending of billions of naira of public funds in the name of ‘security votes’ by them...
Rivers State High Court sitting in Oyigbo Local Government Area has intervened in the deepening political crisis in the state, issuing an interim injunction that temporarily stops all actions connected to the impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Nma-Odu. In a ruling delivered in Port Harcourt,...
The trial of a former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) continued on January 13, 2026 before Justice C.O. Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court Maitama with the First Prosecution Witness PW1, Dr. Michael Adariku giving a breakdown of the movement of funds from the Office of...
Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeed Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Ota, Ogun State, over multiple criminal allegations, including assault, theft and obstruction of police officers. The artiste was brought before the court on Monday to answer a nine-count charge filed...
A 25-year-old man, Awakaria Anise, on Friday appeared before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan for allegedly stealing chickens worth N175,000. Anise, whose address was not provided, was charged with malicious damage, stealing and unlawful strangling of chickens. He, however pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Samuel...
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), has approached the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna with a ₦1 billion defamation suit against another retired senior military officer, Maj. Gen. Ali-Keffi (retd.), over alleged terrorism-related accusations. The suit, filed on Thursday at the Kaduna Judicial Division...