Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, March 9, 2026 adjourned to rule on the admissibility of a Deed of Assignment and an Irrevocable Power of Attorney tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State...
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Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered an accelerated hearing in the long-running trial of five men accused of masterminding the August 26, 2011, bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja. The order followed an application by prosecuting counsel, Alex Izinyon (SAN), who informed...
Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, John Tsoho, has expressed his readiness to honour an invitation by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) over allegations of non-declaration of assets. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the court’s Director of Information, Catherine Oby...
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has confirmed the recovery of alleged wiretapping equipment and sensitive security-related documents from the Abuja residence of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai. In court filings, the anti-graft agency said the items, believed to be capable of intercepting private conversations,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, February 27, 2026 arraigned Chief Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome, SAN, Ponfa Useni and General Jeremiah Useni (now deceased) before Justice C.N. Oji. Of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja over alleged forgery of documents and International Passport to...
A High Court in Abuja has transmitted the case file of a fundamental human rights suit filed by Nasir El-Rufai to the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), John Tsoho, for reassignment. The development followed a decision by the presiding judge, Salihu Belgore, who announced that he...
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Friday, February 27, 2026, ordered the remand of the former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, alongside his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe and their son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami in correctional facilities,...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Thursday, February 26, 2026, in the trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, stopped a defence counsel, Femi Atteh, SAN from using an unauthorized witness. Omotosho held that a subpoenaed witness, Abdulkareem Ibrahim Ozi was...
Justice Yeliam Bogoro of the Federal High Court Lagos, on Thursday, February 26, 2026, set May 8, 2026 for ruling on the no- case submission, filed by a former governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu and his co-defendant, Umar Muhammed Nasko. Thursday’s proceeding was for adoption of final...
Civil society groups nationwide have announced plans to hold a mass rally on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, calling for the removal of Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Terhemba Tsoho. The move follows allegations that the judge failed to declare multiple bank accounts and breached Nigeria’s...
Department of State Service (DSS) has failed to arraign the former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai at the Federal High Court, Abuja, today. The prosecutor in the matter requested the court to grant a two-week adjournment to enable the DSS produce El-Rufai, who is in the custody of...
Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje, Abuja, on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, admitted in evidence more documents tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), against former National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), boss, Professor Usman Yusuf. The documents were brought before the court by...
Former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has filed an application to quash the charges the DSS filed against him for being incompetent, for disclosing no offence known to law, and for constituting a gross abuse of court process. The court filing was made in response to Charge Number...
A suit seeking the deregistration of several political parties was on Tuesday opened for hearing at the Federal High Court in Abuja, as the National Forum of Former Legislators (NFFL) dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and six political parties before the court over alleged constitutional violations. The...
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a ₦1 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and other parties over the alleged unlawful invasion of his residence in Abuja. In the suit, El-Rufai is asking the court to declare...
The trial of the former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja could not continue on Monday, February 23, 2026 due to the inability of the defence team to produce its witness in court. At Monday’s proceedings, the...
Justice Abubakar Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT, Asokoro, Abuja on Friday, February 20, 2026 scolded former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina and the defence counsel for their antics aimed at stalling his trial before the court and demanded that the...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday admitted in evidence the confessional statements and gadgets of one of the five men being prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) for the June 5, 2022 attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State. The...
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has reserved judgment in a N5.5billion defamation suit by two operatives of the Department of State Services (DDS) against an advocacy group, the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). Justice Halilu Yusuf made the announcement on...
The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), has taken former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, into custody shortly after he was granted bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday night. El-Rufai, who had been in EFCC custody since Monday over alleged corruption-related offences, was reportedly released...