Federal Capital Territory High Court in Jabi has officially kicked off proceedings in the N550 million defamation lawsuit filed by Senator Chris Anyanwu against former Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohakim. Senator Anyanwu is suing Ohakim over remarks he made in an interview with The Nation newspaper, published on January...
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Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, on Thursday, pushed forward the hearing in the ongoing ₦110 billion fraud case involving former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello and two others. The case will now resume on November 12. Bello is standing trial alongside Umar...
Alleged $6bn Mambilla Power fraud: Agunloye disregarded FEC directive in award of contract – Witness
Alleged $6bn Mambilla Power fraud: Agunloye disregarded FEC directive in award of contract – Witness
The trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye continued on Thursday, October 9, 2025 at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Apo, Abuja Giving testimony before the court presided over by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, the third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Umar Hussein Babangida informed the court...
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called for the immediate release or due prosecution of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, describing his prolonged detention as a “stain on the rule of law.”...
Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Abimbola Williams in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, narrated before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja how funds were diverted from the Kogi State government’s coffers through...
Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja on Tuesday, October 8, 2025 adjourned the trial of former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki(retd) to October 31, 2025 to allow the Commission update its list of witnesses and for continuation of trial. Dasuki is facing...
An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bello Umar, has testified that Olugbenga Obadina, Chairman and CEO of Almond Projects Limited, received a staggering N2.1 billion from the office of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), without executing any contract. Umar, who...
A prosecution witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday testified that no banking regulations were violated in the transactions linked to the alleged N110 billion fraud case involving former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello and two others. Testifying before Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal...
The high-profile fraud trial involving former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki, has once again been postponed. An Abuja High Court on Tuesday pushed the proceedings to October 31, allowing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) additional time to list a key witness. Dasuki is facing a...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out the criminal proceedings brought by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) against the Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Airways, Mr. Temi Birdzell, and three other senior officials of the airline. Justice James Omotosho made the ruling on Tuesday,...
Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a criminal suit filed by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) against MultiChoice Nigeria Limited and several of its top executives, following an amicable resolution between both parties. When the case was called up for hearing on Tuesday, FCCPC’s...
The legal battle between Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), over claims of certificate forgery, hit a temporary roadblock on Monday as the Federal High Court in Abuja adjourned proceedings due to incomplete filings from the university’s legal team. The...
A constitutional lawyer, Johnmary Jideobi, has filed a legal action at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to disqualify former President Goodluck Jonathan from participating in the 2027 presidential election. In the suit filed on October 6 and marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2102/2025, Jideobi asked the court to issue a perpetual...
Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a lawsuit seeking the refund of public funds allegedly spent by retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, the sole administrator of Rivers State, ruling that it lacks the jurisdiction to hear the matter. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice James Omotosho held that the...
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned hearing in a property dispute involving former Senator Iyabo Obasanjo and several others until November 6, following the plaintiffs’ failure to serve legal processes on the defendants. Justice Mohammed Umar fixed the new date on Thursday after the plaintiffs’ counsel, Abniyilo...
Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, and the media platform itself, until November 20, to allow arguments on all pending applications in a defamation suit. At Thursday’s proceedings, the prosecuting counsel, E.A. Inegbenoise, told the court that the matter...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday fixed October 27, 2025, for the arraignment of politician and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore for alleged false claim against the person of President Bola Tinubu by tagging him “a criminal.” The Department of State Services (DSS) had on behalf of...
In a significant ruling on Friday, the Federal High Court in Abuja directed the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to constitute an independent medical panel to evaluate the health condition of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Justice James Omotosho issued the directive, mandating that...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has handed over the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) money laundering case against Mele Kyari to the court registry for reassignment. Kyari, the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), is under investigation...
Embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday asked an Abuja High Court to strike out the federal government’s case against him, citing the prosecution’s repeated absence from court proceedings. Emefiele is facing trial before Justice Hamza Muazu on an amended 20-count charge in case...