The trial of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, alongside his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe and his Son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami continued on Friday, March 6, 2026, before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness...
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Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, March 5, 2026, dismissed the no-case submission filed by Dr. John Abebe and his company, Inducon Nig. Ltd, who are standing trial over an alleged N120m fraud. The defendants were arraigned on September 19, 2022 on a...
Senate Committee on Public Accounts has summoned former Mele Kyari to explain an alleged ₦210 trillion flagged as not properly accounted for in audit reports of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) between 2017 and 2023. Kyari was invited alongside former Chief Financial Officer Umar Ajia Isa and...
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has released details of electronic items that were recovered from the residence of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. According to the anti-graft agency, the items seized are largely electronic devices and digital storage equipment. In a statement, the ICPC...
Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday, February 27, 2026 Â affirmed the decision of the trial Court and Court of Appeal that convicted and sentenced Senator Albert Bassey to seven years imprisonment and the restitution of the sum of N204m ( Two Hundred and Four Million Naira) to Akwa Ibom...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has approached the Supreme Court of Nigeria seeking an order to revoke the bail granted to Lagos socialite, Fred Chijindu Ajudua, by the Court of Appeal of Nigeria sitting in Lagos. In a notice of appeal dated February 20, 2026 and filed...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 arraigned one Isaac Saviour Emmanuel before Justice H.A Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, over alleged  N157,000,000.00 ( One Hundred and Fifty Seven Million and $4000( Four Hundred United...
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...
Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja Lagos has convicted and sentenced one Adebisi Ridwan Ayodeji to 18 months imprisonment for defrauding Sterling Bank of the sum of N30,000,000( Thirty Million Naira). The convict was initially arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,...
Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),  Ola Olukoyede has warned Real Estate managers across the country  against money laundering in the country. Mr. Olukoyede gave this warning when he received the Executives of Association of Real Estate and Property Managers, AREAPM, Edo State who paid a...
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...
Osun State Government has again strongly refuted allegations of N13 billion payroll scam by Sally Tibbot limited, describing the renewal of the allegation as an All Progressives Congress (APC) sponsored fake news. The government insisted that there was no N13 billion naira payroll fraud as verification of the controversial...
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...
Dauda Sulaiman, the second defendant in the ongoing trial of the Chief of Staff to Ahmed Usman Ododo, Ali Bello, on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, told Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that the seven statements he made while in the custody of the Economic...
Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Umar Hussein Babangida in the ongoing trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 told a Federal High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja and presided over by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie that Agunloye admitted in his extra-judicial statement to the Economic...
N4bn scandal, missing aircraft spark UMCN–GMCN rift, Not same-sex marriage — Bishop Ande alleges
N4bn scandal, missing aircraft spark UMCN–GMCN rift, Not same-sex marriage — Bishop Ande alleges
Bishop of the United Methodist Church of Nigeria (UMCN), Rev. Ande Emmanuel, has alleged that the emergence of the Global Methodist Church of Nigeria (GMCN) was triggered by financial irregularities involving over N4 billion and a missing church aircraft, rather than disagreements over same-sex marriage. Speaking in an exclusive...
The Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, Yazid Bawa, in the trial-within-trial arising from the prosecution of Ali Bello, nephew of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello and Dauda Sulaiman on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, told the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, presided over by Justice James Omotosho that contrary...
Trial of former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, over the alleged diversion of ₦5.78 billion Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funds resumed on Monday, February 16, 2026, with fresh revelations before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in...
Trial of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, continued on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with the Tenth Prosecution Witness, PW10, Olomotane Egoro, a compliance officer with Access Bank giving a detailed movement of public funds through...