•Abuja High Court Journalists were ordered out of Court 6 of the Federal High Court in Abuja, venue of the trial of six men accused, among others, of plotting to take over the government. Some journalists had arrived at the court a little after 8 am and secured seats thereafter on the last row, awaiting […]
•Femi Falana Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called on the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), to exercise his powers under Section 174 of the Constitution by terminating what he described as the “illegal charge” preferred against the 36 alleged coup plotters before the General Court M...
•A Federal High Court in Abuja Six defendants yesterday pleaded not guilty to a 13-count charge bordering on alleged terrorism and coup plotting before the Federal High Court in Abuja. The defendants were arraigned in suit number FHC/ABJ/CR/206/2026, with the prosecution led by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), alon...
•Tinubu and soldiers The federal government is set to try seven of the detained suspects linked to an alleged plot to overthrow the President Bola Tinubu-led administration for concealment of treason, terrorism and money laundering. The suspects are former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timpre Sylva; Major General Mohammed Ibrahim Gana (rtd); a re...
•Tinubu and Nigerian soldiers The military has submitted to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the report of its investigation into what it tagged “indiscipline and breach of service regulations” by the 16 detained officers whom reports had alleged were involved in coup plot, Daily Trust has learnt. Credible security and presidency sources confirmed...
•Timipre Sylva Two persons arrested during a raid on the Abuja residence of former Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, are still being held in custody. It was earlier reported that operatives stormed Sylva’s residence on Saturday, October 25, 2025, arresting his younger brother, identified as Paga, who serves as his Special Assista...
•Service chiefs A member of the Osun State House of Assembly, Kanmi Ajibola, has dragged the Nigerian military to court over the recent allegation of a coup attempt to sack the current democratic government and forcefully remove elected officials, including President Bola Tinubu. •Kanmi Ajibola Ajibola, a lawyer and a former Chairman of the Ni...
•Nigerian Army The last may not have been heard on the October 1st foiled coup after fresh facts emerged regarding the identities of at least 16 Nigerian military officers allegedly involved in the plot. According to a decent source, 14 of the detainees are from the Nigerian Army, including one brigadier general, one colonel, four […]
•Nigerian troops Military investigation into the alleged coup plot has reportedly uncovered a trail of N45 billion disbursed from the bank accounts of the Niger Delta Development Commission to some politically exposed persons and the soldiers detained in connection with the rumoured conspiracy to topple President Bola Tinubu’s administration. ...
•Soldiers and Tinubu Military investigators probing an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu are reportedly grilling a Managing Director of a federal government agency in the South South region. Two intelligence officers confirmed that the MD was arrested for allegedly transferring a huge sum of money to a former Minister of State fo...

