•Godwin Emefiele A prosecution witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), CP Okpoziakpo Eloho, told an Abuja High Court today that former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele did not benefit from the alleged $6.2 million fraud. Eloho, the 14th prosecution witness (PW14), made the disclosure during cross-...
•David Mark and ADC logo The Federal High Court in Abuja today affirmed Sen David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Justice Musa Liman, in a judgment, also dismissed the suit filed by Rep. Leke Abejide challenging Mark and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as national chairman and national secretary of the party for lacking [&...
•Former OPEC President Diezani Alison-Madueke Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has granted an application filed by former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to present evidence of her acquittal by the Southwark Crown Court, London, in the UK. Justice Ekwo granted the motion on notice moved by Diezani’s lawyer,...
•Sowore (C) in court Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted a ₦200 million bail to the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, who is facing alleged cybercrime charges. In a ruling today, Justice Umar ordered Sowore to produce two sureties. One of the […]...
•Peter Obi flies NDC flag A Federal High Court in Lokoja today set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party. Justice Isah Dashen, the presiding judge held that all relevant parties must be heard before any substantive decisio...
•Idris Barde The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a Deputy Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Idris Barde, for job racketeering. Barde, who served as Personal Assistant to the former Commandant General of the NSCDC, Mr Abdullahi Gana, wa...
•Omoyele Sowore Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, fixed June 30 for ruling on a motion filed by Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), seeking to vacate an order for his bail revocation. Justice Umar fixed the date after Sowore’s lawyer, Raphael Adakole, moved the motion for [&hel...
•The convicts A High Court sitting in Sokoto State has sentenced three men, including a foreign national, to death by hanging, following their conviction on charges bordering on terrorism and arms proliferation. The convicts, Yusuf Muhammad (alias Sallau), a Nigerien; Jabbi Alhaji Yalle; and Kabiru Muhammad, were apprehended on June 13, 2025, ...
•Abubakar Malami Munawwarah Salisu Anas, the 5th prosecution witness (PW5) in the ongoing trial of a former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Federation, Abubakar Malami, yesterday , detailed how several high-value transactions passed through the account of Alkausar Farm. Anas, a Compliance Officer with Jaiz Bank Plc, who gave the de...
•El-Rufai A lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, who is the second prosecution witness in the trial of former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai over alleged phone tapping of the phone lines of the National Security Adviser and breach of national security, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the former governor admitted during a television [&hel...
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