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A suspect standing trial over the June 5, 2022 attack on St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that a Department of State Services officer threatened to feed his corpse to crocodiles if he refused to confess to involvement in the massacre. Al-Qasim Idris, one…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentencing of Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, a former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, who was handed 72 years imprisonment for money laundering involving N868.46 million. The Federal High Court in Abuja delivered the judgment following Nwabuoku’s prosecution on nine amended counts of money laundering. The…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed cybercrime charges filed against publisher and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore by the Nigeria Police Force, citing the prosecution’s failure to diligently pursue the case since the activist’s arraignment in January 2025. Justice Musa Liman struck out the charges on Tuesday after Sowore’s legal team,…
Former Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami has been released from custody, with the Kebbi State chapter of the African Democratic Congress confirming his return and welcoming him back to the state. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Habibu Abubakar Sambo, described the development as the end of a difficult period…
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has asserted that no terrorist attacks have occurred in the state since the June 2022 massacre at Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, characterising recent violent incidents including the killing of a traditional ruler as isolated criminal acts rather than coordinated terrorism. The governor made these claims…
Nigeria’s anti-corruption dragnet tightened Wednesday around former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai, following a dramatic inter-agency handover in Abuja. Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission took him into custody shortly after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission released him. The sequence capped three days of questioning at the EFCC headquarters. Sources confirmed the former governor…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned until April 30 the trial of Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, on charges of official corruption and abuse of office, following the presiding judge’s absence on Wednesday. The case, which is before Justice Mohammed Umar, could not proceed because…
The Federal Government is preparing to arraign multiple suspects linked to the deadly Yelwata attacks before a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, in what marks a critical test of the administration’s pledge to prosecute violent crimes and restore confidence in communities repeatedly scarred by communal bloodshed. The suspects, identified as having strong…
Serious questions over public fund management in Nigeria’s electoral institutions moved to the centre of judicial scrutiny on Tuesday as a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the remand of the Chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), Professor Sani Malumfashi, alongside three senior officials of the commission, over alleged financial crimes…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has removed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) and formally recognised the leadership of a Caretaker Committee headed by Senator Esther Nenadi Usman. Justice Peter Lifu delivered the ruling on Wednesday, grounding his decision on a Supreme Court judgment of April 4, 2025,…
