Category: Justice

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said it will continue the probe of a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Ahmed Farouk, despite the withdrawal of the petition by Aliko Dangote. It said it had received a “notice of withdrawal” of the petition…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm over planned campaigns of calumny by some politicians and groups with vested interests in suspects being investigated or facing prosecution by the commission. Its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to Oyewale, a motley crowd of paid…

A  Federal High Court  sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 ordered the interim forfeiture of 57 properties suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities linked to a former Attorney-General of the Federation  and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and two of his sons,  Abdulaziz Malami and Abiru—Rahman Malami, to the Federal Government….

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has admitted former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, to bail in the sum of N500 million and two sureties in like sum pending his trial. Malami, his son, Abdulaziz Malami, and his wife, Hajia Asabe Bashir,…

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, January 5, 2026, turned down bail applications of Yakubu Adamu, Bauchi State’s Commissioner of Finance and three others. The three others are Balarabe Abdullahi Ilelah, Aminu Mohammed Bose and Kabiru Yahaya Mohammed. They were arraigned on Wednesday,  December  31, 2025 on a ten-count charge bordering…

Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has demanded the immediate recusal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from an ongoing investigation involving him. Malami, in a statement on Monday by his spokesman, Muhammad Doka, alleged bias, personal vendetta and political persecution linked to his…

The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the death sentence that was handed to Maryam Sanda, the daughter-in-law of a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for committing culpable homicide. In a split judgment of four to one, a five-member panel of justices of the apex court restated the judicial pronouncement that ordered her death…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has admitted in evidence three video clips supplied by the Department of State Services (DSS) to puncture claims of duress by five suspected masterminds of the 2011 bombing of the United Nations complex in the city facing trial. The presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, subsequently fixed the fifth of…