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  The 10th Prosecution Witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Olomotane Egoro, on Tuesday, maintained that the transactions being examined in the ongoing alleged money laundering trial of the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, were within the threshold prescribed by the Central Bank of Nigeria. He, however, noted that the…

  For the second time in one day, the faction of the Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde in the People’s Democratic Party PDP has suffered another setback as the Court of Appeal in Abuja voided the National convention of the party held in November last year. The Appellate Court held that it was wrong of…

  The 10th Prosecution Witness in the ongoing alleged money laundering case instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has maintained that the former governor’s name is not linked to transactions before the court. The witness, Mahmoud Abdulazeez, a staff of Dantata and Sawoe…

  A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) David Ajoma on Friday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Abubakar Malami never participated in any of the transactions carried out by Rayhan Hotels and Metropolitan Autotech Limited with Sterling…

Kwara: Court Sentences 2 To Death For Armed Robbery, Kidnapping Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced two men, Abubakar Sodiki and Abubakar Mohammed to death by hanging. The convicts were prosecuted for criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnapping and illegal possession of firearms. Delivering his judgment, Justice Ahmed…

  The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday fixed March 10 for the Department of State Services (DSS) to open its case of alleged terrorism financing and illegal possession of firearms against a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and his son, Abdulaziz Malami. DSS had on February 27 arraigned Malami and…

  A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Nkemakolam Ukandu has dragged the National Judicial Council (NJC), the Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho and a judge of the Abuja division of the FHC, Joyce Abdulmalik to court over allegations bordering on corruption and bias, in respect of…

  A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday issued an order for accelerated hearing in the ongoing prosecution of five men accused of being behind the August 26, 2011, bombing of the United Nations’ building in Abuja. Justice Emeka Nwite issued the order while ruling on an application to that effect moved by prosecuting…

  The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun will on Wednesday, 25th February, 2026, swearing-in the newly appointed Justice of the Supreme Court, Hon. Justice Joseph Olubunmi Kayode Oyewole. The inauguration is scheduled to hold at Courtroom Two, Supreme Court complex, Abuja, by 2pm The bench of the apex court had depleted recently…

  Justice Halilu Yusuf of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has adjourned indefinitely, judgment in a N5. 5Bn defamation suit Instituted by two staff of the Department of the State Service (DSS) against a non governmental organization, the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The Judge on Thursday reserved the judgment after…