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Fed High Court Sentences Four to Death for 2022 Owo Catholic Church Massacre
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja has sentenced four suspects in the 2022 terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo Ondo State to death.
Delivering judgement, Justice Nwite convicted Idris Abdulmalik…
Alleged $6b Mambilla Project Fraud : EFCC Presents Fifth Witness Against Former Minister
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 1, 2026, presented the Fifth Prosecution Witness, PW5, in the trial of the former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal…
Legal Education Must Produce Lawyers of Integrity, Not Just Legal Experts — ICPC Chairman
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, has called for the institutionalisation of anti-corruption education in Nigeria’s legal training system, stressing…
FHC Judge Who Refused to Invalidate Alex Otti’s Candidacy Dies in Kano
Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court in Kano, Kano State has died after collapsing in his residence,
The judge according to sources close to his family was said to have have slumped in his living room on Thursday evening and…
NNPC Probe: EFCC Secures Final Forfeiture of Private Jet Linked to Borno Commissioner
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 18, 2026, secured a final forfeiture order of a Hawker private Jet 125 before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja over its link to fraud,…
ICPC Secures Conviction of Firm MD Over Forged N182.7m HYPREP Contract Documents
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has secured the conviction of one Mr. Henry Iloka, Managing Director of Alliance Boots Limited, over offences bordering on forgery and making false statements…
Fed High Court Grants El-Rufai N100 million Bail, Prescribes Strict Conditions
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain and to former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai who is currently standing trial for multiple corruption charges and breach of…
Alleged N36m Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Blessing CEO in Court
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, on Friday, May 15, 2026, arraigned a social media influencer and self-styled relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka,…
Alleged N8.7b Fraud: Witness Tells Court that Malami’s Bankers Filed Suspicious Reports on his…
The Fourth Prosecution Witness, PW4, in the trial of the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, told Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court,…
Court Orders Ex Bayelsa Governor, Timipre Sylva to Forfeit 9 Multi-million Naira Abuja Properties to…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of nine properties linked to former governor of Bayelsa State and immediate past minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre Sylva, to the Federal Government of…