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A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, has ordered the final forfeiture of assets linked to businesswoman Ms Aisha Achimugu to the Federal Government. The assets include jewellery valued at ₦4,645,170,294.90 (Four Billion, Six Hundred and Forty-Five Million, One Hundred and Seventy Thousand, Two Hundred and Ninety-Four Naira, Ninety Kobo), 11 exotic cars worth ₦4,293,000,000 (Four Billion, Two Hundred and Ninety-Three Million Naira), $50,000 (Fifty Thousand United States Dollars), and ₦30,000,000 (Thirty Million Naira) in cash. Justice Jude Onwugbuzie granted the order on Thursday, July 16, 2026, while delivering judgment on an application filed by the…
The trial of social media influencer and relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, popularly known as Blessing CEO, before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, was adjourned on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, due to her absence from court. Blessing CEO is facing a two-count charge filed by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), bordering on alleged obtaining by false pretence and the alleged theft of ₦36 million. When the matter was called, counsel to the defendant, P.I. Nwafuru, informed the court that officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service had notified…
The Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has instituted a ₦15 billion defamation suit against Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, over allegations that he demanded a 48 per cent kickback from a ₦27.3 billion take-off grant approved for a federal agency. In the suit, Gbajabiamila is seeking ₦10 billion as general damages, ₦5 billion as aggravated damages, ₦200 million as the cost of the action, and an order compelling Matthew to publish a full retraction and apology in five national newspapers. He is also asking the…
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of more than 40 properties linked to former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN. The judge granted the application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after holding that the respondents failed to rebut the reasonable suspicion that the properties were acquired through unlawful activities. Before delivering the substantive judgment on Wednesday, Justice Abdulmalik dismissed several applications, motions on notice, and applications to show cause filed by the former AGF, his family members, and some companies…
A third prosecution witness (PW3) in the trial of former Taraba State Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku, alongside the former Permanent Secretary in the state’s Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Bello Yero, on Monday, July 13, 2026, told Justice S.C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, how ₦1.8 billion meant for the purchase of Christmas grains in Taraba State was transferred into his company’s account from one of the local government salary transmission accounts. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Ishaku and Yero on a 15-count charge bordering on criminal breach of…
Within the past four weeks, that is, between June 11 and July 12, 2026 — several developments have rapidly emerged within the NBA polity, the summary of which is as follows, according to the documents currently circulating all over social media: i. Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (HAGF), invited past Presidents of the Association from 1998 to a meeting in the Conference Room of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja. The available Reports indicate that the meeting was convened on June 11, 2026, in relation to disputes arising from the forthcoming…
A retired judge of the Federal High Court and former Second Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Justice Taiwo O. Taiwo (Rtd.), has thrown his weight behind the use of the National Identification Number (NIN) to verify lawyers eligible to vote in NBA elections, describing it as a necessary step towards ensuring transparency and restoring confidence in the association’s electoral process. Justice Taiwo made his position known in a statement titled, “Let the Truth Be Told! My Take on the Election Crisis That Is Ongoing in the NBA,” in which he also asserted that he had foreseen the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a notice of appeal before the Court of Appeal, Abuja, challenging the judgment of Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, which found the Commission liable for defaming former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, over a social media publication relating to an alleged $6 billion Mambilla Power Project fraud. The notice of appeal was filed on Friday, July 10, 2026, by counsel to the EFCC, Wahab Shittu, SAN. In the appeal, filed in Suit No. FCT/HC/CV/1199/2024, the EFCC expressed dissatisfaction with “the whole of the judgment…
The schoolchildren and teachers kidnapped by suspected bandits in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been rescued. According to a statement by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, the victims were freed through the efforts of security agencies. “Finally, all the kidnapped pupils and teachers in Oriire, Oyo State, have been rescued by our security agencies,” Onanuga said. He disclosed that eight members of the kidnapping gang were arrested during the rescue operation and are now in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Onanuga said the rescue operation did not involve any exchange or concession to the…
A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Friday, July 10, 2026, dismissed the bail application filed by the convicted former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, for lack of merit. Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, had on Monday, March 23, 2026, convicted and sentenced Nwabuoku to 72 years’ imprisonment at the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja, for laundering ₦868,465,000 (Eight Hundred and Sixty-Eight Million, Four Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand Naira). He subsequently appealed the judgment and sought to be admitted to bail on health grounds pending the…