The convener of #RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore will be re-arraigned February 13 on fresh charges. This was concluded after Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu adjourned the case on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The prosecutor; AK Alilu informed the court that the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) has taken over ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, granted former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke bail in the sum of N50m with one surety in like sum. Mr Adoke along with his co-defendant, Aliyu Abubakar, were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Binta ...

The Nigerian Government on Friday sent a representative to the United Kingdom High Court for a scheduled Case Management Conference (CMC). The conference was held for the court to decide procedural issues relating to the government’s application to set aside the arbitral award on the basis that it was procured by fraud and corruption. The ...

The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has given an assurance that former minister of petroleum Diezani Alison-Madueke will be repatriated before the end of the year to face financial crime charges levelled against her. The EFCC boss on Wednesday, while speaking to journalists in Ibadan the Oyo state ...

Former AGF, Mohammed Adoke   The Federal Government has filed a fresh 42-count charge against former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke and six others over alleged fraud in the $1.1 billion Malabu oil deal. Adoke is being charged alongside Rasky Gbinigie, A. Abubakar, Malabu Oil and Gas Limited, ...

A coalition of 24 Civil Society Organisations (C24) has advised President Muhammed Buhari to relieve Prof. Itse,  Sagay SAN, of his appointment as Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC). Hajia Zainab Mohammed, National Secretary of the organisation made the call in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Mohammed said Sagay’s removal would be the ...

  MTN Nigeria Communications Plc on Friday said its case with the Federal Government over alleged revenue indebtedness of N242.24 billion and $1.28 billion had been withdrawn. MTN Nigeria stated this in a regulatory filing to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) signed by its Company Secretary, Uto Ukpanah. The company said its legal counsel received ...

Mr Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has again written a letter to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, demanding the release of the detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeinat. According to the letter dated January 2, Falana asked President Muhammadu Buhari ...

  The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) has faulted a statement credited to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) that the fate of its leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife, lies in the hands of the Kaduna State Government and its governor, Nasir El-Rufai The movement insists ...

SSA to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu   The Presidency has insisted that the Muhammadu Buhari administration will not allow any individual or group to incite the public. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, stated this in a Facebook post on Wednesday while clarifying ...