The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, on Tuesday, arraigned one Sarumi Samusudeen Babafemi for an alleged N206million fraud before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Babafemi alongside his companies, 606 Autos Limited, 606 Music Limited, and Splash Off Entertainment Limited, were arraigned on a…
Dr. Don Pedro Obaseki Dr. Pedro Obaseki has offered reasons why he decided to seek justice through the courts following what he described as his brutal public abduction, violent assault and extra-judicial humiliation in Benin City on December 28, 2025. He said the drive for justice is not for revenge or political motives, but by…
The third prosecuting witness, PW3, Umar Hussein Babangida in the ongoing trial of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye on Monday told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that he has not seen any record of agreement involving China’s financial agencies; Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and…
Terror suspect, Omeiza A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has exonerated the Department of State Services (DSS) over the alleged detention and killing of an Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP) terror suspect, Yusuf Lukman Omeiza. Justice Musa Liman, in a judgement, held that the plaintiffs failed to prove their claim that the…
Dasuki The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Dr. Michael Adariku in the trial of a former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) and four others before Justice C.O. Agbaza of the FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 continued his evidence-in-chief with a further breakdown of the flow of funds from the…
Two more prosecution witnesses on Tuesday gave vivid and harrowing accounts of the June 5, 2022 terror attack on St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, as the Federal High Court in Abuja admitted additional exhibits from the Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS is prosecuting five suspects — Idris Omeiza (25),…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 ordered the interim forfeiture of 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…
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday, warned counsel in the trial of former Attorney General and Minister o of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN and two others to desist from approaching him for any favour, cautioning that his leniency should not be taken for granted. “I want to admonish and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, arraigned the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, alongside his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe, and son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, over alleged money laundering offences to the tune of…
