Justice in Every Story
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Justice in Every Story
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
A Nigerian national has been charged in the United States with voting in a federal election while not a citizen and with making a false...
Six people face federal charges in Massachusetts over an alleged marriage fraud operation that prosecutors say generated millions of dollars across more than a decade....
A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced an 18 year old man for money laundering linked to a gift card scam. Justice...
Two Europe based Nigerian businessmen who flew home on holiday and attempted to return to Paris, France with their bellies loaded with cocaine have been...
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday, 29 October 2026, re-arraigned Blessing Onyinaya Chimaobi and Uzofor Benson Chinedu...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over N114 million recovered from Obumneme Bright to a microfinance bank. The Acting Zonal Director of...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has stated that North Korea was responsible for the theft of more than $6 billion in virtual assets from the...
A federal grand jury in New Orleans has indicted Emuobosan Emmanuella Hall, aged 46, of Atlanta, Georgia, for failing to report to the Bureau of...
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers based in Boston arrested Jimmy Kimera, a national of Uganda, on 27 October during targeted operations in Hudson,...
Leader, Saskatchewan, 28 October 2026 Leader RCMP are appealing to the public for information on the whereabouts of a 36 year old man from Winnipeg...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentence of Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley for obtaining $205,238 from an American citizen under false...
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Bello Muhammad Kaloma, also known as Muhammad Auwal, before Justice Aminu...
LAGOS, 29 October 2026 Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court in Lagos has admitted an offer letter dated 5 February 2024 into the...
The Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has discharged and acquitted businessman Percy Abah of charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The...
Abuja, 29 October 2026 – A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected Governor Hope Uzodinma’s claim to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for...
The Peoples Redemption Party and its governorship candidate, Kieghe Nature Dumale, have filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt seeking an...
Onoriode Ezewu, a man born in Nigeria, continues to feature on the United States Department of Labor Office of Inspector General most wanted list. He...
The Take It Back Movement Global Headquarters has expressed grave concern and strong condemnation of any attempt to weaponise Nigeria’s judicial system against political opponents,...
Justice A.O. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has convicted and sentenced Kinsley Eselebor, a staff member of the Federal Capital...
Doris Ogala, the African Action Congress governorship candidate for Abia State in the 2027 elections and a Nollywood actress, was remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has defended an early morning operation carried out at Applewood Estate on Orchid Road in Lekki at 5am on...
Christopher Agbaje, a 53 year old Nigerian national, has been sentenced and ordered deported following a money laundering conviction in the United States. The outcome,...
An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), John Justice, told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, 27...
United States federal authorities have arrested Adetunji Abudu and ordered him detained pending trial on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering. The 34 year...
A Nigerian man has been sentenced to eight years in prison by a United States federal court for his involvement in computer hacking, identity theft...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed the no case submission filed by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai in his trial over...
FBI Director Kash Patel has announced the outcome of the latest phase of Operation Blackout, which targeted international cyber criminal networks operating in Nigeria. The...
Abuja, 25 October 2026 — The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed Monday, 26 October 2026, for its ruling on a no-case submission filed...
A Nigerian man who used Snapchat to groom and rape teenage girls has been jailed for 21 years. Goodness Sokoh, from Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire,...
The trial of Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim continued on Thursday, 22 October 2026, before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie at the Federal Capital Territory High Court...
Abuja, 22 September 2026 An investigation by the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF) has identified 284 properties in the United States, valued at...
Today marks two hundred and forty-six days since Mallam Nasir El-Rufai voluntarily surrendered himself to an investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and...
The UK Home Office has confirmed that 44 nationals of Nigeria and Ghana were removed on a single flight on Friday. Officials described the operation...
Damaturu, 22 October 2026 The Yobe State High Court 1 has sentenced Abubakar Musa, aged 45 and also known as Daddy, to death by hanging....
The Supreme Court of Nigeria is scheduled to hear today, 22 October 2026, a suit brought by at least 16 state governments challenging the constitutionality...
A Nigerian national has been sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting his role in a wide-ranging cyber fraud scheme that targeted American tax...
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Marian Elia and Izuchukwu Uzoma, who are lovers, before Justice C....
Former Nigerian international Emmanuel Emenike has spoken of his pain after reports of violence at Emenike Hospital in Imo State on 21 October 2026. The...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, Ikoyi, on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, arraigned Abraham Idowu Abiara before Justice Ismail Ijelu...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arraigned two alleged kingpins, Chukwu Christopher also known as Brown and Chukwu Monday also known as George, before...
A man who moved to the United Kingdom from Nigeria has been sentenced to six years in prison at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Innocent Ozoemena Ezuma, a 57 year old Abuja based businessman, over allegations that he defrauded a Ukrainian...
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned four persons before Justice Muhammad Maina of the Borno State High...
A Lagos State High Court has convicted a former banker, Chukwuebuka Nweke, for bank fraud following a case brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes...
Ilhan Omar, a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota, arrived in the United States in 1995 as a child refugee from...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja has dismissed a ₦120 million fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by former Kaduna State...
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday arraigned five suspects at the Imo State High Court in Owerri over their alleged involvement in the...
A Nigerian citizen aged approximately 40, Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu (also known as Chukwuemeka Victor Eletuo and So Kwan Leung), has been sentenced to eight years...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to file and serve his response in a suit seeking the...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Oluwatosin Ajayi, is not required to appear and...
A Borno State High Court has sentenced Christian mother Liyatu Samuel Dawa to 14 years’ imprisonment after she shared her faith with an adult Muslim...
Adebola Festus Adekunle, a 26 year old man from Lagos, Nigeria, is due to stand trial today in Aberdeen, Mississippi, on federal charges arising from...
Kempton Park, South Africa: A Nigerian national who operates a second hand goods shop in Kempton Park has appeared in a South African court accused...
The Okwu Kanu family has issued a statement dated 18 October 2026 urging the British government to fulfil its responsibilities towards its citizen, Mazi Nnamdi...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed 26 October 2026 for its ruling on the no case submission filed by former Kaduna State Governor...
Retired Supreme Court Justice Amina Adamu Augie has warned lawyers and justices to shun corruption, claiming that senior jurists have made a mockery of the...
The Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has convicted and sentenced five persons to jail for the abuse of naira notes. Justice F....
Samuel Marcus, a 34 year old United States citizen and former logistics specialist with the Department of Defence, has admitted laundering nearly $3 million for...
Former President of Senegal Macky Sall has withdrawn his candidacy for the position of Secretary-General of the United Nations. He made the announcement on Saturday...
Fraudsters who secured millions of pounds in contracts to supply personal protective equipment to healthcare staff during the coronavirus pandemic but spent the funds on...
A Federal High Court in Kano has sentenced Maaruf Ubale to six years imprisonment without an option of fine for defrauding a complainant of N28.35...
Indian police arrested Nigerian national Ezeaputa Chijioke on 6 October with about 70.5 grammes of cocaine. He is accused of supplying the drug to club...
Abuja – Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, the son of Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the...
Navi Mumbai, 10 October 2026: The Anti Narcotics Cell of the Navi Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested a 41 year old Nigerian national after seizing...
A Nigerian national, John Chimezie Mba, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison without parole or suspension after pleading guilty to trafficking 66 tubes...
The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that may set an important precedent for how American immigration law treats people who...
A Lagos court has convicted and sentenced Kelechi Declan James to three years’ imprisonment for impersonation after he pleaded guilty to a charge brought by...
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, FCIArb, has set up a three member committee to investigate allegations of impropriety concerning the...
Justice M.A. Onyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has dismissed a suit filed in 2017 by the state’s Attorney...
Law enforcement agencies from the United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Ghana and other countries, working alongside major technology companies, have carried out a coordinated Joint...
ARISE News has barred political analyst Anthony Kila from appearing on its channel and platforms with immediate effect. The decision follows a Premium Times investigation...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested an 83 year old grandmother in Abia State for the second time with consignments of methamphetamine and...
Lagos, 12 October 2026 A prosecution witness has told the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, that he paid N69,150,000 to social media influencer...
Justice M.S. Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a fundamental rights suit filed by Aisha Achimugu, a businesswoman based in...
Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations searched the Washington, D.C.-area home of US Representative Ilhan Omar early on Monday morning as part of an ongoing...
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of Onatayo Pelumi for money laundering involving funds totalling...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered and returned a total of $104,950 to Mrs Adeshola Oshilaja, a businesswoman based in the United...
Ibraheem Abdullah and Amit Desai have been convicted and sentenced for supplying firearms, ammunition and Class A drugs to organised crime groups. The National Crime...
Mobile, Alabama, 8 October 2026 Two people who are not citizens of the United States were arrested and charged on Thursday with unlawfully voting in...
The All Progressives Congress has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to enforce the Supreme Court judgment of 24 September 2026 in INEC v....
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, 8 October 2026, secured the conviction of three men before Justice...
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Oluwatobi Adegoke, a Nigerian holding American citizenship, before Justice Olubunmi Abike...
A United States court has sentenced a Nigerian, Edikan Adiakpan, to 30 months in federal prison for illegally transmitting proceeds of a business email fraud....
A Nigerian man has been taken into immigration custody in the United States after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct, following an allegation that he exposed...
The appeal filed by Nnamdi Kanu against his conviction and life sentence is now being argued, by his defence, as a jurisdiction case rather than...
Abuja, 7 October 2026 The Independent National Electoral Commission has received the Certified True Copy of the Supreme Court judgment of 24 September 2026, which...
The acting secretary of the US Army has fixed the date and place for the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, ordering that the former Army...
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Raheem Abiodun Wasiu before Justice H. O. Eya of the Enugu...
Kaduna, 6 October 2026 The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Tuesday reserved judgement in an appeal filed by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the cyberbullying charge brought against Omoyele Sowore on the petition of Senator Ned Nwoko, and...
A United States court has sentenced a Nigerian, Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ugwu, to one year in prison for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business that moved...
The United States Department of Justice has filed denaturalization actions in multiple federal district courts against 40 naturalised citizens, including two Nigerians, in what officials...
A United States lobbying firm has confirmed that it filed a civil action on 28 September 2026 in the United States District Court for the...
MINNEAPOLIS, 5 October 2026 A Liberian national, Bhator Konah Bryant, aged 61, has been charged in the United States with making a false claim of...
The trial of a former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, before Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja could not continue...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 38 year old businessman, Philip Tunde, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos,...
Houston police arrest three men over alleged prostitution offences in the southwest of the city Houston police have arrested three men, named as Sunday Okorie,...
The United States Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment charging Saleem Alzaq and announced the arrests of Omar Adhami, Abdel Adhami and Raed Yousef...
A Richmond, Texas man has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for a student financial aid fraud that ran for about five years...
Cameroon national convicted of rape deported from the United States The United States Department of Homeland Security has confirmed the deportation of Pekings Aziwung, a...
The Flydubai co pilot accused of attacking the captain of a Dubai to Tel Aviv flight has been identified in multiple reports as Hamam Alhamami,...
An Eritrean man has been jailed for 18 months after piloting an overcrowded small boat carrying 27 people, including six children, across the English Channel....
Members of a crime group that smuggled almost £30 million in cash from the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates have been sentenced. A...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has refused bail to businessman Afolabi Michael Kazeem, popularly known as KC Luxury, and two others accused of conspiring...
From today, employers caught hiring delivery riders or other zero hours workers who have no right to work in the United Kingdom can be fined...
A former National Crime Agency officer has been ordered to repay more than £1.8 million after stealing Bitcoin seized during a dark web investigation. Paul...
A man arrested by the National Crime Agency has been convicted in France over the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned while attempting...
The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has adjourned until 4 November 2026 the hearing of a suit seeking to disqualify the All Progressives Congress...
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, arraigned a businessman, Christopher Elendu Enyinnwa, before Justice...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared Isaac Chinyere Mbalaso wanted in connection with alleged financial offences. In a public notice issued on Wednesday,...
Abuja, 30 September 2026 Social media commentator and activist Justice Mark Chidiebere, popularly known as Justice Crack, has filed a fundamental rights action against the...
A new judgment from the Bayelsa State High Court has returned an old wound to the surface of Nigerian public life. On 28 September 2026...
The Nigeria Police Force has brought Adeniyi Mathew Adeyemi, the detained alleged director-general of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, before the Federal High...
Federal prosecutors in the United States have charged 17 people with defrauding Social Security benefit programmes of more than $1.3 million, after a month-long enforcement...
A 29 year old man from West Haven, Connecticut, has been sentenced to 92 months in prison and lifetime supervised release after attempting to travel...
Human rights lawyer Chidi Odinkalu has called on Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory to recuse himself from a...
Two Nigerians who served in the United States Air Force have been sentenced for their part in an international cyber fraud scheme that targeted victims...
Federal sources say the UMass Dartmouth student charged with murder after a fatal stabbing in Providence is a Nigerian national who entered the United States...
A Nigerian national who lived in Olathe, Kansas, has been arrested and charged after federal investigators alleged that he falsely claimed to be a United...
ABUJA, 28 September 2026 Omoyele Sowore appeared at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday for the latest hearing in the case brought against...
Kaduna The Independent National Electoral Commission will begin collection of permanent voter cards on 9 October, the commission chairman Professor Joash O. Amupitan, SAN, announced...
The African Action Congress has filed an originating summons at the Federal High Court in Abuja against President Bola Tinubu, the Attorney General of the...
Lagos, 27 September 2026 The Socioeconomic Rights and Accountability Project has given the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, and the...
ABUJA, 25 September 2026. Nigeria’s Supreme Court has restored key provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 that govern political party membership registers and the nomination...
A Lagos Federal High Court on Friday remanded luxury goods dealer and social media personality Afolabi Kazeem Michael, widely known as KC Luxury, together with...
Temitope Oluwaseun Bashua was sentenced last year over a pandemic relief scheme that netted more than $290,000 US immigration officers say they have removed Temitope...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has returned N80 million to a 42 year old businessman after investigators recovered the money from a man accused...
A federal jury in Indianapolis has convicted a 56 year old citizen of Niger republic of unlawfully possessing a firearm after he had already been...
Court rules that Nigerian man’s personal conduct since 2023 release from prison does not show a serious threat A judge has rejected the deportation of...
Amos Sheik Massaquoi, a 55 year old Liberian national described by US officials as a criminal illegal immigrant, has been removed from the United States...
A self confessed fraudster who took a million pounds from investors in a boiler room scam has been jailed for five and a half years....
Nasir Ahmed El Rufai has addressed concern over the silence of some former colleagues, friends and family members, saying he will neither condemn their choices...
Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina wanted in an alleged case of receiving stolen properties. The public notice, issued...
President Tinubu linked to more than one United States drug investigation, including possible sealed case, US journalist says Empowered Newswire23 September 2026 Aaron Greenspan, the...
Lagos, 23 September 2026 Air Peace has offered human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong a 25 per cent discount on a one-way domestic ticket, exclusive of...
A doctor living in north London has become the first person in the United Kingdom to face criminal charges relating to the genocide against the...
A 35 year old Nigerian national has pleaded guilty in a federal court in Idaho to conspiracy to commit money laundering after taking part in...
Aloy Ejimakor, a Nigerian lawyer who trained and practised in the United States, has set out the narrow circumstances in which President Bola Tinubu could,...
Human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong has called on the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to convene an emergency...
Washington 21 September 2026 A Washington lobbyist has filed an amended federal complaint that adds a Nigerian television network, a New York news agency and...
A Washington lobbying firm has accused the Nigerian Presidency of issuing a direct threat of extrajudicial detention and physical harm against its founder, Dr Karl...
Agency recovers more than 1.3 million opioid pills and six tonnes of high-potency cannabis in operations from Lagos to Gombe, and detains two teenagers found...
Lagos, Saturday 19 September 2026 Peter Obi, the Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate for 2027 and a former governor of Anambra State, has dismissed as...
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has declared Atiku Abubakar unfit to be President of Nigeria after an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration tribunal...
An EndSARS organiser has again published certified autopsy papers from an unidentified man who died in Lekki in the early hours of 21 October 2020,...
Kaduna, 18 September 2026 Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has restated its commitment to closer co-operation with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...
Abuja 17 September 2026 Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has warned point-of-sale operators to stop helping fraudsters, money-launderers and those who move ransom and...
Enugu / Awka — 17 September 2026 Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Basil Iwoba Ochili, managing director of Debasilio Construction and...
Former Kaduna State governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has spent 212 days in custody, a milestone highlighted in a campaign graphic circulating on social media and...
ADDIS ABABA / ACCRA : African governments are now at the centre of the most organised international campaign for slavery and colonial reparations in a...
A Washington-based lobbyist working for Nigeria’s former vice-president Atiku Abubakar has filed a $26 million (£19.4 million) federal defamation lawsuit in the United States against...
Former Nigerian deputy senate president must serve two-thirds of a nine-year, eight-month sentence for organ trafficking, the Old Bailey ruled. A Nigerian bid to bring...
Lagos / Washington 14 September 2026 A 23-year-old letter from a United States legal attaché in Lagos has been revived as political ammunition in Nigeria....
Acquitted of six bribery charges at Southwark Crown Court, the former petroleum minister is now at the centre of a fierce argument over double jeopardy,...
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja for permission to amend his suit against...
Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has condemned the killing of Ibrahim Khalil Dan Shagamu, a well-known Kano social media commentator, and called on the state government...
A Washington lobbying firm says the FBI has identified 399 pages of records relating to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu in a long-running United States Freedom...
A young graduate trainee at United Bank for Africa was asking a question during the Graduate Management Acceleration Programme (GMAP) when she said, “Good morning,...
Afrobeats star David Adeleke, known as Davido, has called on United States President Donald Trump and the international community to pay close attention to the...
A Kebbi State High Court judge, Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza, has been abducted by bandits from his home in Bunza Local Government Area. The judge...
12 Reasons Why Seyi Makinde Is Right to Demand an International Investigation into Terrorism in Nigeria Governor Seyi Makinde’s call for United Nations involvement in...
The explosive controversy surrounding the so-called Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFICP) has thrown up a disturbing theory: Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi was not chosen as...
In the long and dismal history of Nigerian governance failures, few episodes illustrate the interplay of ethnic loyalty, bureaucratic capture, and elite rent-seeking as clearly...
Kaduna, 2 July 2026 A Kaduna State High Court has refused bail to former Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai in an ongoing corruption...
Abuja, 2 July 2026 Payment records have shown that the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC), which the Tinubu presidency has publicly described as fictitious, received...
Abuja, Nigeria , July 2026 A major controversy has erupted at the heart of Nigeria’s government, pitting a self-proclaimed agency head against the Presidency in...
Mr Aloy Ejimakor, lead counsel for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has strongly denied claims that he and...
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has nullified the Independent National Electoral Commission’s guideline requiring political parties to submit their membership registers by...
The son of former Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has accused the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of violating his...
Abuja – In a landmark unanimous decision, Nigeria’s Supreme Court has quashed the “status quo antebellum” order previously imposed on the African Democratic Congress (ADC),...
Abuja, 1 April 2026 – Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ordered a complete freeze on all activities of the African Democratic Congress (ADC),...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar led a delegation on a condolence visit to the family of former Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai at his residence...
27 February 2026, Abuja Prominent Nigerian lawyer and activist Abdul Mahmud has been remanded in prison custody following the revocation of his bail by a...
A Nigerian man has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the United States for his role in a sophisticated cyber fraud operation that...
Abuja, 16 February 2026 – Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has been charged with three separate criminal counts at the Federal...
US Congressman Riley Moore has reaffirmed his commitment to addressing the persecution of Christians in Nigeria, while firmly rejecting suggestions that dividing the country would...
Cotonou, Benin – 7 December 2025 In a dramatic escalation of political turmoil, Benin has been plunged into chaos this morning following an audacious military...
Abuja, 29 November 2025 – The appointment of Malam Nuhu Ribadu, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser and a Fulani himself, to head the federal government’s delegation...
Abuja, 28 November 2025 – A fierce debate erupted in Nigeria’s House of Representatives today as Bello El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State governor Nasir...
Washington, DC – In a provocative Thanksgiving post on his social media platform Truth Social, US President Donald Trump unleashed a scathing critique of America’s...
In a decision that has reverberated across international corridors, the United Kingdom has rebuffed Nigeria’s formal request to repatriate former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremmadu...
Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria – 25 November 2025 – Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris has renewed calls for a full investigation into the Nigerian military’s sudden...
Sokoto, Nigeria – Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has described his recent conviction on terrorism-related charges as legally unfounded,...
November 23, 2025 Atanda Fatayi Williams, the fourth Chief Justice of post-colonial Nigeria (CJN), has not always received the kind of credit that he probably...
Sunday 23 November 2025 Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor’s statement of 22 November 2025, titled Nnamdi Kanu’s Avoidable Ordeal: How Amateur Legal Showmen Led a High-Profile Case...
21 November 2025 Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the widow of the late Biafran leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, has called for restraint and constructive engagement among the...
Abuja, 21 November 2025 – Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been moved from the Department of State...
When a judge recuses himself/herself midway through a trial and a new judge is assigned, Nigerian law especially under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act...
Abuja, 21 November 2025 – The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice...
Abuja, Nigeria – 6 November 2025 In a poignant letter dated today, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),...
Nov 1, 2025 I was initially disinclined to write about the alleged attempted coup to dislodge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from power because the Defence...
Lagos, Nigeria – A prominent Nigerian human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has sparked a debate among legal professionals by defending the participation of counsel in...
Abuja, 23 October 2025 – In a striking display of solidarity amid ongoing legal proceedings, human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore shared...
Abuja, 22 October 2025 – Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has named former Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami...
Lagos, 11 October 2025 – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended presidential pardons and clemency to 175 convicts and former convicts, including high-profile figures such...
Lokoja, Nigeria – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has issued a passionate plea for the immediate release of Onyesom Peace Udoka, a newly called lawyer,...
Abuja, 26 September 2025 – In a significant development in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),...
“The judiciary have a wide scope for making political decisions.” J.A.G. Griffiths, “Constitutional and Administrative Law’ in Peter Archer & Andrew Martin (Eds), More Law...
Abuja, Nigeria – 16 September 2025In a bold stand against alleged state-sponsored censorship, Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore has instituted proceedings at the Federal...
When the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of the UK Parliament is called, debated the Courts Bill introduced by the government of Edward...
Nigeria boasts one of the largest and most vibrant diasporas in the world, with significant populations residing in the United Kingdom and the United States....
Lagos, Nigeria – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a prominent anti-corruption advocacy group, has given Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House...
Lagos, Nigeria – 13 August 2025 – Critics have accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of exhibiting tribalism, nepotism, and Igbophobia in its approach to high-profile...
Lagos, Nigeria – In a significant move to resolve recent disruptions in the country’s aviation sector, Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development,...
Abuja, 13 August 2025 – The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has launched an investigation into renowned Fuji musician Mr Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as...
Lagos, 12 August 2025 – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has issued a scathing rebuke of Ibom Air and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON)...
Washington, DC – 8 August 2025 – The United States has escalated its pursuit of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by doubling the reward for information...
Abuja, 7 August 2025 – Prominent Nigerian activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has reportedly suffered a broken arm following a confrontation with...
Lagos, Nigeria – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has lambasted the Nigeria Police Force for what it describes as an “overreach” and “affront to the...
Enugu, Nigeria – Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has filed a defamation suit against social commentator Reno...
Abuja, Nigeria – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), alongside four concerned Nigerians, has filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Bola Tinubu...
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) has categorically denied any involvement by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)
(EFCC) has secured the conviction of nine Chinese nationals for offences related to cyberterrorism and internet fraud
The ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been adjourned until 10 October 2025. The Federal High...
The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, recommences today at the Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called for a comprehensive independent audit of Nigeria's state-owned refineries before any privatisation proceeds, accusing the federal government of...
Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah of Enugu State has reaffirmed his administration's unwavering commitment to transparency and anti-corruption measures during a meeting with the Chairman of...
Muhammadu Buhari, the former President of Nigeria has died at the age of 82. The announcement was made by his family on Sunday afternoon, confirming...
In 2007, the contest to rule Nigeria was between two sons of Katsina State. From the Katsina Emirate, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua ran on the ticket...
In a bold move to combat corruption and promote transparency in Nigeria's oil sector, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent diplomatic engagements in Saint Lucia and Brazil have been hailed as a triumph for Nigeria’s global standing, yet his apparent...
Nigerian Court Orders Forfeiture of Properties, Cars, and Millions in Bank Fraud Case
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Suspected Internet fraudsters arrested in Abeokuta, Nigeria
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has upheld the election of Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Edo State, dismissing...
NBA Stands Firm on Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Programme
Kaduna, Nigeria – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended nine individuals suspected of illegal mining activities in Niger State, the agency announced...
Kano, Nigeria – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has initiated a thorough investigation into Ahmad Salisu, who was apprehended by the Nigeria Customs...
Abuja, 8 July 2025 – The Nigeria National Assembly has heightened security measures in anticipation of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s return to the Senate today, following...
Abuja, 7 July 2025 – Three members of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, have filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking...
“The mind grows old, no less than the body.” Aristotle, The Politics, Book II, Ch. 9, 146 (Penguin Classics, 1981) A little over two decades...
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea – Baltasar Engonga Ebang, the former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), is standing trial for alleged financial...
By Ifeanyi Ejiofor It is with an overwhelming sense of grief, deep outrage, and utter condemnation that I address the tragic, senseless, and cold-blooded massacre...
Abuja, 1 July 2025 – A Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite, has rejected the bail applications of three promoters...
Washington, DC – The United States Department of Justice has announced charges against several Nigerian nationals implicated in large-scale health care fraud schemes targeting Medicare...
Enugu, Nigeria – Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State hosted a high-profile delegation of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leaders at the Government House on Sunday,...
On June 24, 2025, Justice E.C. Mwita of the Kenyan High Court in Nairobi ruled that the abduction, detention, and rendition of Nnamdi Kanu from...
Lagos, Nigeria – A contentious legal dispute over a demolished property in Ikeja has escalated, with former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi alleging further unlawful...
Nairobi, 27 June 2025 – A High Court in Nairobi has ruled that the abduction and detention of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) of Nigeria has recommended the compulsory retirement of ten judges from the Imo State Judiciary following investigations into allegations of...
The recent demolition of business premises belonging to the younger brother of former presidential candidate Peter Obi has ignited widespread controversy, raising serious questions about...
Lagos, 26 June 2025 – Confidential discussions are reportedly underway between Nigeria’s Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) and the Attorney General of the...
Lafia, Nasarawa State – A High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced gospel singer Oluwatimileyin Ajayi to death by hanging for the brutal murder...
Lagos, Nigeria – The Lagos State Government has firmly rejected claims by Mr. Peter Obi that it was responsible for the demolition of a property...
Our collective descent into lawlessness has reached a disgraceful and terrifying new low. On Saturday, around 7:30PM, Hon. Justice E.G. Umokoro of the Bayelsa State...
Abuja, 24 June 2025 – The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has confirmed the arrest of 28 suspects linked to a devastating attack in Yelewata...
As a lawyer, Joe worried about two intractable and interrelated problems: delay in justice delivery and judicial performance. His intellect and temperament were well suited...
Makurdi, Nigeria – 21 June 2025 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Dr Mkor Aondona, the Special Adviser to the Executive Governor...
Lagos State Police Command scored a major victory against crime on June 20, 2025. Operatives nabbed Wasiu Akinwande, a 44-year-old alleged hired killer, in a...
Who Owns Nigeria – The People or Their Predators by Ifeanyi Ejiofor Just 48 hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu visited Benue State – purportedly...
Lagos, Nigeria – On Thursday, 19 June 2025, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Ibrahim Abubakar before Justice Alexander Owoeye at the Federal...
Lagos, Nigeria – On Thursday, 19 June 2025, Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, sentenced Olukeye Adedayo to 76 years...
Abuja, 19 June 2025 – Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan appeared before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court today, facing charges of criminal defamation brought by...
Abuja, Nigeria – The Tinubu administration has been urged to drop a criminal defamation lawsuit against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who faces charges at the Federal...
Abuja, 19 June 2025 – The Federal Republic of Nigeria has concluded its case against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of...
We pleaded that the President should show Leadership and visit Benue and Niger States in the spirit of deep national mourning, to offer compassion and...
Makurdi, 19 June 2025 – The escalating violence perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen across Nigeria has reached a boiling point, with the recent massacre of 200...
Abuja, 18 June 2025 – The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the high-profile trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous...
Enugu, Nigeria – A devastating attack in Ikpakpara village, Agamede, Eha-Amufu community, Enugu State, has left the region reeling, with reports of innocent farmers brutally...
On 17th June 2025, the Benue State Government, led by Governor Hyacinth Alia, announced a public holiday for Wednesday 18th June 2025. This move honours...
17 June 2025 The Nigerian state of Benue is once again engulfed in grief following the brutal massacre of over 200 innocent civilians over the...
Senator Neda Imasuen, representing Edo South, has publicly acknowledged his disbarment by the New York Bar Association, attributing the action to professional negligence rather than...
The Nigerian Police Force’s press release on June 16, 2025, detailing the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun’s visit to Benue State in response...
President Bola Tinubu’s decision to reschedule his visit from Kaduna to Benue State on 18 June 2025 has sparked debate, with many questioning the timing...
16 June 2025 The escalating violence in Benue State, Nigeria, has reached a critical point, prompting a passionate plea from former Vice President Atiku Abubakar...
When he opened the All Nigerian Judges Conference in February 2003, then Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Lawal Uwais, who died on 6 June 2025,...
Abuja, 15 June 2025 – President Bola Tinubu has faced sharp criticism over his administration’s handling of the ongoing violence in Benue State, where deadly...
Katsina, Nigeria – 15 June 2025 In a significant development in Dan Musa Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State, several notorious bandit leaders have...
In a June 9, 2025, interview with TVC, Maryam Abacha claimed that the more than $3.8 billion recovered from the United States, United Kingdom, France,...
London, 14 June 2025 – The Nigerian judiciary faces fresh scrutiny over its commitment to impartiality following a controversial incident involving a senior Justice of...
A Nigerian Supreme Court Justice previously accused of corruption by Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS), was seen loitering at the Protea Hotel in Benin, Edo...
Benin City, June 13, 2025 – Legal scholar and human rights advocate Chidi Odinkalu has raised questions about potential impropriety in the ongoing Edo State...
Lagos, Nigeria – On the eve of Nigeria’s Democracy Day, 12th June 2025, the Lagos State Police Commissioner, CP Olohundare Jimoh, convened a crucial meeting...
Washington, D.C. — In a statement shared on his social media platform on 6 February 2025, U.S. President Donald J. Trump suggested that the Gaza...
Alhaji Dr. Aliyu Audu, the Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, has tendered his resignation, effective immediately, as announced in a letter dated...
Abuja, 8 June 2025 – The coalition opposing President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid is grappling with internal divisions, as conflicting interests among its key figures...
2 June 2025, Zamfara, Nigeria – The Nigerian military has once again come under intense scrutiny following yet another deadly airstrike that killed at least...
2 June 2025, Abuja – A recent statement from General Michael Langley, commander of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), has attributed the escalating insurgency in...
Niger State, Nigeria – On Monday, 2 June 2025, Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State and prominent Nigerian politician, visited Niger State to express...
Nnewi, Anambra State, 2 June 2025 – On Sunday, 1 June, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, recently nominated as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, led...
Marrakech, Morocco, 2 June 2025 – The African Union (AU) faces a critical challenge in achieving true sovereignty, with 70% of its $650 million annual...
Abuja, 2 June 2025 – The Nigeria Police Force has achieved significant breakthroughs in its fight against crime, rescuing 12 trafficked children in Abia State...
Kyiv, 1 June 2025 – Ukrainian forces have successfully destroyed approximately one-third of Russia’s strategic air force in a meticulously planned operation targeting multiple Russian...
Why the anti-Tinubu Coalition Isn’t Coalescing -by Farooq KperogiThere is supposed to be a formidable coalition of powerful regional and national political forces working to...
Houston, 30 May 2025 – The World Igbo Congress (WIC), the leading organisation representing Ndi Igbo in the diaspora, held its annual Heroes and Heroines...
Kukawa, Borno State – In a significant victory for Nigeria’s counter-terrorism efforts, Special Forces under Operation Hadin Kai conducted a precision strike on 30 May...
30 May 2025Today marks the solemn anniversary of the death of Bruce Mayrock, a young American who sacrificed his life in 1969 to draw attention...
30 May 2025, Enugu, Nigeria – Today, Igbo communities across Nigeria and the diaspora solemnly mark Biafra Heroes and Heroines Remembrance Day, a poignant commemoration...
30 May 2025Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, has drawn sharp criticism for his recent statement defending the Tinubu...
Maiduguri, Nigeria – Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have arrested 18 serving soldiers and 15 police officers accused of selling arms to terrorists and...
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 30 May 2025 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has elected Dr Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania as its ninth president,...
Enugu, Nigeria – Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah delivered a compelling address at Okpara Square, outlining the significant strides made by his administration in just two...
Abuja, Nigeria – 29 May 2025In a significant development in the ongoing trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra...
LONDON, 29 May 2025 – Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar has fiercely criticised President Bola Tinubu’s plan to secure over $24 billion (£19 billion)...
agos 29 May 2025 – Omoyele Sowore, a prominent Nigerian activist and publisher, has launched a scathing critique of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration as...
On 29 May 2025, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu delivered a statement marking the second anniversary of his administration, proclaiming what he described as “undeniable progress”...
The Injustice of Prolonged Detention: A Reflection on Nnamdi Kanu’s Case Shehu Sani, a former Nigerian senator and human rights activist, recently voiced a poignant...
In the aftermath of the startling events that unfolded at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital, many have sought clarity regarding the...
Her Lordship Binta Nyako, a judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People...
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has posthumously honoured Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE II Aminu...
The legal team and family of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), have concluded their latest visitation...
Ekiti State, Nigeria — In a swift and decisive move, the Ekiti State Judiciary has officially distanced itself from a controversial order issued by the...
The decomposing body of Honourable Justice Azuka, a lawmaker representing Onitsha North 1 Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, was discovered last night...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate, on Thursday, 6 February 2025, arraigned nine Chinese nationals alongside Genting International Co. Ltd. before...
The House of Representatives has called upon the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, to propose amendments to existing laws...
Lagos, Nigeria — February 6, 2025: In a startling display of what legal experts are calling an egregious abuse of the legal process, officers of...
