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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, who was recently convicted and sentenced by the Federal High Court, Abuja, for financial misappropriation while he served in that position. EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede confirmed he was arrested at 3:30 am on Tuesday. “Ladies and gentlemen, you will recall that sometime in January 2025, we filed charges against the ex-minister of power for allegedly converting over ₦33 billion – money that was set aside for the Mambilla and Zungeru power projects,” Olukoyede said during a press briefing. “About 14 to 15 months down the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, May 18, 2026, secured a final forfeiture order for a Hawker 800XP private jet before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, over its alleged links to fraud, corruption, and money laundering connected to the Maiduguri Emergency Power Project (MEPP). The aircraft, with model number 800XP, serial number 258553, and registration number 5N-AMK, was forfeited following an application by the EFCC. Ruling on the application, Justice Nwite held that Valiente Jet Limited, a company owned by Abdulsalam Mustapha Kachallah, an interested party in the matter, failed to show…

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the sum of ₦100 million with one surety in like sum. Delivering the ruling, Justice Abdulmalik imposed a series of stringent conditions the defendant must meet before perfecting the bail. The court held that the proposed surety must reside in either the Maitama or Asokoro districts of Abuja and must deposit the original Certificate of Occupancy of a landed property at the court registry. The surety is also required to be a federal civil servant not below Grade Level…

Fresh controversy has erupted within the Surulere chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following allegations that the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, is attempting to impose a preferred candidate on party members ahead of the forthcoming primaries. The development has sparked outrage among party stakeholders and supporters of Lagos State House of Assembly member, Desmond Elliott, who accused powerful interests within the party of intimidation, political victimisation, and manipulation of the primary process. In a statement issued by aggrieved stakeholders in Surulere, the group alleged that political structures within the constituency were being systematically reconfigured to…

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, on Friday, May 15, 2026, arraigned social media influencer and self-styled relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, also known as Blessing CEO, before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, over an alleged ₦36 million fraud. Nkiruka was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and stealing to the tune of ₦36,000,000.00 (Thirty-Six Million Naira). At the commencement of proceedings, defence counsel, P.I. Nwafor, informed the court that the defendant had refunded part of the…

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of 12 new Justices of the Court of Appeal to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Rising from its 111th meeting held on May 13, 2026, under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the Council also recommended one candidate for appointment as Judge of the High Court of Benue State and two candidates for appointment as Kadis of the Sharia Court of Appeal, Katsina State. A statement issued late Thursday by the Deputy Director of Information of the NJC, Mrs. Kemi Babalola-Ogedengbe, said…

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), acting as liquidator of the defunct Gulf Bank Plc, has instituted two separate actions at the Federal High Court in Lagos against Wema Bank Plc. The combined claims amount to approximately ₦125,384,535,500.00 (One Hundred and Twenty-Five Billion, Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Million, Five Hundred and Thirty-Five Thousand, Five Hundred Naira), arising from two distinct sets of disputed high-value properties in Banana Island, Lagos, alongside an alleged improper cash transaction of ₦401 million. Both suits were filed under the Failed Banks (Recovery of Debts and Financial Malpractices in Banks) Act and form part of NDIC’s…

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, granted the final forfeiture of shares worth ₦1.9 billion, ₦288 million, and a five-bedroom duplex located at No. 20, City Gate Estate, Kukwaba, Abuja, linked to former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, to the Federal Government. Following his conviction and sentencing on March 23, 2026, on all nine-count charges bordering on money laundering and abuse of office, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a Motion on Notice dated April 1, 2026, applied for an order of the court…

The fourth prosecution witness, PW4, in the trial of 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, Maitama, Abuja, that Zenith Bank Plc, where the former AGF maintained accounts, filed Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) in respect of his transactions. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Malami alongside his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe, and his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami, on an amended 16-count charge bordering on conspiracy, procuring, disguising, concealing and laundering proceeds of unlawful activities to the tune of ₦8,713,923,759.49…

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting in Apo, on Wednesday fixed May 25 for ruling on the bail application filed by the detained former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, Tunde Ayeni, pending the determination of the case against him. Ayeni was remanded in prison custody on May 4 after pleading not guilty to a 17-count charge bordering on his alleged involvement in a ₦15.665 billion fraud. The trial judge, Justice Jude Onwuzuruike, had declined the defendant’s request to be kept in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes…