The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has upheld the continued detention of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Babangida Hassan dismissed Malami’s application seeking bail from EFCC custody, ruling that his detention was lawful and backed by a valid court order. The ruling was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday by […]

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Gwarimpa, Abuja, has granted bail to a former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. Ngige is standing trial before the court on an eight-count charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), bordering on alleged abuse of office and acceptance of gifts valued at about ₦2.2 billion. The EFCC alleged that Ngige received the gifts from contractors […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced plans to accredit 1,039 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres across the country for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, disclosed this on Wednesday in Ilorin during an ongoing nationwide accreditation tour of CBT centres. Oloyede said 52 accreditation teams had been deployed across the federation to re-accredit existing centres and disqualify those that failed […]

Nigeria’s petroleum sector was thrown into fresh uncertainty on Wednesday following the resignation of the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, and his counterpart at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe. The resignations, announced by the Presidency, are widely viewed as fallout from the escalating dispute between the Dangote Refinery and regulators over fuel importation, pricing and regulatory oversight, […]