The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has directed the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, to respond to the indictment made against him by the Department of State Services, DSS.
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to carry out an investigation into the allegations of corruption leveled against some top appointees of the President, including the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, and the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu.
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has warned the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, also called the Shiite Islamic sect, against carrying out any protest in the FCT.
The Federal Government has arraigned Adeniyi Ademola, a judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama on allegation of receiving bribes in the discharge of his duty as a judge.
Sylvester Ngwuta, a justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, who is currently facing corruption charges, has pleaded with Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to grant him more time in order to adequately prepare his defence.
The Kogi council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has instituted a court case against the Department of State Services, DSS, at the Federal High Court, Lokoja, over ‘unlawful’ arrest and continued detention of one of its members, Friday Ogungbemi.
