Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Joseph Iyalla (Politics Reporter)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening public confidence in the electoral process as it begins early strategic preparations for the 2026 off-cycle elections and the 2027 General Election.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja, On Tuesday, 13 January, 2026, gave an order returning the case file of the Bauchi Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, for reassignment to a substantive judge to handle the matter.
By Cosmas Enahoro (Edo State Correspondent, in Benin City)
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, January 12, 2026 handed over the sum of N802,420,000( Eight Hundred and Two Million, Four Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira only) to First Bank Nigeria Plc. The money was recovered from a suspect, Ojo Eghosa Kingsley who took unlawful possession of over N1.3 billion belonging to the bank.
By Kehinde Akorede (Lagos State Correspondent, in Ikeja)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, on Monday, January 12, 2026, presented its first prosecution witness, PWI, Abiodun Gafar Ademolade, a businessman, in the trial of one Murtala Adebayo over an alleged N19 million land fraud before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The trial of a former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) continued on January 13, 2026 before Justice C.O. Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court Maitama with the First Prosecution Witness PW1, Dr. Michael Adariku giving a breakdown of the movement of funds from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA to private beneficiaries.
By Yetunde Beecroft (Lagos Island Correspondent, in Ikoyi)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Friday, January 9, 2026, arraigned one Kavlak Onal, an Austrian arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly failing to declare the sums of $800,575 and €651,505 in his possession before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi , Lagos
