Citing Abdulrasheed Maina's conviction for embezzling more than N2 billion in pension funds, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) ordered the immediate revocation of the Patron designation granted by the NBA Garki Branch to the former Chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reform Task Team. NBA President Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, made the announcement in a statement on 23rd January 2026. The NBA claims that the decision was made in response to news that Maina had been named "Grand Patron of the NBA Garki Branch," Abuja, a move that the national leadership deemed detrimental to the legal profession and the fight against corruption.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ended the prolonged murder case involving the late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, in a unanimous ruling by a five-member panel, rejecting Lagos State Government’s move to reopen the prosecution of retired Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, ruling that the state abandoned its appeal against his acquittal by taking no legal action on the matter for nine years.

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested a former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), in Abuja.