Nigeria, Jan. 7 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, his wife, Asabe Bashir, and son, Abdulaziz Malami.

Judge Emeka Nwite on Wednesday granted each of them bail in the sum of N500 million in the alleged N8.7 billion money laundering case filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Meeting the bail conditions will end Mr Malami's detention that has already lasted 31 days in the custodies of the EFCC and the Correctional Centre in Kuje, Abuja.

The EFCC detained him from 8 December 2025 to 30 December 2025, when the court transferred him to the Correctional Centre in Kuje, Abuja, following his arraignm...