The Nigerian authorities have dropped charges of financing terrorism against a former justice minister and his son. Abubakar Malami, who served under former President Muhammadu Buhari from 2015 to 2023, now faces a revised charge sheet focused solely on the alleged illegal possession of firearms. The amended charge states that weapons and live cartridges were recovered from Malami's residence in Birnin Kebbi, north-west Nigeria. Malami, 58, was seen as one of the most influential figures in the