The trial of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, continued on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with prosecution witness making lengthy revelations on cash movements in and out of the Statutory Account of Kogi State Local Government Areas. Bello...
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The ongoing money laundering trial of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello took a key turn on Monday as the fourth prosecution witness reaffirmed that withdrawals by the state government did not breach any banking regulations. Testifying before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Mshelia...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Joash Amupitan, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “to urgently refer the allegations of vote buying and undue influence during the just concluded governorship elections in Anambra state to appropriate anticorruption agencies and the police for investigation...
Former Governor of Anambra State and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, participated in the ongoing governorship election in his home state on Saturday, casting his vote at Polling Unit 019, Umudim Akasi Agulu 2, Ward 8. After voting, Obi spoke with journalists, expressing deep concern over the...
Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Bashir Bello Ibrahim, a former Kaduna State government’s contractor and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Formal Act Legacy Limited before Justice R. M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna for fraud. He...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, has dismissed the no-case submission filed by social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, and another defendant in an alleged money laundering case. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Mompha, alongside...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Supreme Court on Thursday, October 30, 2025 struck out a motion filed by socialite Fred Ajudua challenging its earlier judgment in the ongoing $1.043 million fraud case involving a Palestinian businessman, Zad Abu Zalaf. Ajudua, had before the apex court’s ruling, filed a notice to...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja Justice S.C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court Maitama has adjourned till December 9, 2025 the adoption of written addresses by the prosecution and defence counsel in the trial within trial of a former Minister of Aviation Hadi Abubakar Sirika. Sirika is...
The trial of the Head of Stakeholders Unit of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Emmanuella Eteta Ita, and her Surestart School Limited before Justice Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, continued on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 with the judge slating December 8, 2025 for...
In a gripping session at the Federal High Court in Abuja, a key witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Trinity Usman, disclosed that he received and transferred $3 million into a company account linked to Mrs. Aisha Achimugu. Usman, the second prosecution witness (PW-2) and...
A prosecution witness 2, PW2, Fasaki Olutayo Jacob in the ongoing trial of Okewole Dayo and Bishop Katung Jonas, on Thursday, October 16, 2025, narrated before Justice Sharon T. Ishaya of the Federal High Court, Jos, Plateau State, how he was allegedly defrauded of his hard-earned savings by the...
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The Sixth Prosecution Witness, PW6, Mshelia Arhyel in the trial of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on Thursday, October 9, 2025, narrated before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja how the third defendant, Abdulsami Hudu made multi-million naira withdrawals from...
Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Abimbola Williams in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, narrated before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja how funds were diverted from the Kogi State government’s coffers through...
A prosecution witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday testified that no banking regulations were violated in the transactions linked to the alleged N110 billion fraud case involving former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello and two others. Testifying before Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal...
Embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday asked an Abuja High Court to strike out the federal government’s case against him, citing the prosecution’s repeated absence from court proceedings. Emefiele is facing trial before Justice Hamza Muazu on an amended 20-count charge in case...
In a crackdown on online scams, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) Kaduna Zonal Directorate has swooped in to arrest 19 alleged internet fraudsters in Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State. The EFCC in a post via its X handle on Friday said the arrested suspects are...
In a significant ruling, the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, September 15, 2025, mandated the final forfeiture of $7 million recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Justice Emeka Nwite issued the order following an application by EFCC’s counsel,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently questioning the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, regarding financial dealings during his tenure. Kyari arrived at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja around 2:15 PM on Wednesday, according to Channels TV report. As...
The specter of vote buying remains one of the most corrosive threats to Nigeria’s democratic future, undermining public trust and entrenching a system where political leadership is bought rather than earned. This practice thrives on a nexus of poverty, weak enforcement of electoral laws, and a political culture that...