The trial of Akindele Akintoye, Platforms Capital Investment Partners Limited and Duport Midstream Company Limited continued on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court Abuja, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting its fourth witness. Akintoye and the two companies are...
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House of Representatives has demanded the immediate transfer of more than ₦30 billion recovered from investigations into alleged financial misconduct at the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) into the Treasury Single Account (TSA). The resolution followed a motion of urgent national importance raised on Tuesday by Rep. Saidu...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), on Monday, 1 December 2025, re-arraigned Akindele Akintoye before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on an amended six count-charge bordering on dishonesty and conversion of $35m Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Project, NCDMB Project. The two other...
The trial of alleged serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, before Justice M. A. Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, the November 28, 2025, was stalled due to his absence in court. At Friday’s proceedings, Ajudua’s counsel, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), informed the court that the...
Former Bayelsa State Governor and immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has pushed back against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) decision to declare him wanted, insisting the agency’s action is both unfair and misleading. In a letter dated November 24, 2025 — but...
A key witness in the ongoing trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr. Olu Agunloye, on Monday admitted he could not confirm whether the controversial Mambilla power project award letter was forged. Testifying before an FCT High Court in Apo, Abuja, Assistant Commissioner of Police Umar Babangida—who...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has dismissed a fresh bail application filed by socialite Fred Ajudua, who is standing trial for allegedly defrauding Palestinian businessman Zad Abu Zalaf of $1.043 million. In a ruling delivered on Thursday, November 20, 2025, Justice Dada...
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, November 21, 2025, adjourned a forensic inspection of Exhibit I in the ongoing trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over an alleged $4.5 billion fraud to January 5 and 8,...
An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kazeem Yusuf, on Tuesday told the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that the sum of N4.6 billion from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), meant for the supply of security equipment, was diverted to...
Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Osaibovo Charles to a total of 50 years’ imprisonment for offences bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence, stealing, possession of fraudulent documents and money laundering. Charles...
Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Obinna Nwaobi, a former Head of Operations at Access Bank Nigeria Plc before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State. He was arraigned on Thursday on a...
Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned six men before Justice Onah Sergius of the Federal High Court 2, sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for their alleged involvement in land fraud. The defendants Emmanuel Edet Okon, Essein Edem Archibong, Edet Sam Udoh...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday November 13, 2025 dismissed a “no- case submission” filed by a former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku and held that he has a case to answer and should enter his defence...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has secured the conviction of one Mr. David Udensik, also known as Dr. Jacob Bello, for his role in a transnational oil-related fraud scheme amounting to over One Million United States Dollars (USD $1,000,000). The conviction followed a petition by a United States–based energy company,...
First Prosecution Witness, PW1 in the trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 narrated before Justice C.O. Agbaza of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, how funds, running into multi-million naira were funneled from the Operations Account of the...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness on Tuesday told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja that retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki personally endorsed the payment mandates issued to two companies linked to his ongoing trial over an alleged ₦33.2 billion fraud. Dasuki, who once served as Nigeria’s...
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...
Federal High Court in Abuja has shifted the continuation of the alleged money laundering case involving former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to January 29, 2026. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the adjournment on Tuesday to allow the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s seventh prosecution witness, Olomotame Egoro, to...
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...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday, November 10, 2025, adjourned the trial of former Kogi State governor, Yahay Bello, till Tuesday, November 11, 2025, for continuation of trial. Bello is being prosecuted by the EFCC before Justice Nwite for alleged diversion...