An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday admitted as evidence the iPhone of the social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha) charged with six billion naira money laundering. Mustapha, still at large, is standing trial alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Ltd., on eight counts bordering on money laundering....
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An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesdayissued a bench warrant for the Former Managing Director of Assets Management Cooperation of Nigeria (AMCON) Ahmed Kuru, in the alleged Arik Airline N76 billion and $31.5 million fraud. Other defendants are former Receiver Manager of Arik Airline Ltd, Kamilu Omokide, Chief Executive...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja– A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has slated the arraignment of the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello for December 13, 2024. Justice Emeka Nwite on Friday, November 29, 2024 directed the court’s Registrar to issue a hearing notice to Bello’s legal team...
Former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, on Thursday told an Abuja High Court that the amendment of the charge by the EFCC in his ongoing trial was an overreach. Agunloye is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in the suit, marked FCT/HC/CR/617/2023, on a seven-count....
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, ordered the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, to produce two foreign nationals; Etienne Rocher and Pawan Kapur, alongside others, before it for arraignment. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik gave the order following the absence of the defendants in court to take...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman continued on Wednesday, November 27, 2024 in the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice James Omotosho with the cross-examination of the third Prosecution Witness, (PW3), Colonel Adebisi Adesanya (retd). The cross-examination followed the testimony of the witness on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, in which he disclosed that the former...
An Abuja High Court, on Wednesday fixed Dec. 10 for ruling in the bail application filed by former governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello of Kogi and two others. Justice Maryann Anenih fixed the date after counsel for the prosecution, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, and the defence, Joseph Daudu, SAN, presented...
…Calls for thorough investigations to sustain prosecution Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the 2023 Kogi State Gubernatorial Election, Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for taking a bold and commendable step by arresting and detaining the former Governor...
The immediate-past Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, and his co-defendants on Wednesday, pleaded not guilty to the 16-count charge filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The former governor, who is the 1st defendant, denied the allegations before Justice Maryann Anenih of Abuja High Court...
Former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, billed to be arraigned at the FCT High Court, on Wednesday, took over crowd control of the court room when Justice Maryann Anenih walked out. Justice Anenih, who came in to take the plea of the former governor and his co-defendants, rose abruptly...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained for prosecution a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, over alleged multi billion naira fraud. EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the former governor of Kogi was arrested at about 12 54 p.m...
The former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Thursday, sought to amend her suit challenging the order obtained by the EFCC for final forfeiture of her seized assets. Alison-Madueke, through her lawyer, Godwin Iyinbor, told Justice Inyang of a Federal High Court in Abuja upon resumed hearing in the...
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, told an Abuja high court that Al-Duraq Investment Limited which was registered in 2021 got the contract for the construction of the Apron Extension at Katsina Airport in 2022. The witness, Musa Odiniya, who was a former director, of procurement the...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday remanded a former branch manager of Polaris Bank Ltd, Abiodun Sanni, at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, for alleged multi million naira fraud. Sanni was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 16-count charge bordering on obtaining credit by...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, on Monday, said two of the agency’s staff members were, recently, dismissed over allegation of corruption. Olukoyede disclosed this during the opening of the 6th Annual Criminal Law Review Conference organised by the Rule of Law...
The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, has said no mega financial fraud, especially illicit financial flows, is possible without lawyers’ support. Olukoyede stated this during the opening of the 6th Annual Criminal Law Review Conference in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday brought a Chinese, Zhengjia Jin, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, for alleged bribery and N301 million fraud. Jin, was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on retention of stolen property, bribery and stealing. The EFCC counsel, Mr Ahmad Usman,...
Justice Sylvanus Oriji of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on reserved ruling in the preliminary objections raised by former governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku challenging the court’s jurisdiction. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Darius alongside a former permanent secretary, Bureau for Local Government and...
The All Progressives Congress(APC) Youths leaders Forum (AYLF), on Tuesday said that Nigeria’s ruling party would require former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello’s political sagacity while planning for the 2027 elections. The forum, in a statement by its President, Alhaji Abdullahi Danbaba, and Secretary, Dr Chike Ihedioha, said that...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, adjourned the trial of a lawyer, Chinedu Evaristus, and three others in the alleged N58M million fraud case until Jan. 15, 2025. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik adjourned the case after F.N. Umoh, a lawyer from the office of the Attorney-General of the...