Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, May 7, 2026 convicted a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman on 12- count charges bordering on money laundering to the tune of N33.8billion The former minister, who was absent in court, was prosecuted by the...
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Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of nine properties allegedly linked to former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva. Justice Egwuatu granted the order following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)....
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman on 12- count charges bordering on money laundering to the tune of N33.8billion. The judge also deferred his sentence to May 13, 2026 because the former Minister was not...
Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, has successfully arrested and repatriated a Chinese fugitive, Xu Qing, to the People’s Republic of China to face charges related to large-scale illegal absorption of public deposits through a Ponzi scheme. The repatriation followed a formal request from...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has rejected the caretaker committee reportedly set up by allies of Kabiru Turaki within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing it as fraudulent. Speaking during a media chat in Abuja, Wike cautioned Nigerians against what he called a deliberate attempt...
Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 admitted into evidence a judgment of the FCT High Court against the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Bello alongside Umar...
The trial of Ali Bello, nephew of the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja, continued on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, with the 17th Prosecution Witness, PW17, Ahmed Audu Abubakar, telling the court how Bello utilised bureau-de-change (BDC) to...
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, May 4, 2026, ruled that the extrajudicial statement made by Henry Omoile, co-defendant to the erstwhile Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, is admissible in court. Omoile had challenged the admissibility of his...
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned one Barrister Mike Ikegbunam before Justice M. T. Segun-Bello of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu on a seven-count charge bordering on money laundering and obtaining by false pretence to the tune...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, May 4, 2026, arraigned a former Chairman, Board of Directors of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, Tunde Ayeni before Justice Jude Onwuzuruike of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Apo, Abuja. Ayeni was arraigned on a 17-count charge bordering on...
Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned one Okeke Ejike Callistus, a fake Bureau De Change operator before Justice D. A. Onyefulu of the Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha, Anambra State. Callistus was arraigned on a ten-count charge bordering on forgery...
Trial of the former Taraba State Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku alongside the former permanent secretary in the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, before Justice S. C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, Abuja, continued on Tuesday, April 28, 2026,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, re-arraigned Bauchi State Accountant General, Sirajo Muhammad Jaja and an unlicensed Bureau de Change operator, Aliyu Abubakar of Jasfad Resources Enterprises, before Justice O. A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The duo were re-arraigned on...
Fourth Prosecution Witness, Pw4, in the trial of the former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye on Monday, April 27, 2026 confirmed to Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Apo, Abuja that the extract of minute of Federal Executive Council meeting, FEC emanated from the...
A group, Concerned Stakeholders in Taraba State, has appealed for restraint amid ongoing legal proceedings involving former Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman, over issues linked to the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project. In a statement issued on Tuesday and signed by Abdulkahi Gayus, the group urged members of the...
Alleged N395.1m railway fraud: Witness testifies how N268.5m was paid into Ogbole-Inalegwu’s account
Alleged N395.1m railway fraud: Witness testifies how N268.5m was paid into Ogbole-Inalegwu’s account
The First Prosecution Witness (PW1), in the trial of Director, Mechanical Services, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Oche Jerry Ogbole-Inalegwu, narrated before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Thursday, April 23, 2026, how a total sum of N268, 503, 653 (Two Hundred...
Justice K. N. Ogbonnaya of the High Court of Federal Capital Territory, Kubwa, Abuja, on Friday, April 24, 2026 expressed displeasure at the delay tactics of the defence counsel in the trial of the National Coordinator of Multi-Sectional Crisis Recovery Project (MCRP), North East Development Commission (NEDC), Alhaji Danjuma...
The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Friday, April 24, 2026, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with the court dismissing an objection by the defence counsel and allowing the prosecution to proceed with its case. Bello is being...
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ikoyi, Lagos, have arrested a Cameroonian businessman, Bekono Marc Eric, for allegedly defrauding a first-generation bank of about N1.5bn. The 47-year-old suspect, a member of a trans-border syndicate that specialises in credit card fraud,...
Trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, continued on Thursday, April 23, 2026, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness narrating how huge cash lodgments were converted to dollars and handed over to a key associate. The Economic and Financial...