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,...
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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...
The Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Salihu Kadiri in the trial of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) alongside Aminu Baba Kusa, Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 asserted in a trial-within-trial before Justice Charles Agbaza of the Federal...
The trial of Ali Bello, nephew of the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, was stalled on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 following an adjournment at the request of his new counsel, Ahmed Raji, SAN, to enable...
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that both organisations said would safeguard consumers against fraud while opening opportunities for them to leverage the potentials of the telecommunications and financial sectors. The MoU was signed as NCC and...
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court Abuja on Thursday, April 16, 2026 issued a warrant of arrest against a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Faruoq and a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Bashir Nura Alkali. Farouq and...
Nigeria Police Force has recorded major breakthroughs in cybercrime investigations, dismantling a cross-border fraud syndicate, arresting a fake World Bank official, and apprehending two suspects over an ₦85 million Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme. Force spokesman, DCP Anthony Placid, disclosed the developments, noting that the operations were carried out...
The trial of Akindele Akintoye, alongside Platforms Capital Investment Partners Limited and Duport Midstream Company Limited continued on Tuesday, April 14, 2026 before Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the court refusing to admit in evidence, a document tendered by Akintoye, containing his request to...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, and the Management of both the Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd (NIGCOMSAT) and the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) to account for and explain the whereabouts...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has filed a notice of appeal before the Court of Appeal, Lagos seeking the setting aside of the judgment of Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos acquitting and discharging a former Executive Director of Projects at the Niger...
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), have arrested one Osagie Destiny Etinosa for alleged N11 million fraud. The suspect, who was arrested through an open source intelligence, had been parading himself on Instagram account @ officialking _ etto. as a football...
Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research (NITR) has dismissed allegations of a ₦391 million fraud, describing a report by Sahara Reporters as inaccurate, unverified, and misleading. In a statement issued by its Public Relations Unit, the institute defended its Director-General/Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Joachim Joseph Ajakaiye, and the management, insisting...
The Seventh Prosecution Witness, PW7, Chinedu Eneanya, in the trial of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, told Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that Emefiele violated the provisions of the...