By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday June 17, 2025 arrested a former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Moses Thomas Sule and 14 other members for alleged money laundering. The commission in...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, re-arraigned the Bauchi State’s Accountant General, Sirajo Muhammad Jaja before Justice O.A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja. Jaja was arraigned alongside a bureau de change operator, Aliyu Abubakar whose...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the National Rescue Mission (NRM) permission to serve a contempt charge on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, by substituted means. Justice Obiora Egwuatu directed that the Form 48, a notice of the consequence of...
An EFCC’s witness, Offure Achille, on Tuesday, admitted that the name of Ali Bello, the Chief of Staff to Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi, did not feature in any of the bank transactions in the ongoing money laundering trial. Achille, the Head of Operations at Access Bank branch between...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Umar Babangida in the trial of the former Minister of Power and Steel Development, Olu Agunloye, on Monday, June 16, 2025, told Justice J.O. Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned a suit filed by Ecobank challenging the alleged sale of 6.3 billion shares in Barbican Capital Ltd. until December 1. The court will await the decision of the Court of Appeal before proceeding with the case. Justice Depeolu held that “it...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the Federal Government’s application for a bench warrant against suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, in an alleged defamation case. The federal government, prosecuting Akpoti-Uduaghan on behalf of Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello, had sought the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja has admitted in evidence a radio transmitter allegedly smuggled into the country by the detained self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The court also heard how a search warrant obtained from a Chief Magistrate...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka– The National Rescue Movement (NRM) has expressed outrage over the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) alleged imposition of a candidate for the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra. According to the party, INEC’s actions are in direct contravention of a court order and the party’s constitution....
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a three-count charge against Avwerosuo Otorudo and Chukwuebuka Ehirim, promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX), over alleged investment fraud totaling over $1 billion. The EFCC accuses the duo of: Operating an unregistered company and administering a...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama has overruled former Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku’s objection to the admissibility of key documents in his alleged N27 billion fraud trial. Justice Slyvanus Oriji held that the statement of the prosecution’s witness, Ismail Lawal, made at the EFCC office, was admissible...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the bail application filed by three detained promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) in an alleged over $1 billion fraud until June 30 for ruling. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) opposed the bail application, arguing that the defendants might...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the no-case submission filed by Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), in an alleged N5.2 billion fraud case. Justice Obiora Egwuatu ruled that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had...
The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, is set to begin hearing a suit challenging the proposed sale of Lafarge Africa Plc to Chinese firm Huaxin Cement Limited. The suit was initiated by Strategic Consultancy Limited, a Nigerian firm and shareholder in Lafarge Africa, over the “surreptitious” divestment of...
Benin Customary Court in Okada, Edo State, has declared the position of Odionwere (head of village) of Ikpako village vacant due to allegations of sacrilege and corruption against the incumbent, Mr. James Ailegboze. The court’s ruling followed a suit instituted by the elders of Ikpako village, who sought a...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has discontinued the criminal case against the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, citing a commitment to upholding justice and fairness. According to the AGF’s Special Assistant on Communication and Publicity, Kamarudeen Ogundele,...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled July 10 for judgment in a N500 million suit filed by vulnerable FCT residents, including scavengers, beggars, and petty traders, against Minister Nyesom Wike. Justice James Omotosho fixed the date after counsel to the plaintiff, Adamu Mahmud, and the defence lawyers,...
The National Rescue Movement (NRM) has threatened to file contempt charges against Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, for allegedly refusing to recognize Chief Edozie Njoku as its national chairman. Njoku stated that INEC’s refusal to acknowledge his leadership is in disobedience to a court judgment....
The Federal Government of Nigeria has been urged to settle Nnamdi Kanu and other agitators’ matters through a national committee of arbitration. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN), Mr Mohammed Ndarani, a Grand Patron of One Nation for Asiwaju Support Group, made the call at a press conference on...