Mr Daniel Bwala, Former Spokesman of Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday faulted the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC’s) disregard for rule of law and the media trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. Bwala, a lawyer and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of...
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Fresh revelations have emerged on the probe of former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the anti-graft commission says the embattled ex-governor withdrew $720,000 from the state’s accounts to pay his child’s school fees in advance just before...
A Federal High Court Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed May 17 for a ruling on a bail application filed by the detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi, SAN, adopted...
The Kogi State House of Assembly on Tuesday urged the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to obey court order in respect alleged N80. 4 billion fraud case against former governor Yahaya Bello. The house equally called on the commission to with immediate effect remove the tag ’WANTED’...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed May 10 for ruling on an application by former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, seeking an order of setting aside the April 17 arrest warrant issued against him. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel for the Economic...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a 32-year-old software engineer, Chukwudi Anyanwu, to life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s 13-year old minor (name withheld). Justice Rahman Oshodi in his judgment on Tuesday held that the prosecution proved the charge of defilement against Anyanwu. Oshodi...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has served a copy of the charge sheet of alleged fraud to the tune of N84bn against the immediate past governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello on his lawyer, Abdulwahab Mohamed. This follows a Tuesday order by Justice Emeka Nwite of...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held that the suit lacked merit as the plaintiff had failed to prove the allegations of certificates forgery levelled...
A medical laboratory scientist, Oluroju Shola, has been docked at an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, Abuja for allegedly exposing his ex-girlfriend’s nude pictures. The police charged Shola of Kwamba Suleja, Niger State with criminal breach of trust, intimidation and defamation of character. The Prosecution Counsel, Abdullahi Tanko told...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned hearing in the bail application of the detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, until April 23. Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the hearing following an oral application by counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ekele Iheanacho, seeking more time...
Controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, on Monday filed a notice of appeal challenging the six months sentence handed to him by a Federal High Court, Lagos. Okuneye was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on four counts bordering on naira abuse. He...
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, discharged a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, and one other of alleged N8.5 billion fraud. Akpobolokemi was charged alongside a former Commander of the Joint Task Force Operation Pulo Shield, retired Maj-Gen....
Hearing on the appeal instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against an interim order of the Kogi State High Court restraining it from arresting former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello, suffered a setback on Monday as the Court of Appeal failed to sit. The Kogi High...
Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Monday fixed May 15 for ruling on former former minister of power and steel, Olu Agunloye ‘s preliminary objection. Agunloye is challenging the power of the economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute him regarding...
The Kogi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, to unfailingly appear before it on Tuesday. The governor is to appear to give some explanations on the role of the apex bank in the...
A retired military officer, Mr Thomas Olawaye, on Monday prayed a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to grant his request for divorce to his wife of 52 years, Victoria on grounds that she was ill-tempered. Olawaye, the father of five, told the court that in spite...
A Lawyer, Mr Jesutega Onokpasa, has advised EFCC not to act above the law in its efforts to arrest and prosecute former governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, over alleged N80.2 billion fraud. Onokpasa, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at a news conference on Sunday in...
The Ebiraland Youths Coalition has urged the Federal Government to ensure the embattled former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, is unharmed in his current face-off with the EFCC. The Coalition’s Coordinator, Mr Fache Onimisi-Moses, made the call in a statement in Lokoja on Sunday. Bello is being...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned a a N1 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government and Department of State Services (DSS) until April 23 for adoption of processes. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has granted an application by a Nigerian, Mr Chianugo Peter, to amend his originating processes filed to seek $150 million in compensation from Google and GoDaddy.com. Justice Obiora Egwuatu granted the application after lawyer to Google LLC, Oluwaseyi Ogundiran of Aluko & Oyebode...