The ongoing investigation of former Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Wednesday, stalled his arraignment by the Department of State Services (DSS). El-Rufai’s arraignment, which was scheduled for today before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja could not go…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN) is set to deliver a keynote address at a one-day workshop for lawyers and air flight passengers, scheduled for March 12. This is contained in a statement by the workshop Coordinator, Mrs Emmanuella Obi, Synergy Attornies, issued to newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos. According to…
Halima Kazeem, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, told an Abuja court that a former General Manager with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Aminu Baba-Kusa, gave his statement voluntarily. The EFCC charged former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki , Baba-Kusa, Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Referral Hospital Limited with criminal…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained why it is yet to charge the former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, to court after he was interrogated for three days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that El-Rufai was held in EFCC’s custody for two nights, from Feb. 16 to Feb….
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Edetanle, over alleged money laundering involving $385,000 and N165.5 million. Edetanle is standing trial before an Ikeja Special Offences Court on a seven-count charge bordering on abuse of office, money laundering and unlawful enrichment…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the alleged terrorist negotiator, Mr Tukur Mamu, against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) to April 23 for adoption of written addresses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mamu, in the suit, is challenging his designation as…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s investigator, on Monday, denied the allegations that the exra-judicial statements of Ali Bello, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Kogi State government, and his co-defendant in the ongoing trial, were made under duress. The EFCC’s investigator, Ahmed Abubakar, who is the 1st prosecution witness (PW-1) in the trial-within-trial…
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has reopened its investigation into the 2019 disappearance of government critic Abubakar Idris, widely known as Dadiyata, according to a senior security source. The source also alleged that DSS officers seized the passport of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai last Thursday at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja…
A civic group, the Mega National Movement for Good Governance (MNMGG), has called for strict adherence to due process in the ongoing prosecution of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, during a peaceful demonstration at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja. The protest, held yesterday in the Nigerian capital, centred…
A prosecution witness, Mr Emmanuel Onwuzunike, told an Abuja court that he disbursed money as instructed by Bello Yeto, a former permanent secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Taraba. Onwuzunike, is a witness in the trial former governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku and Yero. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged…
