A prosecution witness, Mahmoud Abdulazeez, on Monday, stated that the name of former Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi was not linked to the transactions in the fresh documents tendered by the commission in the ongoing money laundering trial. Abdulazeez, a staff of Dantata and Sawoe Construction Company Limited, told Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal…
The Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday, remanded the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Netnaija Media Enterprises, Emmanuel Analike in Kuje corrections facility for alleged copyright infringement. Justice Suleiman Liman fixed the date after the counsel to the defendant, Nnemeka Ejiofor notified the court that he filed a bail application. Ejiofor told the court that…
An Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama has fixed April 24 for a ₦300 million suit arising from an alleged illegal eviction involving property developer, Mr Cecil Osakwe, and two others. Justice Samira Bature gave the new date on Tuesday following stalled proceedings occasioned by the absence of Edith Erhunmuuse, the third suspect. The matter…
Former Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State’s rights enforcement suit against Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and four others suffered a setback on Tuesday over the inability of his lawyer to serve the respondents. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that El-Rufai is demanding a N1 billion in damages against…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, fixed April 13 for judgment in the N868 million money laundering case filed by the EFCC against former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGoF), Mr Chukwunyere Nwabuoku. Justice James Omotosho fixed the date after EFCC’s lawyer, Ekele Iheanacho, SAN, and the ex-AGoF’s counsel, Norrison Quakers, SAN, adopted…
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…
