Mr Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGoF), on Monday asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to acquit and discharge him from an alleged N868.46 million fraud case brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Speaking after opening his defence before Justice James Omotosho, Nwabuoku denied being a signatory or…
A middle-aged man, Mr Sunday Kasun, has asked an Upper Customary Court in Kaduna State to grant him custody of his 14-year-old son. Kasun told the court on Monday that the teenager had been living with his maternal grandparents in Akwa Ibom State. The child’s mother, Ms Gloria Udong, who is the defendant in the…
An Ikeja High Court has approved the service of court processes through electronic means on social media influencer Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), and Kelvin Emmanuel. The ruling was delivered on Monday by Justice Akintunde Savage in a suit filed by Pastor Chris Okafor against Nollywood actress Doris Ogala. According to NAN, the…
The trial of Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former head of Nigeria’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), was adjourned on Wednesday after lawyers representing both the prosecution and the defence failed to appear in court. The Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, was unable to proceed with the case as neither…
A trial began in Abuja on Tuesday over allegations that an Abuja-based lawyer and four social media influencers defamed Senator Shehu Umar online. The first prosecution witness, SP Michael Kalu, a police investigator with the National Cybercrime Centre, outlined how the defendants were tracked following a complaint by the senator. Senator Umar, Chairman of the…
A Federal High Court in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, has been unable to proceed with a scheduled hearing on the interim forfeiture of 57 properties allegedly linked to former Attorney-General Abubakar Malami, following procedural issues. Justice Emeka Nwite had earlier ordered the temporary forfeiture of the assets on 6 January after granting an ex parte application…
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has adjourned until 21 April the alleged ₦4.3 billion foreign exchange fraud case instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and four others. Justice Rahman Oshodi adjourned the matter on Monday after the defendants failed to appear in court and were…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned hearing in a suit by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) seeking the final forfeiture of a London property allegedly linked to the late former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Gen. Jeremiah Useni. Justice Binta Nyako adjourned the matter on Monday after ruling that the respondents…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has admitted the Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, and three other senior civil servants to bail in connection with alleged terrorism financing amounting to 9.7 million dollars. In a ruling on Wednesday, Justice Mohammed Umar granted the defendants bail in the sum of ₦100 million each, stating…
The Federal High Court in Abuja will on 25 March deliver its ruling on an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking the final forfeiture of $13 million allegedly linked to Oceangate Engineering Oil & Gas Ltd. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after hearing arguments from the EFCC and Oceangate’s legal…
