Justice Maryann Anenih of an Abuja High Court on Tuesday, adjourned ruling in an application filed by former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, seeking leave to travel abroad for medical reasons. Bello and his co-defendants Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu were arraigned on Nov 27 , 2024 on a 16-count- charge bordering on alleged property…
Nigeria’s opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused allies of President Bola Tinubu of plotting to derail its growing influence by backing legal action against its newly installed interim leadership. The party recently named former Senate President David Mark and ex-Governor Rauf Aregbesola as interim chairman and national secretary. This decision, announced by former ADC…
A fresh bid by Jesam Michael, the CEO of cryptocurrency trading company Afriq Arbitrage System (AAS) Limited, to secure bail was challenged on Monday by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Representing the EFCC at the Federal High Court in Abuja, counsel Geraldine Ofulue labelled the application as repetitive and argued that the earlier…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, granted the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze the United Bank for Africa (UBA) account of Cyriacus Njoku, a Nigerian, based in Germany, , over alleged criminal breach of trust. Justice Ekerete Akpan granted the request after EFCC’s lawyer, G.I. Ndeh, moved…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday discharged Emmanuel Orekoya, a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, of the allegation of defiling his 17-year-old daughter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos State Government had on Feb. 26, 2024, arraigned Orekoya on a two-count charge of defilement…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned until July 11 to deliver judgment in a case against a 37-year-old defendant, Samuel Bitrus, charged with drug trafficking. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) arraigned the defendant before Justice Yelin Bogoro, on a four-count charge of exporting 42.2 kg of cannabis sativa to the United…
The Federal High Court (FHC,) in Abuja on Monday, fixed July 22 for hearing of the fresh bail application filed by Tukur Mamu, the “terrorist negotiator.” Justice Mohammed Umar fixed the date following an adjournment sought by Manu’s counsel, Johnson Usman, SAN, to enable him study and respond appropriately to the counter affidavit that was…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Momday, fixed Oct. 6, to hear a suit by former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke, challenging forfeiture of her assets to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the forfeiture suit was brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) When the…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, declined to grant the bail application filed by three detained promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) in the alleged over one billion dollars fraud. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held it was obvious that from the totality of the affidavit evidence of both parties, it was…
Witnesses in the trial of ex-Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello have testified that no payments were made by the defendants into the company accounts involved in a disputed real estate transaction. Bello, along with co-defendants Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, is facing 16 charges brought by Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the EFCC, relating to allegations of…
