Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has been granted bail by an Abuja High Court in connection with a fresh criminal case involving a disputed housing estate and billions of naira allegedly hidden in proxy accounts. Justice Yusuf Halilu, presiding over the case at the FCT High Court, granted bail to Emefiele…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, fixed July 2 for the trial of 109 foreigners, over alleged involvement in high-level cybercrime and hacking activities said to be threatening the nation’s security. The matter could not go on due to the absence of the trial judge, Justice Ekerete Akpan, in court. The judge was…
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Tuesday granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) leave to play compact disc as evidence in the trial of a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele is being prosecuted before Justice Maryanne Anenih by the EFCC on a six-count charge in…
An Abuja High Court on Monday adjourned until June 2 for continuation of trial of a former governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku charged with 15 counts of criminal breach of trust, conspiracy and conversion of public funds to the tune of N27 billion. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on behalf of the Federal…
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has dismissed an application filed by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, seeking the judge’s recusal from the trial. In his ruling, Justice Oshodi stated that the defence’s allegations of bias were unsubstantiated and that there was…
Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), indefinitely. Justice Nyako gave the order after Kanu and his counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, insisted that the trial judge no longer had jurisdiction to preside over the case following…
A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), indefinitely. Justice Binta Nyako, gave the order after Kanu and his counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, insisted that the trial judge no longer had jurisdiction to preside over the case following her earlier…
Eight people who allegedly helped the perpetrator in the brutal murder of history teacher Samuel Paty are set to stand trial in a Paris court on Monday, four years after the incident. The crime, classified as an Islamist-motivated terrorist act, shocked France and sparked international outrage. In October 2020, the suspect, an 18-year-old with Russian-Chechen…
