A Prosecution Witness, Mr Orwusoro Maduka, countered former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige’s defence regarding a Presidential Directive on procurement to the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). Maduka, is a former director of procurement in the Ministry of Labour and Employment from 2019 to 2023, testified as the Economic and Financial…
A Prosecution Witness Ms Munawwarah Anas, on Tuesday told the Federal High Court in Abuja how millions of Naira were allegedly laundered in the ongoing trial of Abubakar Malami, former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), and others. Anas made this known while being led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s lawyer,…
A Prosecution Witness Ms Munawwarah Anas, on Tuesday told the Federal High Court in Abuja how millions of Naira were allegedly laundered in the ongoing trial of Abubakar Malami, former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), and others. Anas made this known while being led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s lawyer,…
A prosecution witness in the trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, on Monday, contradicted himself during cross-examination before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja. The witness, Mr Iliya Iyakwari, is the 5th Prosecution Witness (PW5) in the ongoing trial over alleged infractions relating to the…
Forner Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday disagreed over the subpoenaed witness brought to court by the commission. The development occurred before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja shortly after the trial resumed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday heard testimony from an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness who admitted that no direct financial benefit was traced to former AMCON Managing Director, Ahmed Kuru, in the ongoing Arik Air-related fraud trial. Kuru and four co-defendants are facing charges of conspiracy, stealing, abuse of office and…
An Abuja High Court on Tuesday heard testimony alleging that $6.23 million meant for election observers was fraudulently withdrawn from the Central Bank of Nigeria during the administration of former CBN governor Godwin Emefiele. The allegation was made by CP Eloho Okpozikbo while testifying in the trial instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission….
An Abuja High Court has been asked by former Central Bank of Nigeria governor Godwin Emefiele to shut out further prosecution evidence if key witnesses fail to appear in his trial. Defence counsel Matthew Burkaa made the request after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it might not produce two remaining witnesses due to…
A prosecution witness, Salihu Kadir, told an Abuja High Court that Aminu Baba-Kusa, a former General Manager of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), voluntarily wrote his statement and filled all columns himself. Kadir, gave his testimony in the trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, charged with 32 counts of criminal breach of…
Mr Haruna Alabi, a retired Director of Legal Services in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, on Tuesday admitted to signing the statement made by the former AGF,, Ahmed Idris, as witness on May 17, 2022. Alabi, was testifying in the trial-within-trial of the former AGG in sn Abuja High Court while being cross…
