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A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, told the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that he paid between 50 and 60 percent of the commissions earned by his company from consultancy services rendered to the Kogi State Internal Revenue…
Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, adjourned the trial of former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his former Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, until July 27, 2026, for the continuation of the cross-examination of the sixth prosecution witness, Stanley Ujilibo. The adjournment followed an…
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Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja on Monday, June 15, 2026 dismissed an application filed by the counsel to a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Umar Farouq seeking the setting aside of the Bench Warrant and Warrant of Arrest issued against the former minister Farouq, alongside…
A prosecution witness in the ongoing money laundering trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that a property located in Maitama was purchased for ₦550 million, with the payment allegedly made in United States dollars. The witness, Shehu Bello, a real estate agent and commodity trader,…
Fresh revelations emerged in the ongoing trial of former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, as a prosecution witness told a Federal Capital Territory High Court that an aircraft belonging to Ethiopian Airlines was allegedly presented to Nigerians as the country’s proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air. The testimony was given by Christopher Odofin, an investigator with the…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to 75 years imprisonment over a ₦33.8 billion fraud linked to the Mambilla and Zungeru hydroelectric power projects. Justice James Omotosho delivered the judgment on Wednesday after finding the former minister guilty on all 12 counts of conspiracy and money laundering…
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The trial of Ali Bello, nephew of the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja, continued on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, with the 17th Prosecution Witness, PW17, Ahmed Audu Abubakar, telling the court how Bello utilised bureau-de-change, BDC to make monetary transfers to his…
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Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 admitted into evidence a judgment of the FCT High Court against the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is prosecuting Bello alongside Umar Shuaibu Oricha and…
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has intensified legal efforts to permanently confiscate 57 high-value properties allegedly linked to former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, in a case that underscores growing scrutiny of public office holders’ wealth. The EFCC, in a motion filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja,…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted and sentenced former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, to a cumulative jail term of 72 years over a high-profile money laundering case involving ₦868.46 million. The conviction follows his prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a nine-count amended charge…
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