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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 S.C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court Maitama has adjourned till December 9, 2025 the adoption of written addresses by the prosecution and defence counsel in the trial within trial of a former Minister of Aviation Hadi Abubakar Sirika. Sirika is on trial alongside his daughter Fatima Hadi Sirika, son in…
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The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 presented more witnesses to prove a case of alleged N5,78billion involving the immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his former Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu. At the resumed hearing of the case on Tuesday, the…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, July 19, 2024, presented its 14th prosecution witness, PW14, Sahibu Salisu, a former Director of Administration and Finance, Office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, in the trial of alleged N6.9bn fraud involving a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, and his company, Spotless Investment…
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The Former Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has sued the Kaduna State House of Assembly over the allegations that N432 billion was siphoned during his eight-year administration, leaving the state with huge liabilities. El-Rufai filed a fundamental rights suit at the Federal High Court in Kaduna against the state House of Assembly, on…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised a team of its investigators to probe the alleged mismanagement of N423 billion by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and some key members of his government. Sources disclosed that the former governor will soon be invited for questioning. Others slated for interrogation are those who…
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A former Director of Procurement at the Federal Ministry of Aviation, Azubuike Okorie, has told a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, that a N1.4 billion Apron Extension Contract at Katsina Airport was not executed despite the payment of mobilisation fee to the contractor. He testified as a subpoenaed witness of the Economic and Financial…
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Kano State High Court 7, sitting at Miller Road, has granted an order for substituted service on the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, in the alleged sale of government properties worth billions of naira. The presiding judge, Justice Aminu Adamu Aliyu, granted the order after intense legal arguments between…
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Justice Jude Onwueguzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, dismissed a preliminary objection brought by ex-minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye challenging the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to prosecute him. Agunloye is facing prosecution by the EFCC on seven-count charges bordering…
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The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has dragged its yet 2023 Presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and 13 others to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) over alleged fraud. The petition signed by the National Secretary of the party, Oginni Olaposi Sunday, was titled: ‘Petition against Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and 13 others…
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