By Seun Opejobi Former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has been released from the Kuje Custodial Centre. Bello was freed after meeting the bail conditions set by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court in Maitama, Abuja. ...

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Kuje correctional centre, pending the perfection of the bail condition granted to him. Nwite granted Bello bail in the sum of N500m and two ...

By Kayode Lawal The Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Tuesday, remanded the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in Kuje Correctional Centre, pending hearing of his bail application. Justice Maryann Anenih also adjourned ...

By Ifreke Inyang The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has reacted to the public outrage surrounding their failure to reveal the owner of the forfeited 753 duplexes and other apartments in Lokogoma District, ...

The arraignment of a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, was stalled on Friday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, due to the absence of his defence counsel, Abdulwahab Mohammed (SAN). Mohammed was reportedly unaware of the hearing date, leading to his absence in court. ...

 By Matthew Atungwu The 7th Prosecution witness, Mr John Adetola, testifying in the case against the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has alleged that he collected the sum of $400,000 on behalf of Emefiele. Adetola, ...

By Kayode Lawal Justice Maryann Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has fixed December 10 for ruling in the bail applications by former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and two others. The Judge fixed the ...

By Kayode Lawal Immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello may be arraigned before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, today, Wednesday, November 27. The former governor on Tuesday submitted himself to ...

By Seun Opejobi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has finally detained ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello. Bello was detained after he presented himself at the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja on ...

Chairman of the committee set up to recover vehicles belonging to the Edo State Government, Kelly Okungbowa, has declared that over 200 vehicles are currently missing. Okungbowa disclosed that within 24 hours of the committee’s existence, it had recovered three vehicles ...

 By Lovina Anthony The chairman of the Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, NOGASA, Fatuyi Yemi Philips, has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu A former Secretary to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr John Ogah, has told the court that former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, listed his niece as one of the beneficiaries of funds from an account allegedly operated on ...

By Abdulrazaq Adebayo Former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State was on Monday re-arraigned alongside his finance commissioner, Ademola Banu, on a 14-count charge bordering on alleged stealing and mismanagement of N5.78 billion ...

By Matthew Atungwu The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed November 1, 2024 to rule on the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for the final forfeiture of the $2.045million, seven choice landed properties and shares ...

By Kayode Lawal A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has issued a public summon against immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The court ordered Bello to attend court and answer to a fresh 16-count charge ...

By Ochogwu Sunday A report by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) has revealed that controversial crossdresser Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, aka Bobrisky, spent only three weeks of his sentence in prison, with the remainder in a secret location. ...

By Favour Olekanma   The House of Representatives has invited the Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyode to participate in the investigation concerning the N15 million bribery allegations. This is coming ...

By Matthew Atungwu The Federal Government has suspended the officers in charge of the Maximum and Minimum Custodial Centres, Kirikiri, Lagos State. This is coming amid an audio leak indicating that crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, aka ...

 By Francis Ugwu An Abuja-based Bureau de Change operator, Jamilu Abdullahi and third prosecution witness in the trial of Ali Bello, on Thursday, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, gave a narrative of the financial ...

By Kayode Lawal The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed how the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello allegedly used the state money to acquire choice properties in the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and ...

By Ifreke Inyang The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede on Tuesday, ordered immediate investigation of alleged bribery allegations imputed to some officers ...

By Williams Odunze The Ward Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ejemekwuru Oguta LGA Imo State, Dominic Ikpeama has landed in the police net for allegedly selling the federal government’s palliatives meant for the people of Ejemekwuru ...

By Ogaga Ariemu Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered interim forfeiture of $2.04 million and seven properties linked to the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Akintayo Aluko made the order on Thursday following an application by the Economic and ...

The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf said that miscreants have carted away corruption charges documents on the former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje at the state high court. Yusuf disclosed this after paying an on-the-spot assessment visit to the court which was vandalised by hoodlums ...

In this interview with Vanguard’s Law & Human Rights, Law lecturer, Mr. Wahab Shittu, SAN, spoke on a number of topical issues including how the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, can compel ex-governor of Kogi State,Yahyah Bello, to attend court for his trial,  the brewing ...

By Favour Olekanma The Labour Party Chairman in Rivers State, Hilda Dokubo, has been suspended as a member of the party in her ward, Asari Toru Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a letter written to the Labour Party Chairman of the Asari Toru LGA and signed by the Ward ...

The Kano State government has filed fresh charges against immediate-past governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, accusing him of spending N240m belonging to the state to pursue a personal legal matter. In the charge, marked K/143c/24, filed before the state high court, Musa Abdullahi, who served as the ...

ABUJA— Former Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, who is facing a 12-count money laundering charge, yesterday, slumped at a Federal High Court in Abuja, shortly before his scheduled arraignment. Mamman, who served in the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, was dragged before the ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, remanded a former Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, in Kuje prison. The erstwhile Minister was remanded after he pleaded not guilty to a 12-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against ...

By Ochogwu Sunday An Assistant Manager with Zenith Bank Plc, Mrs Ifeoma Ogbonnaya, has narrated how Mr Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, moved funds to his wife, Mrs Margaret Emefiele. Ogbonnaya told an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday how Emefiele ...

By Lovina Anthony The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has opposed the application of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, for the release of his passport to enable him to make an overseas medical trip. The EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, ...

By Seun Opejobi The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, lost his bid to transfer his N80.2 billion fraud case from Abuja to his state. This followed the ruling of Justice John Tsoho, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, who dismissed Bello’s application seeking to transfer ...

By Seun Opejobi A Lagos Federal High Court heard on Monday how former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki paid ex-Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose N1.2 billion in cash. A former investigative officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abubakar Madaki, said Dasuki ...

The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who is facing a 19-count charge, has adduced reasons the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, should prosecute him in Kogi. I am happy and grateful that God created me this way - Joshua ...

By Kayode Lawal For the fifth time, former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on Thursday, failed to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja for his arraignment in the N82bn fraud case brought against him by the federal government. Instead, the ...

By Matthew Atungwu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested two former staff of Union Bank in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, over the alleged theft of N4,199,500 belonging to a deceased customer of the bank. A statement by EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, on Saturday in ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture to the Federal Government of properties valued at over N12.18 billion linked to former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on Friday issued the order of permanent ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, said ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, who is accused of N80.2bn fraud, had ridiculed the Nigerian justice system by failing to present himself for trial in court. The EFCC acting Zonal Director, Benin Zonal Command, Mr Effa Okim, ...

By Fadehan Oyeyemi Former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on Friday, finally agreed to submit himself to the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment on June 13 in the corruption charges against him. Bello’s lead counsel, Abdulwahab Mohammed gave the undertaking to Justice Emeka Nwite on ...

By Nsikak Nseyen The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to arraign former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama on Thursday. Sirika, a minister in the administration of former President ...

By Seun Opejobi Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of “misfiring” in the ongoing case against former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello. Momodu said the EFCC failed to do due diligence during their investigation against Bello. Speaking during ...

By Ogaga Ariemu A former Director of Information Technology of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, John Ayoh, has explained how he collected $600,000 allegedly for contract gratification for the embattled ex-apex bank governor, Godwin Emefiele. Ayoh, while being led in evidence by the Economic and ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the receipt of the refund of $760,000 paid as advanced school fees by a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello for his children at the American International School, Abuja. The spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the ...

By Seun Opejobi Former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has denied paying the sum of $720,000 school fees for his children using the state government’s funds. Bello was reacting to the claim by the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede that he withdrew ...

Hamma Bello, the eighth posecution witness in the trial of a former Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, narrated before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, how the defendant and her subordinates diverted public funds into their private ...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, claimed on Tuesday that investigation by the anti-graft agency revealed that the embattled former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, withdrew $720,000 from the state’s coffers to pay his child’s school fees. The EFCC ...

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr.Ola Olukoyede, insisted yesterday that the anti-graft agency would do everything humanly possible to bring immediate past governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to account for his tenure in office. Olukoyede, who briefed the ...

By John Akinfehinwa Some youths in Kogi State on Tuesday protested against plans by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, to arrest former Governor Yahaya Bello over alleged N80.2 billion fraud. The youths, who gathered in their numbers, barricaded the popular Lokoja-Abuja road which ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Sunday it has freshly recovered $445,000 and N3bn in the ongoing probe of the scandal in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, told The PUNCH that the $445,000 and N3bn were recovered between March and April in ...

A dispatch rider, Monday Osazuwa, on Friday, narrated to the Special Offences Court in Lagos how the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, instructed him on different occasions to collect the sum of $3m cash in tranches. Osazuwa, who was led in evidence in chief by ...