Despite efforts to accelerate the conclusion of corruption cases in Nigeria, many high-profile cases still linger in courts, unlike the regular financial crime cases. Some have lingered long, while others recently commenced, with concerns that all the cases may suffer similar fate if reforms do not take place. Some of the pending cases are tho...
Several senior figures linked to the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari are being investigated and prosecuted for alleged corruption totalling an estimated N3.47 trillion. The scale of the allegations, unfolding amid a crippling debt burden left behind by the Buhari-led administration, has reignited debates over accountability...
•Embattled former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has officially taken delivery of a 753-unit housing estate formerly owned by the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Disclosing this in a statement today, the ministry said that the property was handed over by the...
•Embattled former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court Abuja, has rejected the additional proof of evidence brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, in the alleged procurement fraud tri...
•Emefiele A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has adjourned till tomorrow, Wednesday, February 26 to rule on whether or not to continue to hear the case of the former Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Rahman Oshodi adjourned for ruling after Emefiele’s Counsel, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olalekan Ojo, asked t...
•Embattled former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele A prosecution witness in the trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele has said the award of contracts for the purchase of vehicles for which Emefiele is facing tried, followed due process. The prosecution witness, Salawu Gana, is a former official of the Procurement D...
•Emefiele The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of $2.045m, seven choice landed properties and share certificates linked to the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Deinde Dipeolu ordered the permanent forfeiture of the monies and the two share certif...
•Embattled ex-CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele A prosecution witness, Monday Osazuwa, yesterday, told a Lagos Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, that he did not keep any record of the money he allegedly collected as bribe on behalf of the former Central Bank of Nigeira, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who is standing trial, along with one [...
•Embattled former CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele The embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has filed applications to challenge the forfeiture of his assets to the Federal Government by the court. Since his removal from office, the Federal High Court, through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has ...
•Ex-CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted an order for the interim forfeiture of $2.04 million and seven properties connected to former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The order was made by Justice Akintayo Aluko yesterday, following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes ...
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