•Yahaya Bello in FCT High Court today The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, and two others, have pleaded not guilty to the 16-count charges brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Former Governor Bello, who is the 1st defendant, vehemently denied the allegations before Justice Maryann Anenih of ...
The Director of Human Resources Management at the Rural Electrification Agency, Suleiman Bulkwang, has been remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre following his arraignment on charges of alleged money laundering involving N223,412,909. Bulkwang was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on ...
•Senator Andy Uba The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, the nod to arraign a former lawmaker for Anambra South Senatorial District, Senator Andy Uba, on a two-count charge bordering on alleged N400million fraud. The court, presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo, fixed February ...
•Ifeanyi Okowa Former Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, says he knows the people behind his probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), saying he is not afraid of the agency’s investigation. Okowa stated this during a solidarity visit by the Delta State Traditional Rulers Council, led by Maj.-Gen. Felix Mujakperuo (ret...
•Ben Murray-Bruce Former Nigerian senator and founder of Silverbird Group, Ben Murray-Bruce, has revealed how he lost $3.5 million in a fraudulent deal with his South African partner over the purchase of a cinema complex in Kenya. Murray-Bruce disclosed this yesterday during the 4th Peace Anyiam-Osigwe (PAO) Nigeria Digital Content Regulation ...
•Danny Jordaan South African Football Association (SAFA) president Danny Jordaan was arrested and charged today with using the group’s resources for his own purposes in a fraud and theft case amounting to 1.3 million rand ($72,000), police said. Jordaan, who led South Africa’s successful bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup, denied the charges ...
•Former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, for alleged diversion of N1.3 trillion 13% derivation fund from the federation account between 2015 and 2023. An EFCC source confirmed the former governor’s arrest to our c...
•Former Governor Yahaya Bello and EFCC sign post Justice Maryanne Anenih of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has issued a public summons against the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello to attend court and answer to a fresh 16-count pending allegations against him. By the summons, the former governor is […]
•Ex-Governor Ishaku (right) A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has granted bail to a former Taraba Governor, Darius Ishaku and a former Permanent Secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero at N150 million each. Justice Sylvanus Oriji, in a ruling today, ordered the two [&...
•PDP, APC and LP candidates The Peoples Democratic Party yesterday officially rejected the Edo State Governorship election results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission and demanded an immediate review of the poll results by the electoral body. During a press conference in Abuja, acting National Chairman, PDP, Umar Damagum...

