•EFCC operatives The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned one Ibrahim Shuaibu before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna State for fraud. According to a statement today on EFCC X.com handle, Shuaibu is facing prosecution on a seven-count charge, including crim...
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered a commercial bank to immediately pay N811,174,229.25 to the Chief Registrar of the court, which is the principal amount claimed by a fintech company, Shago Payments Limited against the bank. Trial judge ordered that the said sum be held in trust in […]
•Linus Williams Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested a Nigerian crypto billionaire, Linus Williams, popularly known as BLord. Blord was arrested in Abuja today following allegations of cryptocurrency fraud, terrorism funding, and aiding internet fraud among others against his companies. Speaking in an interview with our corresp...
•Former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja has granted the former minister of power, Saleh Mamman, bail to the tune of ₦10bn and two sureties in like sum. Mamman was arraigned on 12 counts bordering on conspiracy to commit money laundering and possession and use of known […]
•Mamman and former President Muhammadu Buhari The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may arraign a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, today for allegedly laundering over N33, 804, 830, 593.73. Mamman, who served under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, is expected to face 12-count charge, based on offences he allegedly committed ...
Bayero University Kano has expelled a total of 29 students for examination misconduct. Similarly, the university has also rusticated three students and warned 15 others, reports The PUNCH. According to the university’s official News Bulletin dated July 5, 2024, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent today, the decision was tak...
•Godwin Emefiele Michael Agboro, a prosecution witness in the trial of former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has admitted before Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, that transactions and award of contracts between the CBN, April 1616, and Archtekon, went through due process. He also said ...
•Hadi Sirika The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama tomorrow. Sirika, who served under the administration of former president Muhammadu Buhari, would be arraigned on a six-count a...
•NSCDC operatives The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is probing 10 senior officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps over an alleged N7.5bn fraud. The anti-graft agency has also invited 10 contractors linked with the alleged fraud, reports The PUNCH. The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, had on April 26, 2024, written a let...
•Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose The money laundering trial of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, could not proceed today owing to the absence of the trial judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos. Justice Aneke was said to be away on an official assignment, prompting the adjournment of [&hel...

