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Breaking: Ex-Kogi Gov. Bello to spend Christmas, New Year in prison

Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Maitama on Tuesday denied Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of...

Alleged N80.2bln fraud: Court rejects EFCC’s request to arraign Yahaya Bello in lawyer’s absence

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) request to arraign Yahaya...

Just in: Alleged N110bln fraud: Yahaya Bello arraigned, enters ‘not-guilty’ plea

Yahaya Bello, a former governor of Kogi State, who was arraigned in court on Wednesday, has pleaded not guilty to a 16-count charge...

Just in: EFCC grants bail to Yahaya Bello’s co-defendants in N110.4 bln fraud case

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has granted administrative bail to two men, Umar Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, charged with former Kogi...

Alleged N27bln fraud: Ex-Taraba Governor, Darius Ishaku, in EFCC net

A former Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, has been arrested in connection with an alleged N27 billion fraud. The early hours of Friday...

Just in: Ex-Gov. Yahaya Bello is not in our custody—EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that Mr. Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi State, is not in...

Detained Binance executive, Gambaryan, brought to court in wheelchair

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance Holdings Limited, was brought into the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday in a wheelchair. The...

Printing of N684m new naira notes charge: Court slams fresh N300m bail on Emefiele

An Abuja Federal High Court granted a fresh N300 million bail to Godwin Emefiele, the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of...

Alleged N80bn fraud: No reprieve for Yahaya Bello as court orders him to show up for trial

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, must come out of his hiding and...

The Day in Pictures: Alleged Fraud Case – 𝐒𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚, 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐣𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥

Hadi Sirika, ex-Minister of Aviation, alongside his daughter Fatima, arrive at the Federal Capital Territory High Court for their arraignment by the EFCC...

EFCC to ex-Gov. Bello: We will set aside arrest warrant if you show up in court

“I will personally apply that the arrest warrant be set aside if he comes to court on the next adjourned date” EFCC lawyer...

Fleeing Binance executive arrested in Kenya, faces extraction to Nigeria this week

Kenyan police authorities have reportedly apprehended Mr. Nadeem Anjarwalla, an executive associated with the cryptocurrency platform, Binance, who fled Nigeria recently. The International...

Yahaya Bello: AGF faults Gov. Ododo for obstructing EFCC

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has described the move by Mr. Usman Ododo,...

Yahaya Bello absent in court as EFCC considers military option to smoke him out

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecutor, Mr. Kemi Pinheiro, said on Thursday that the government might engage the military to fish...

Alleged N80bln money laundering: EFCC arraigns ex-Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello April 18

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, before a Federal...