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Bello Bodejo will remain in custody through the judicial summer break. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday refused to hear his plea to soften his steep bail conditions. Justice Inyang Ekwo cited the upcoming court vacation as the primary reason for his refusal. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed a counter affidavit…
A former helmsman of one of Nigeria’s most troubled state owned refineries walked into a courtroom in Abuja on Monday to answer for how hundreds of thousands of dollars allegedly moved through his hands outside the banking system, in a case that once again places the country’s refining sector at the centre of an…
Seven prime properties spread across Lagos and Delta State, along with 2.045 million dollars in cash and two share certificates linked to former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, have been permanently forfeited to the Federal Government after the Supreme Court on Friday, July 17, 2026, brought a two year legal contest to…
A bench warrant now hangs over Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self styled Director General of a council the Presidency insists never existed, after he failed to appear at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday for an arraignment that has stalled five separate times. Justice Mohammed Umar issued the order following an…
The forgery trial of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the self styled Director General of a council the Presidency insists never existed, stalled again on Tuesday after the defendant failed to appear at the Federal High Court in Abuja, leaving prosecutors weighing an application for a bench warrant. Adeyemi was billed to take his plea…
The man at the centre of one of the most audacious impersonation scandals to hit the Nigerian public service in years has broken his silence, insisting he is not on the run even as the Nigeria Police Force moves to place him before a judge on forgery and impersonation charges. Adeniyi Adeyemi, who styled…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday ordered the remand of a former Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Yakubu Umar, at the Kuje Correctional Centre, marking a striking reversal of fortune for the man who once presided over some of the most consequential asset declaration trials in…
The long-running effort to hold someone accountable for the billions of dollars poured into Nigeria’s dead refineries reached a courtroom on Wednesday, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned the former Managing Director of the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited, Ahmed Adamu Dikko, before the Federal High Court in Abuja on a 12 count…
Two men who once ran Nigeria’s most strategic petroleum plants are heading to the dock this week, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission opens formal trials tied to the alleged diversion of funds set aside to revive the country’s ailing refineries. The former Managing Director of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Ltd,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of ten individuals for currency abuse in the South-South region. A federal court found the defendants guilty of violating laws that protect the national currency from defacement. This swift judicial outcome underscores a widening state campaign against practices that long defined Nigerian social gatherings. Enforcement…
