Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has adjourned the trial of former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, Ahmed Kuru, to October 6, 7, and 8, 2025. At the resumed proceedings on Tuesday, the court ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to serve both the defence and the court with key investigative documents, including the E-statement of Keystone Bank and a report from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The judge’s ruling is considered crucial, as it mandates the prosecution to ensure full disclosure of evidence in the ongoing ₦20 billion…
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Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja on Tuesday convicted and sentenced Mamman Nasir Ali, the son of former PDP chairman, and Christian Taylor to 14 years imprisonment each over a ₦2.2 billion oil subsidy fraud. Delivering the judgement in case brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the duo were re-arraigned on March 26, 2025, on an amended 57-count charge. The convicts were re-arraigned alongside their company, Nasaman Oil Services Limited, following fresh revelations that emerged during the course of the investigation. They were prosecuted over multiple counts including conspiracy to obtain money…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned three employees of a first-generation bank; Samuel Ihechukwu Asiegbu, Fabian Chizaram Onyeimachi, and Kingsley Kelechi Ejim on Friday before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. They were arraigned alongside four alleged accomplices; Hanna Okunlola Adesokan, Hamza Zakariya, Achionu Chukwuka Ubaku, and Sunday Osademe on an eight-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of ₦8.5 billion. One of the counts reads: “That you Samuel Ihechukwu Asiegbu, Ejim Kingsley Kelechi, Hamza Zakaria, Onyeimachi Fabian, Achionu Chukwuka Ubaka, Adesokan, Hannah Okunlola,…
The seventh prosecution witness, Mr. John Adetola, the Executive Assistant to the embattled former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele on Monday confirmed that he collected the sum of $400,000 and handed it over to Emefiele. Emefiele is standing trial on a 19-count charge bordering on receiving gratification and corrupt demand preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. His co-defendant, Henry Omoile, is facing a three-count charge bordering on unlawful acceptance of gifts by agents. The prosecution witness maintained this testimony while being cross-examined by Mr. Olalekan Ojo, SAN, Counsel to the first…
The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Binta Adamu Bello, has pledged intensified prosecution of rapists and other perpetrators of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, SGBV, under the Violence Against Persons Prohibition, VAPP Act, which clocks 10 years today, May 25, 2025. She was speaking at the Agency’s headquarters in Abuja during an event marking the 10th anniversary of the landmark legislation. Bello described the VAPP Act as “one of Nigeria’s most comprehensive legal frameworks for the protection of human rights, especially for women, children, and other vulnerable groups.” The VAPP Act, passed…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has pulled of all the agreements aimed at resolving the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He also vowed to fight on until justice is served. According to him, his decision is based on the failure of other parties in the PDP to abide by all the agreements reached. Specifically, he accused the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde of working with his cohorts to jeopardise the peaceful resolution of the crisis in PDP. Top on this list of his conditions is the supposed agreement to withdraw the PDP’s suit against the declaration of the State of Emergency in…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, “over the failure to disclose the details of any direct payments to the 774 local government councils in Nigeria including the amounts sent to each council.” SERAP’s suit followed a landmark judgement by the Supreme Court last July, which held that allocations from the Federation Account with the CBN must be paid directly to democratically elected local government councils, and that no governor has the power to keep, control or use the money meant for the councils. In the suit number FHC/L/MSC/521/2025 filed last…
The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended two principal suspects linked to the brutal murder of a young woman from Nasarawa State, who was gruesomely killed and set ablaze on May 24, 2025, in the “Gangare” slum by the canal behind Mile 12 Market, Lagos. In a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, the police confirmed the arrest and assured the public of a discreet and swift investigation to ensure all perpetrators are brought to book. According to the statement, “Contrary to speculations circulating and other misinformation about the cause of the murder of the…
In a move that has triggered widespread outrage within Nigeria’s media community, the International Press Institute, IPI, has condemned the expulsion of Channels TV journalists from the Akwa Ibom State Government House, describing it as a “direct attack” on constitutional press freedoms. The journalists, a correspondent and a cameraman, were reportedly expelled by order of the Akwa Ibom State Government after Channels TV aired a video clip showing Governor Umo Eno confirming defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. In a strongly worded statement signed by IPI Legal Adviser and Chairman of its Advocacy…
A community leader in Oko Egan area of Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, Chief Wasiu Shitta has sent a Save-Our-Soul message to the Assistant Inspector General of Police AIG, Force CID Annex, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos over alleged harassment and action unbecoming of a police officer. The petition dated May 21, 2025, was written from the chamber of Newscastle Associates. The petition sighted by CASEFILE was received on May 22, 2025 at the Force CID Annex. The petition specifically detailed a complaint against one DSP Gabriel Angel, Inspector Abayomi, Inspector Akin and others for alleged professional misconduct, intimidation, threat to life and…