The Federal High Court in Abuja, has warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against seeking for adjournments in the ongoing money laundering charge against former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke. Adoke is being prosecuted alongside Aliyu Abubakar, a businessman. Justice Inyang Ekwo warned the agency at the resumed trial on Wednesday after its lawyer, Bala Sanga asked the court for an adjournment following the absence of the fifth prosecution witness in court. The judge drew the attention of the prosecuting counsel to the fact that there was limit to the number of adjournments he could request for.…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has expressed his readiness to attend and testify before the Ayo-Salami Panel whenever he is invited. The is investigating the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC. This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations in the Office of the Attorney-General, Dr Umar Gwandu, made available to Ashenewsonline on Wednesday. According to the statement, Malami stated this at “The Morning Show” program of the Arise Television on Wednesday morning while discussing the recent developments related to the Nigeria’s…
The Islamic Development Bank, IDB, and the International Organisation for Migration, IOM, are partnering with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, on Diaspora Humanitarian Sukuk. A statement by the media office at NIDCOM said that the partnership will focus on diaspora remittances and capacity development programmes, training and research. The Regional Head of IDB in Nigeria, Dr Mamoud Kamara announced the proposed partnership when he held a strategic meeting with the Chairman of NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa in Abuja. According to him, the Diaspora Humanitarian Sukuk would help assuage the sufferings of Nigerians, particularly those who have lost their means of…
Flexible models allow businesses to work with premium attorneys on a per-project basis for considerably less money Under the best economic circumstances, paying for legal services can be difficult for small businesses and startups. With the COVID-19 pandemic currently wreaking havoc on the global economy — and companies’ cash flow — there’s a good chance that businesses around the globe are putting their legal needs on the back burner. It wouldn’t be the first time; during the Great Recession, for example, growth in demand for U.S. law firm services dropped from 4.1% in 2007 to -5.1% in 2009. While putting…
Plateau state topped the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 296 new infections in the country. The NCDC on its official twitter handle, @NCDCgov on Tuesday, stated that Plateau state recorded 183 new cases, bringing the new total number of confirmed cases in the country to 55,456. According to the NCDC, 103 people who have been treated and recovered from the infection were discharged on Tuesday, raising the total number of recoveries to 43,334. The NCDC said that six new fatalities also raised the death toll to 1,067 in the country. It stated that the…
Four people have reportedly been killed in a cult clash in Onueke Ezza South local government area of Ebonyi. The Nation reports that the Commissioner for Internal Security, Border Peace and Conflict Resolution, Stanley Okoro Emegha on Tuesday, inaugurated a local vigilance team to checkmate the activities of cult groups. He called on members of the vigilante group to take their job seriously, adding that the state would not tolerate further cult clashes in the local government area or any other part of the state.
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have issued warning to security agencies over alleged continued detention of its member, Mazi Ofornedu Okoafor. In a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, the group warned that the Enugu State Police Commissioner and other security agents would “pay heavy price” should anything happen to Okoafor while in police detention. IPOB alleged that men of the Enugu Police Command and soldiers had picked Okoafor and his grandfather on August 23rd, 2020 while receiving treatment at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital. “We the global family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) condemn in…
The governor of Benue, Mr Samuel Ortom has confirmed that the most wanted criminal, Terwase Akwaza, alias Gana, was killed by soldiers of Operation Whirl Stroke on the outskirts of Gboko. Disclosing the killing at a news briefing in Makurdi on Tuesday, the governor however told news men that Gana had surrendered to the Amnesty programme and was being escorted to Makurdi, when the troops arrested him at a security check point on the outskirts of Gboko. Ortom, who disclosed to journalists that Gana was in company of the Chairman of Katsina -Ala local government council and some of his…
The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a banker, Ezeagbor Chijioke and two others: Anthony Chidiebere Nneji and Ibenegbu Chukwudi Francis, before Justice Muhammad Muhammad of the Sokoto State High Court, on four -count charges bordering on conspiracy, forgery and obtaining money by false pretences to the tune of N1,000,000.00. A statement by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Dele Oyewale made available to Ashenewsonline on Tuesday, said “trouble for the trio started when the Commission received intelligence against them for alleged conspiracy to defraud one Olajide Adeshina Muhammad Misbahudeen, to the tune of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, re-arraigned Malabu Oil & Gas Limited, Aliyu Abubakar and six others before Justice I.E. Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja A statement by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Dele Oyewale made available to Ashenewsonline said the rearrainment is on 67 amended charges, bordering on money laundering to the tune of $875,740,000. The other six defendants are: A Group Construction Company Limited; Rocky Top Resources Limited; Megatech Engineering Limited; Novel Properties and Development Company Limited, Imperial Union Limited and Carlin International Nigeria Limited. EFCC Counsel, Bala Sanga told the…