FORMER minister of special duties and inter-governmental affairs Alhaji Kabiru Turaki has been discharged by an Abuja federal high court and acquitted of money laundering after the judge ruled that the prosecution could not establish a prima facie case against him.
Alhaji Turaki who served between 2013 and 2015, is the first...
FORMER Imo State governor Senator Rochas Okorocha could see corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) dismissed because of the agency's failure to serve him with a court summons.
Senator Okorocha who governed Imo State between 2011 and 2019, is facing a N2.9bn ($6.9m) money...
GOVERNOR David Umahi's attempt to get his recent dismissal from office overturned suffered a major setback today when a federal high court in Abuja struck out a motion he filed seeking to nullify his removal.
On March 8, Justice Inyang Ekwo had in a judgment ordered Governor Umahi, his deputy Kelechi Igwe, and 16 lawmakers...
MEMBER of the Federal House of Representatives representing Afikpo North/Afikpo South constituency Hon Iduma Igariwey is getting set to move into Ebonyi State government house after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) sent his name to Nigeria's electoral commission.
Yesterday, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his...
GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his deputy Eric Igwe have been sacked by an Abuja court after a judge ruled that their defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) despite while elected in the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was illegal.
Originally elected in 2015, Governor Umahi and Dr Igwe were...
ASSISTANT Police Commissioner Abba Kyari has dragged the federal government to court seeking bail from National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) custody on the grounds of ill health claiming he is diabetic.
On Monday February 14, Mr Kyari, who headed the Nigeria Police Force's Intelligence Response Team (IRT), was...
FORMER Abia State governor Senator Orji Uzor Kalu appears to have got away with his N7bn money laundering charge after a federal high court barred the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from retrying him over the matter.
Between 1999 and 2007, Senator Kalu served as the Abia State governor and on December 5...
FORMER Abia State governor Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has had its hearing for defrauding the government reset for June 7 after an Abuja high court rejected his motion that the matter be adjourned indefinitely when he appeared today.
Between 1999 and 2007, Senator Kalu served as the Abia State governor and it is his actions while...
CAMPAIGN groups the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (Serap) and the Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre have won a court ruling compelling the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reveal details of Covid-19 donations.
When Nigeria went into lockdown in March, the federal government tasked...
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