Tag: #AbujaHighCourt
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MALAMI, WIFE, SON REMANDED OVER N8.7BN MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES
Ex-AGF Abubakar Malami and family back in custody as EFCC case kicks off afresh. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered Abubakar Malami, his wife Asabe Bashir, and son Abdulaziz to be remanded in correctional centres pending the hearing of their bail applications in an alleged N8.7 billion money laundering case. Malami and…
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OZEKHOME, PONFA USENI GRANTED N10M BAIL IN LONDON PROPERTY FRAUD CASE
High Court twists the plot in Abuja as legal heavyweights walk out on bail. An Abuja High Court on Friday admitted Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and Ponfa Useni to bail of N10 million each over allegations of forging documents to claim a London property. The case, filed by the Office of the Attorney General of the…
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BAUCHI FINANCE COMMISSIONER REMANDED IN EFCC CUSTODY OVER ALLEGED N4.6 BILLION LAUNDERING SCAM
A Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the remand of Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, on Tuesday pending a bail ruling after he and Ayab Agro Products and Freight Company Ltd pleaded not guilty to a six-count money laundering charge involving N4.65 billion in diverted Polaris Bank funds meant for motorcycle supplies to…
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SENATOR NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN’S DEFAMATION TRIAL HEARING ADJOURNED TO DECEMBER 1
The Abuja High Court presided by Justice Chizoba Oji on Monday adjourned the hearing of the preliminary objection filed by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan challenging the powers of the Attorney-General of the Federation to prosecute her. The senator faces a three-count charge of criminal defamation concerning alleged harmful imputations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former…
