By Aluta News Feb. 26, 2024 The Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Frederick Nwajagu, charged with terrorism on Monday said he did not know there was a law prohibiting a person from mentioning the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Nigeria. Nwajagu said this while giving evidence before aContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 3, 2024 The start date for former U.S. president Donald Trump’s trial for attempted election fraud has been pushed back. The court in the capital Washington announced on Friday that the start of the trial, originally scheduled for March 4, would be postponed due to unresolvedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 23, 2024 Mr Hamma-Adama Bello, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s witness, has told a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja how Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, immediate-past Head of Service (HoS), used her companies to launder government’s funds while in service. Bello, a Chief Superintendent of EFCCContinue Reading
By Aluta News Nov. 28, 2023 The trial of suspended fCentral Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele on Tuesday began in an FCT high court, with the EFCC calling three witnesses. The EFCC charged Emefiele with six counts bordering on alleged breach of procurement procedure in the award ofContinue Reading
By Aluta News Nov. 14, 2023 The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has taken over a N5 billion fraud case filed by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, and others in compliance with a court order. David Kaswe, the ChiefContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 17, 2023 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, rescheduled the trial of Sen. Stella Oduah, a Chinese construction giant, CCECC, and others on alleged N5 billion fraud charges for Nov. 14. The matter, which was on number three on the cause list could not beContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 20, 2023 The trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, charged with forgery of medical report before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, was on Monday stalled due to his absence. Fani-Kayode is standing trial on a 12-count charge bordering on use of false documents,Continue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 25, 2023 The trial of Mr Muhammed Kuchazi, a Commercial Director of the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd, was on Wednesday, stalled at a Federal High Court, Abuja because his lawyer, Mr Eric Ifere, was indisposed. Mr Bala Sanga, counsel to the Economic and Financial CrimesContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 5, 2022 London’s Old Bailey Court on Wednesday said Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, who threatened to kill late Queen Elizabeth at her Windsor Castle home in 2021, would go on trial in 2023. Chail was charged under Britain’s Treason Act. He was accused of threatening toContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 21, 2022 An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday ordered the continuation of the the trial of the media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), charged with alleged six billion Naira laundering, in absence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Mojisola Dada adjourned untilContinue Reading
