An Ikeja Special Offences Court has dismissed the plea application filed by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, challenging its jurisdiction to hear the $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud case brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Delivering the ruling on Wednesday, Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the court had jurisdiction over counts …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it would continue with the alleged N70 billion corruption case against the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, during his tenure as the Governor of Zamfara State from 2019 to 2023. Addressing protesters under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Akida Forum, who were at the …

Donald Trump was thrown a huge lifeline Monday when an appeals court slashed what could have been a crippling demand for a nearly half-billion-dollar bond payment and also gave him 10 more days to pay. The Republican presidential candidate got the unexpectedly positive news about his New York civil fraud case while he was sitting in court for another case …