The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh 26-count charge bordering on abuse of office and corruption against former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. He will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday on counts bordering on accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption, …

A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Agboro Omowera, on Monday, told a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama that 10 officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), including the former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, minuted on the documents for the award of multi-million contracts to April 1616 and Architekon Nigeria Limited. The EFCC accused …

The trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele continued on Thursday before Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja as a forensic analyst confirmed that the documents used to request the payment of $6.2 million for foreign election observers were forged. The witness, Bamaiyi Meriga, called by the Economic and …

So at plenary in the Senate last week, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio rushed naked out of the bathtub. He raised his hand up. In the Presidency’s search for scapegoat, Akpabio suddenly became Archimedes. Last week, he came forward to shout Eureka! He had found the No. 1 Nigerian enemy! Ancient Greek scholar, Archimedes, was the author of a find similar …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Mrs. Margaret Emefiele, wife of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and three others, wanted for money laundering. Mrs. Emefiele, Mr. Eric Odoh, Anita Omoile and her husband, Jonathan Omoile, were declared wanted on Friday night for allegedly conspiring with the former CBN Governor …

The Federal Government has for the third time amended the criminal charges it filed against the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. In the latest amended charge taken before Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja on Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused Emefiele of impersonating the …

The Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted the request of a former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to travel out of Abuja. Emefiele, through his lawyer, Mr. Mathew Bukka had requested for a variation of the terms in his bail conditions. Last 22nd November, Justice Hamza Muazu of the FCT High Court granted Emefiele …

Embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied a report by Central Bank of Nigeria’s private investigator, Jim Obazee, that he lodged £543, 482,213 in fixed deposits in UK banks alone without authorisation among other allegations. Emefiele made this known Sunday night in a statement entitled, “Re: Emefiele, others stole billions, illegally kept Nigeria’s funds in …

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, Abuja has ordered the remand of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, in Kuje Correctional Facility pending ruling on his bail application. Justice Hamza Muazu issued the order yesterday following Emefiele’s arraignment and his plea of not guilty to a six-count amended charge filed …

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has struck out two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits by two siblings of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Department of State Services (DSS). The two brothers, George Emefiele and Okanta Emefiele, had separately approached the court, seeking …