A witness in the ongoing trial of former Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, told the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Thursday that N1bn from the Universal Basic Education Commission Matching Grant was diverted to pay workers’ salaries and pensions in 2015—and was never repaid. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting the former governor on …

A witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Chinedu Eneanya, on Thursday told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja that former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disregarded the naira redesign approved by ex-President Muhammadu Buhari and implemented his own version. Eneanya, an EFCC investigator who testified as Principal Witness 7, stated that Buhari had approved …

A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alleged that Saleh Mamman, the former minister of power, paid him N200 million for a property in Abuja. In 2024, the EFCC arraigned Mamman on a 12-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering and conspiracy with officials at the ministry and some private companies to “indirectly convert” N33.8 billion …

A retired director in the Procurement Department, Ministry of Aviation, Musa Odiniyan on Monday told the Federal Capital Territory High Court that Al Buraq Global Investment was not qualified for the contract awarded for the repairs of Katsina Airport by the Ministry under Hadi Sirika’s leadership. Odiniyan is the fifth prosecuting witness in the trial of the former Minister of …

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, Abuja, yesterday heard how former Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika approved contracts to a company, Al Buraq Global Investment Limited in which his daughter, Fatima, and son-in-law, Jalal Sule Hamma, have interests. A former Director of Procurement in the ministry, Musa Odiniyan, said this while testifying as the fifth prosecution …