The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Friday, March 16, 2018, arraigned Kayode Odukoya , Managing Director, FirstNation Airways before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja on a four-count charge bordering on forgery, use of false information, perjury and stealing to the tune of N1, 741, 994, 962.04 (One Billion, Seven Hundred and Forty- one Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety -four Thousand, Nine Hundred and Sixty -two Naira, Four Kobo).
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, March 15, 2018, gave condition upon which the court would decide whether or not to grant the application by the embattled former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, to travel abroad for medical treatment.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC , Lagos Zonal office, on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Paul Onwughalu, a former Head of Operations, Union Bank Plc, Head Office, Marina, Lagos, before Justice S.S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today arraigned one Ismail Nuhu before Justice Aisha Mahmoud of the Kano State High Court on a four count charge of Criminal Breach of Trust and Issuance of Dud Cheque.
The trial of Olisa Metuh, former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continued on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 with Metuh asking the court for leave to travel to UK for medical treatment.
A video recording detailing how a bag containing $1million was found in a property linked to a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd), was on March 14, 2018 admitted as exhibit against him in a N3.9billion money laundering case.
The deputy governor of Ondo State, Ajayi Alfred Agboola on Wednesday March 15, 2018 called on the National Assembly to resolve whatever issue its has with the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in order to strengthen the fight against corruption.
For the third time, Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman, Innoson Motors Nigeria Limited, on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, failed to appear in court for his arraignment before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
Rickey Tarfa, SAN, on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, failed to open his defence over a bribery allegation before Justice Adedayo Akintoye of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere, Lagos.
Usman Zakari, a witness in the ongoing trial of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Olajumoke Akinjide, on Friday, March 9, 2018, told Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, how Akinjide and others received the sum of N650m in the build-up to the 2015 general election.