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The Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Kwara State, has announced plans to confer the title of Fellow of the National Labour Institute (FNLI) on the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, in recognition of his achievements in the fight against economic and financial crimes. Explaining the decision to honour the EFCC Chairman, Director-General/CEO of the Institute, Issa Aremu, stated, “In view of your sterling achievements, I am glad to inform you that the management and staff of the Institute have endorsed the conferment of the Fellow of the National…
Businessman and social media influencer Afolabi Michael Kazeem, popularly known as KC Luxury, was brought to the Federal High Court in Lagos in an ambulance while receiving oxygen on Friday, as his lawyer urged the court to grant him bail to enable him to receive specialised medical treatment. At the resumed hearing, a correctional officer informed the court that Kazeem was critically ill and had been hospitalised. The officer told the court that the defendant had been brought to the court premises in an ambulance and proceeded to call the nurse attending to him. A nurse from the Police Hospital,…
The Lagos State High Court last Thursday granted interim preservative orders, including a Mareva injunction, against Vitol S.A., a Switzerland-based energy trading company, and four other shipping companies in favour of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc. The bank accused Vitol of wrongfully releasing cargoes of petroleum products consigned to the order of UBA in the bills of lading. Addressing the court, Bode Olanipekun, SAN, lead counsel for UBA, urged the court to grant the interim preservative orders against Vitol and the other shipping companies. In a ruling on the application, the presiding judge, Justice K. A. Jose, granted three…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, Ikoyi, has secured a court order to freeze an account belonging to Yili Fu Liang Trading Co. Ltd over allegations of conspiracy and stealing. The account is allegedly linked to the transfer of ₦1,065,500,000 from Renmoney Microfinance Bank following a reported electronic banking incident. Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Lagos, granted the order on Friday, October 16, 2026, following an ex parte application by the EFCC in a suit marked FHC/LAG/MISC/1392/2026. The Commission, through its prosecuting counsel, Z.B. Atiku, also sought an order placing six Bank…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, urged Justice Hamza Mu’azu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, to dismiss a no-case submission filed by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, insisting that the evidence presented by the prosecution established a prima facie case requiring him to enter his defence. Emefiele is facing an amended 20-count charge bordering on alleged criminal breach of trust, forgery, abuse of office, conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence. The charges include allegations relating to the withdrawal of $6.23 million and the conferment…
Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court has dismissed a ₦120 million fundamental rights suit instituted by a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, against the Department of State Services (DSS) and three others. In a judgment, Justice Oriji dismissed the suit for lacking merit and substance as constituted by the plaintiff. Justice Oriji also awarded the sum of ₦200,000 as costs to each of the respondents to be paid to them by the former governor. The court held that the letters of invitation by the two federal government agencies to El-Rufai to appear for investigation…
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecution witness on Thursday told the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, that transfers totalling ₦1.425 billion through two companies linked to Abba Adaudu, an associate of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, were payments for foreign exchange transactions. The witness, Jamilu Abdullahi, a forex dealer who testified as the 19th prosecution witness (PW19), gave the evidence during the continuation of Bello’s trial before Justice M. E. Anenih. Abdullahi was led in evidence by Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, who appeared for the prosecution alongside Olukayode Enitan, SAN, and Bolu Agbaje, SAN.…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Judicial Institute (NJI) have called for legal and procedural reforms to curb delays and abuse of court processes in the trial of corruption and other economic and financial crimes cases. The call is contained in a communiqué issued by participants at the end of the 8th Capacity Building Workshop for Justices and Judges, held in Abuja from October 13 to 15, 2026. The workshop was organised by the EFCC in collaboration with the NJI under the theme, “Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Financial Crimes in a Digital Age.” It…
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has fixed November 9, 10 and 13 for the definite hearing of a ₦15 billion defamation suit instituted by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Hakeem Gbajabiamila, against Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew. The dates were fixed on Thursday by Justice Samira Bature following a disagreement between counsel over the defendant’s failure to file his defence within the prescribed period. At the resumed proceedings in suit No. FCT/HC/CV/3179/2026, counsel to the defendant, M.P. Usman, informed the court that he had filed a memorandum of appearance on Wednesday, October 14,…
Businessman Afolabi Michael Kazeem, popularly known as KC Luxury, has challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in Lagos to issue an interim order preserving his properties, arguing that the proceedings leading to the order violated his constitutional right to fair hearing. Kazeem, who is standing trial alongside two others over an alleged 184.5kg cocaine trafficking operation and money laundering, is asking the court to strike out the proceedings for want of jurisdiction, vacate its September 25, 2026, order preserving his properties and direct their immediate release. At Wednesday’s proceedings, his counsel, Chief Emefo Etudo, told Justice Musa Kakaki…