By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The Abia State High Court 2 sitting in Umuahia and presided over by Honourable Justice C. C. T. Adiele, has ruled that Mr. Ikechukwu Onuh, Managing Director of Consolidated Business Network Limited and his company, Consolidated Business Network Limited, should refund the Government of Abia State, the sum of Five Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N550,000,000), being proceed of fraudulent activities.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The Conference of Northern States Civil Society Network, (CNSCSN), on Thursday, March 3, 2022, sought collaboration and partnership with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in fighting economic and financial crimes, including enhancing compliance of civil society organizations with regulations of the Special Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML).

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

Justice Nmamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on March 2, 2022, reserved judgment in the case of alleged criminal diversion of N66million against a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar (rtd) till March 17, 2022.

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

The ongoing trial of one Stanley Okafor and Larbrador Shipping Services Limited before Justice O.A. Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for an alleged $111,500,000 fraud continued on March 3, 2022 with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), presenting its third witness.

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

The ongoing trial of four staff of Fidelity Bank, Olusegun Babasola, Abisola Ahmed, Uchechukwu Uma, Jude Aphaeus, and a non-staff of the bank, Omidiji Joseph, for an alleged N874 million fraud before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos continued on March 3, 2022 with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC presenting its third witness and tendering more exhibit against the defendants, including a DVD of the bank’s CCTV footage.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The trial of Peter Hena, former Coordinating Director of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), and eight other officers of the Agency before Justice Toyin Bolaji Adegoke of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, could not go on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, as scheduled.

By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)

The ongoing trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, for an alleged N1.4billion fraud, before Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos was, again, stalled on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, as the counsel for the defendant, E.O. Isiramen, told the Court that the defence was not ready to continue with the cross-examination of the fifth prosecution witness, PW5, Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, urged Justice D. U. Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to issue a warrant of arrest against Giovanni Beccarelli, Valentina Fontoli and Dimitri Duca, directors and shareholders of Marqott Nigeria Limited, who are currently at large.

By Madina Sambo (Kano State Correspondent)

Justice J.E Inyang of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano, today, March 1, 2022 temporarily moved proceedings to the premises of the Kano Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as part of locus in quo to view some physical exhibits in the case involving one ex-banker, Rabiu Dawaki, who is being prosecuted by the Commission on money laundering charges.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The High Court of Niger State, in Minna, was told how a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojeriende, allegedly diverted a huge sum of N341.9 million from the National Examination Council (NECO) to set up a personal printing press, school and buildings.

By Bitrus Pam (Kaduna State Correspondent)

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Yohanna Adamu before Justice P.H Mallong of the Federal High Court, Kaduna on a one count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretences.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

A High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, presided over by Justice M. AbdulGarfa has sentenced Alhassan Yahaya Bagudu, a former Chairman of Kaiama Local Government Area of the state to one-year imprisonment for making false statement to an investigator.