Dasuki Loses Bid to Consolidate Charges

Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the FCT High Court sitring in Maitama, Abuja today dismissed the application by Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) , former National Security Adviser , NSA, seeking to consolidate the two separate charges preferred against him by the EFCC.

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N1.162bn Fraud: Judge Adjourns Dariye’s Case to March 2

Joshua Dariye

Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Gudu, has fixed March 2, 2017 for further proceedings in the trial of Joshua Dariye, a former governor of Plateau State. He is facing a N1.162 billion fraud charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, Justice U.I. Bello had on January 23, 2017 thrown out Dariye’s letter seeking for transfer of his case to another judge, and ordered him to go and continue with the trial as his allegation of “manifest and undisguised bias” was baseless and unfounded.

The said letter dated December 13, 2016 had stalled the last sitting of January 18, 2017 prompting the trial judge to adjourn to February 15, 2017 pending the instruction of the CJ. Pwul had also brought before the court two motions, one which was dated December 6, 2016 asking for the “recall of some prosecution witnesses”, and the other dated December 13, 2016 asking the judge to disqualify his lordship from presiding over the case.

Arrest And Detention Of Blogger @Abusidiqu By EFCC Is Troubling - Inibehe Effiong

Information reaching the Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (COHRD) has it that a popular Nigerian blogger and political commentator, Mr Abubakar Sidiqu Usman, also known as Abusidiqu, was arrested on the early hours of Monday 8th August, 2016 by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) purportedly over a recent critical report he published against the Chairman of the Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu.

We understand that a team of stern looking and heavily armed operatives of the Commission led by one Sambo M. Mangana stormed the private residence of the blogger in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja with a search warrant and whisked him away in a commando style after they had ransacked his house, without disclosing the reason for the search and arrest.

Though details of the arrest is yet to be made the public by the EFCC, it is worrisome and extremely troubling that the commission will arrest a citizen of Nigeria in a manner reminiscent of the dark days of military dictatorship.

N5.9Million Bribe : AVM Alkali Manu granted N50 million Bail, Fintiri Granted N500 Million bail

AVM Alkali Manu

Justice S. Garba of the FCT High Court today granted bail in the sum of N50million to a former Air Officer Commanding Training and a member of the Committee for Procurement of the Ministry of Defence, AVM Alkali Manu who is being prosecuted by the EFCC over N5.9 Million bribe from contractors with the Nigerian Airforce. Other bail condition include one surety in like sum.

PHOTONEWS: Air Vice Marshal Rufus A. Ojuawo In Court With Full Airforce Regalia, EFCC Docks Him For N40m Bribe

Air Vice Marshal Rufus A. Ojuawo

Air Vice Marshal Rufus A. Ojuawo, a serving officer of the Nigerian Airforce, who is being prosecuted by the EFCC at the FCT High Court, Apo Abuja for fraud. 

He came to court in his full Airforce regalia. 

Indeed, with EFCC, nobody is above the law. 

Therefore, in line with its relentless efforts to bringing corrupt public officers to book, the EFCC, on June 23, 2016, arraigned Air Vice Marshal Rufus. A. Ojuawu, a former Director of Operations, Nigerian Air Force, NAF, before Justice M. B. Idris of the Federal Capital Territory( FCT) High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja on a two-count charge bordering on bribery to the tune of N40, 000,000.00( Forty Million Naira). 

Abuja; Garki Market On Fire, Over 20 Shops Razed

Early morning fire has destroyed property worth millions of naira at  the Garki model market in Abuja,the FCT.  
READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/63156.htmlChairman of the market’s union, Prince Edozie Ugwu, said his secretary phoned him on Thursday morning to intimate him of the incident. He said 20 shops in Block 6 of the informal section of the market which accomodates mostly foodstuff and frozen items were consumed by the fire.