A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, granted an order for the interim forfeiture of properties valued at N11.14 billion linked to a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele. LeadersNG gathered that Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke issued the order following a motion ex parte filed and argued by a Senior Advocate of…
The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, ordered the interim forfeiture of $1,426,175.14 linked to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Ayokunle Faji directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to publish the interim forfeiture order in a national newspaper. The judge said anyone interested in the funds must…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, arraigned the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, for alleged unlawful redesign and printing of the new naira notes. Emefiele was arraigned before Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court. In the charge marked CR/264/2024, the EFCC alleged that Emefiele…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will arraign a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele on Wednesday for naira swap fraud. The EFCC is accusing Emefiele of approving the printing of N684.5million at the rate of N18.96billion. It was gathered that the arraignment was originally scheduled for April 30, 2024,…
Ex-Governor Emefiele Didn’t Award Any Contract Without Bribes A former Director of Information Technology of the Central Bank of Nigeria, John Ayoh, has accused former governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele of always collecting bribes before he awarded any contracts during his tenure. Ayoh, who is the second prosecution witness in a trial before…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed a fresh charge at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory against the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. EFCC in the charge accused Emefiele of approving the printing of N684,590,000 at the rate of N18.96 billion. In the charge sheets…
The embattled former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has been granted bail in the sum of N50m after being charged with a 26-count bordering on alleged abuse of office and irregular allocation of $4.5 billion and N2.8 billionrespectively. Emefiele was admitted to bail with two sureties in like sum by Justice Rahmon Oshodi on Friday.
In response to public inquiries regarding the arraignment of former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released details of the charges against him. In response to public inquiries regarding the arraignment of former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released details…
A Seventh Prosecution Witness, PW7, in the trial of a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele on Monday, March 11, 2024 told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, how Emefiele allegedly signed and approved award and payments of contracts to April 1616 Investment Limited and…
Immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday exonerated himself and former President Muhammadu Buhari from the alleged fraudulent payment of $6.2 million to foreign election monitoring observers. He said that the letter credited to Buhari as author did not emanate from the Presidency while another one purported to…
