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The security aides of the first lady were later arrested and detained by the police. Believed to be one of the wealthiest young men in Nigeria, Yusuf until his appointment by President Buhari, was said to be surviving on proceeds from the sale of call cards in his native Daura, a small community in Katsina State in the northern part of the country where Buhari hails from. During Buharis 77th birthday in December 2019, Yusuf is said to have worn a Patek Phillipe leather wristwatch valued at $99,...

  The trial of a former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina continued in Abuja on Monday. At the resumed trial, the judge, Justice Okon Abang ordered the embattled former pension boss to open his defence on January 26, 2021. Maina’s lawyer, Anayo Adibe had earlier asked for an adjournment on the ground that he is unable to proceed with his no-case submission due to his inability to access the certified true copy of the court’s record of proceedings. The app...

Views: Visits 25 The trial of a former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina continued in Abuja on Monday. At the resumed trial, the judge, Justice Okon Abang ordered the embattled former pension boss to open his defence on January 26, 2021. Maina’s lawyer, Anayo Adibe had earlier asked for an adjournment on the ground that he is unable to proceed with his no-case submission due to his inability to access the certified true copy of the court’s record ...

Maina’s counsel, Anayo Adibe had earlier applied for leave to bring a no case submission challenging the trial before the court. But Justice Abang foreclosed his right to make the application. According to the judge, having jumped bail in the course of the trial, Maina caused the court to rule that his trial would proceed in his absence, adding that the order was not challenged. Maina was on October 25, 2019 arraigned on 12-count charges alongside his son, Faisal on three-count charges border...

TODAY December 21, 2020 A federal court has foreclosed the right of Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Defunct Pension Reform Task Team, to present a no-case submission. Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered Mr Maina to begin his trial in January. Mr Maina had on Monday asked the court to dismiss the suit and declare that he has no case to answer. Last Thursday, during the hearing of his no case submission, Mr Maina collapsed inside the courtroom ...

Share More troubles for the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Force, Abdulrasheed Maina, as the Federal High Court in Abuja has foreclosed his right to file a no-case submission in the N2 billion fraud case preferred against him by the Federal Government. Maina had through his counsel, Anayo Adibe, informed the court of his intention to file a no-case submission in the 12-count fraud charge slammed against him by the Federal Government. According to him, the Economic and Financ...

Nigerian Government’s Too Many Judicial Panels Lack Tangible Results – Experts The experts said the panels which are supposed to bring public office holders to account should be more transparent to the Nigerian public. by SaharaReporters, New York Dec 21, 2020 Political and legal experts have expressed worry over the Federal Government’s several investigative panels without tangible results brought back to the public. The experts said the panels which are supposed to bring public office h...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 16 December 2020 The Chairman of defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who reportedly collapsed in the court of Justice Okon Abang the other day, provides a good reason for the gang of Nigerian governors to resist the temptation of dipping their sticky fingers into the pension funds of poor Nigerian workers. Maina was recently arrested in Niger Republic by a joint team of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Niger Republic’s inte...

Onikepo Braithwaite Wth THE ADVOCATE       Onikepo.Braithwaite@thisdaylive.com The two matters which have been of great interest to Nigerians in the last couple of weeks are the President’s invitation to the National Assembly (NASS) to address members on the insecurity that has pervaded our nation, and Abdulrasheed Maina’s jumping bail and extradition back home. The President’s Invitation to NASS I have listened to various arguments on this matter; and with all due respect; it is m...

In QuickRead this week, we take a shot at the critical statements credited to Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, and Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Audu Ogbeh. Both personalities raised grave concerns about the direction of the country, and their commentaries are top of our picks. Soyinka’s worries revolve around gaps in the country’s leadership while Ogbeh’s tears draw from the crash of northern communities under the weight of insecurity. Three other attention-grabbing ...