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Ghost Firms Received N1.7 Billion From Ex-Niger Governor, Babangida Aliyu, Witness Tells Court Muhammad Ndawuye Nmadu, a witness in the money laundering trial of Aliyu and two others, Tanko Beji and Umar Muhammad Nasko, told Justice Mikail Aliyu of a Minna High Court on Wednesday. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 01, 2021 Three contractors who allegedly collected N1.7 billion for jobs during the Babangida Aliyu administration in Niger State are nowhere to be found. Muhammad Ndawuye Nmadu, a witness in the money laundering trial of Aliyu and two others, Tanko Beji and Umar Muhammad Nasko, told...

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it hopes to overturn the rulings that freed Orji Kalu, current Senate chief whip and Olisa Metuh, former national publicity secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from prison this year. The commission, through its monthly publication entitled ‘EFCC Alert’ listed Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation; Adesola Amosu, former chief of air staff; Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team; Andrew Yakubu, former group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum C...

Advertisement The ex-governor and Umar Nasko, his former chief of staff, were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on eight counts of money laundering before Nnamdi Dimgba, a judge, in 2017. They were accused of diverting N1.9 billion ecological fund which the state received from the federal government in 2014. The case was, however, transferred to Bogoro after the defendants made an application, insisting that the case be transferred to Niger where the offences were alleged to have been committed. Advertisement However, Abdu-Kafarati, the then chief judge of the f...

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, Jan. 18, 2020 The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the resumption of trial in the N1.9 billion money laundering charge against former Governor of Niger, Babangida Aliyu. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, dismissed an administrative directive that okayed the trial of Aliyu, which started in 2017, to start de-novo (fresh). Naija247news reports that the ex-governor is facing an eight count money laundering charge alongside his former Chief of Staff and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Umar Nasko, filed by the...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the resumption of trial in the N1.9 billion money laundering charge against former Governor of Niger, Babangida Aliyu.