Category: Metro

The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Friday, 30 January 2026, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness testifying that deposits from Kogi State local governments were paid into multiple private bank accounts in a structured manner to evade regulatory reporting.

The seventh prosecution witness (PW7), Olomotane Egoro, a compliance officer with Access Bank Plc, told the court that the transactions were deliberately broken into amounts below the reporting threshold to avoid Currency Transaction Reports (CTR) to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).

Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Friday, said Bello is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 19-count charge bordering on money laundering involving the sum of ₦80,246,470,088.88.

The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, continued on Friday, 30 January 2026, before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness testifying that deposits from Kogi State local governments were paid into multiple private bank accounts in a structured manner to evade regulatory reporting.

The seventh prosecution witness (PW7), Olomotane Egoro, a compliance officer with Access Bank Plc, told the court that the transactions were deliberately broken into amounts below the reporting threshold to avoid Currency Transaction Reports (CTR) to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).

Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Friday, said Bello is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 19-count charge bordering on money laundering involving the sum of ₦80,246,470,088.88.

The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Ndubuisi Iheukwumere John before Justice Agbaje Olufunmilola Adetutu of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, over an alleged ₦150 million fraud.

According to the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, in a statement issued on Friday, 30 January 2026, the defendant was arraigned on Monday, 26 January 2026, on a two-count charge bordering on advance fee fraud and obtaining money by false pretence.

One of the charges alleged that Ndubuisi Iheukwumere John conspired with Emmanuel Emifoniye and Salt Adaeze Udoka, both currently at large, in November 2024 in Asaba, Delta State, to commit the offence of obtaining by false pretence, contrary to Section 8(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.

The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Ndubuisi Iheukwumere John before Justice Agbaje Olufunmilola Adetutu of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, over an alleged ₦150 million fraud.

According to the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, in a statement issued on Friday, 30 January 2026, the defendant was arraigned on Monday, 26 January 2026, on a two-count charge bordering on advance fee fraud and obtaining money by false pretence.

One of the charges alleged that Ndubuisi Iheukwumere John conspired with Emmanuel Emifoniye and Salt Adaeze Udoka, both currently at large, in November 2024 in Asaba, Delta State, to commit the offence of obtaining by false pretence, contrary to Section 8(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recorded another operational success with the recovery of firearms and other dangerous weapons following actionable intelligence in Uyo.

On 27 January 2026, at about 3:30 p.m., operatives of the Command, acting on credible information, received reports that suspected members of the Vikings Confraternity were holding a meeting at Ikot Okubo, near a transformer along Abak Road, Uyo.

Upon swift deployment to the location, police operatives stormed the area. The suspects fled on sighting the police, abandoning several dangerous weapons at the scene.