22 June 2017, Sweetcrude, Abuja – The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday granted the Economic and Financial Crime Commission,…
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Omokore and his companies are standing trial along with Membere, Victor Briggs, former managing director of Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC; and David Mbanefo, manager, Planning and Commercial of the NNPC. They were re-arraigned on November 21, 2016 on a nine-count amended charge,of criminal diversion of about $1.6 billion alleged to be proceeds of petroleum products belonging to the federal government.
08 June 2017, Sweetcrude, Lagos — Justice A.R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja has issued an interim order…
According to him, the oil marketing companies – Auctus Investment Ltd., Northern Belt Gas and Mid-Western Oil and Gas – along with one Leonor Olaitan, were used by Diezani to lodge $89m out of the $115m in the bank.
Mr. Adoke prayed the court to declare that his involvement in the negotiation between the Nigerian government and Malabu Oil and Gas Limited, Shell, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Agip in the matter of OPL 245 was in “furtherance of the lawful directive/approval of the president in the exercise of his powers.”
19 May 2017, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has told the Federal High Court in Lagos that the reason…
19 May 2017, Abuja – The Federal High Court in Abuja has deferred hearing in a legal action instituted by Malabu…
But at the resumed hearing, Mr. Ubah’s lawyer told the court that “the applicant has not been produced, rather we were served this morning with a notice of preliminary objection and a counter affidavit to the application itself being filed yesterday.”
Andrew Yakubu was arraigned by the EFCC on the 16th March, 2017 before the Federal High Court, Abuja. His arraignment was sequel to a raid which was carried out by the operatives of the commission on his property located at Sabon Tasha area of Kaduna State and which led to the discovery of the sum of $9,772,000 and £74,000 stashed in fire proof safes.
“The extradition procedure can only be ignited by the AGF, who has the exclusive powers to apply to court to extradite a suspect from Nigeria to another country, or activate the mutual assistance of a host country of a suspect to extradite the wanted person back to Nigeria.”
