Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Obinna Okeke (Lagos State Correspondent, in Ikeja)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, October 19, 2026, presented its First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Arnold Mozia, in the trial of one Joseph Igbeka over an alleged obtaining by false pretence and stealing to the tune of $200,000 before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja.
By Yetunde Beecroft (Lagos Island Correspondent, in Ikeja)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, Ikoyi, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, arraigned one Abraham Idowu Abiara before Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja for alleged $626,282 (Six Hundred and Twenty Six Thousand, Two Hundred and Eighty Two United States Dollars) fraud.
By Yetunde Beecroft (Lagos Island Correspondent, in Ikeja)
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ikoyi, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, arraigned a Sierra Leonean, Favour Foday Kamara, for an alleged $190,324 fraud before Justice O. A. Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
Two prosecution witnesses in the ongoing trial of the founder/CEO of the Afriq Arbitrage System Limited, AAS, Jesam Michael Ubi, testified against him on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at the Federal High Court, Abuja presided over by Justice Obiora Egwuatu.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The ongoing trial of Ojobo Joshua and Aliyu Hashim who impersonated the Personal Assistant to the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, continued on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Apo, Abuja, with the Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, Tanko Abubakar, narrating how the defendants were arrested over an alleged $700,000 (Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) fraud.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has told the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that transactions amounting to ₦1.425 billion were carried out for the purchase of foreign currencies between December 15 and February 21, 2022.
