NiIGERIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHT BEGINS IN THE CLASSROOM, NOT COURTROOM...... ICPC Chairman
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
Nigeria cannot win the war against corruption through arrests and prosecutions alone.
Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts
Alleged $4.5 Billion Fraud: COURT RESERVES RULING ON ADMISSIBILITY OF EMEFIELE'S STATEMENTS TILL JULY 9
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, June 26, 2026, adjourned proceedings in the alleged $4.5 billion fraud trial involving a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, and his co-defendant, Henry Omoile, till July 9, 2026, for a ruling on the admissibility of extra-judicial statements allegedly made by Emefiele.
Alleged N2 Billion Fraud: DANJUMA MOHAMMED'S ABSENCE STALLS PROCEEDINGS
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The absence of the National Coordinator of Multi-Sectional Crisis Recovery Projects, MCRP, North East Development Commission, NEDC, Danjuma Mohammed on Thursday, June 25, 2026 stalled his trial before Justice K. N. Ogbonnaya of the Federal Capital Territory, High Court, Zuba, Abuja.
Alleged N76 Billion, $31.5 Million Fraud: DISMANTLING OF ARIK AIRCRAFT WAS ILLEGAL, WITNESS INSISTS
By Cassidy Njoku (Lagos State Correspondent, in Ikeja)
The fourth prosecution witness, PW4, Bawa Usman Kaltungo, in the alleged N76bn and $31.5m fraud case involving former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, and others, on Thursday, June 25, 2026, told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, that the dismantling of an Arik Air aircraft identified as 5N-JEA, with serial number 15058 and valued at $31.5 million, was unlawful.
Alleged N2.2 Billion Fraud: NGIGE'S MINISTRY TOOK OVER NSITF’S PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT'S FUNCTIONS......Witnesses
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The trial of the former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, continued on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, before Justice M.A. Hassan of the Federal Capital Territory, High Court, Gwarinpa, Abuja with two prosecution witnesses affirming that the defendant transferred the functions of the procurement department of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund NSITF to his ministry.
Alleged N761.6 Million Fraud: COURT ADJOURNS RULING ON DEFENCE APPLICATION IN NADABO ENERGY CASE
By Cassidy Njoku (Lagos State Correspondent, in Ikeja)
Justice S. S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, June 25, 2026, adjourned proceedings in the ongoing trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and Nadabo Energy Limited for a ruling on a motion challenging an amended charge filed by the prosecution.
