₦airaland Forum

jimi4us:
They've started again,this is how Buhari destroyed the naira, this old basstardd is about to do the same mistake

fwallex4truth:
Their appearance speaks volumes

Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has criticised the British government for abstaining from a United Nations vote on slavery reparations, questioning the decision and warning against any move that could see UK taxpayers bear the cost.

Racoon:
Another big crook have been left off the hook. So much uselessness of state institutions in Nigeria. Nothing new! She must have connection to some top shots in the already corrupt judiciary

bocoseth90:
wow unbelievable
With all this companies, you guys deserve all the caps indeed

who the man represent sef for him business to boom pass 200 billion?
kick back from abacha loot fees. the fees were exaggerated.
even at one point, e seized the whistleblower fees

LoneSoldier:
It’s a battle of figures. EFCC is saying the math doesn't add up, how does ₦15bn in reported earnings buy ₦213bn worth of properties? They are looking at the ₦5.9bn Maitama duplex and the Meethaq Hotels as evidence of money laundering. On the other hand, Malami’s lawyers are arguing that the valuations are 'exaggerated' and that his businesses were already booming before 2015. The real question is whether he can prove the source of funds for the ₦200bn gap. That’s why the court ordered the Interim Forfeiture, it’s like the court is saying, 'Hold on, let’s see the receipts first.'

harsysky:
I honestly do not hate muslims. In the video, you could clearly see that it pained the man cos his fellow muslims labelled him a monkey and the wife , a disgrace. If it were non-muslims, he would have found a quote to say how disgraceful they are. My take is this: before religion, we all are humans. You can never see this kinda man bringing out quotes from Quran to warn some fanatics about the killings; infact, he would rather remain silent on that.

Most times God has a way to make us understand that people use religion to cover all sort of things in their dark hearts. They operate with envy, pride, wickedness, back-biting etc.

Now he will understand that those ones are whatever they are by mouth and not in reality

After spending about a month and five days in custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai would on Tuesday be formally arraigned in Kaduna courts for various offences ranging from money laundering to abuse of office.

The arraignment follows the filing of charges against the former governor and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) both at the Kaduna division of the Federal High Court and a High Court of Kaduna State. el-Rufai has been in custody of the ICPC since his arrest on February 18, shortly after he was released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-corruption agency had on February 19, obtained an order of a Bwari magistrate court to detain el-Rufai for two weeks for the purpose of investigation. The order was subsequently extended on March 5, for another two weeks.

However, before the expiration of the remand order, the commission on March 18, filed charges against the former governor, following which he would be arraigned on March 24. According to the Head, Media and Public Communications, ICPC, John Odey, the former governor would be arraigned alongside one Joel Adoga at the Federal High Court of Nigeria in the Kaduna Judicial Division on Tuesday,
March 24, 2026.

“The suit with number FHC/KD/73/2026 has charges ranging from conversion of and possession of public property, to money laundering”, Odey disclosed in a statement issued to journalists on Monday.

He added that el-Rufai in another charge, number KDH/KAD/ICPC/01/26, would be arraigned alongside one Amadu Sule (LEDA), before a Kaduna State High Court in the Kaduna Judicial Division.

[b]“The charges in the State High Court case range from abuse of office, fraud, and intent to commit fraud to conferring undue advantage, among others.

“Both charges were filed by the ICPC on March 18, 2026.

“The date of arraignment in the State High Court will be communicated at the appropriate time as determined by the Court.

“The ICPC wishes to inform the public that Mallam Nasir El-Rufa’i has been duly served.

“The ICPC restates its commitment to adhering fully to due process and the rule of law at all times”, the statement added.

Recall that Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of a Federal High Court in Abuja, had recently granted permission to ICPC to access and analyse data from electronics devises it recently recovered from the Abuja residence of the former governor of Kaduna State.

The judge gave the permission while delivering ruling in an ex-parte application filed and moved by the commission’s lawyer, Osuobeni Akponimisingha. The anti-corruption agency claimed it needed to access the devices for the purposes of inspection, forensic examination, and forensic extraction of data in furtherance of its ongoing investigation of the ex-governor.

The devices included a Sony HD-EGS storage device, a ITB Transcend storage device, Toshiba storage device, Samsung mobile phone, Nokia mobile phone – N958GB, Blackberry mobile phone device and a Google IDEOS phone. Others are Samsung storage device-SPO802N, Remarkable tablet, Apple MacBook Pro – black, Seagate Freeagent desk external drive, ZTE mobile phone, 10 pieces of flash drives and Microcell memory card.

Justice Abdulmalik had in the ruling, ordered the inspection, forensic examination, forensic extraction of data, i.e., public documents, WhatsApp conversations, text messages, pictures, call logs and related information and analyse same forensically or otherwise from the said electronic devices which were seized in the course of investigation for purpose of investigation activity. The ICPC had last month following a search order entered the Abuja residence of El-Rufai and obtained the said electronic devices among other documents, in the presence of his wife and son.

Meanwhile, the Department of State Service (DSS), had already charged the former governor to court for allegedly wiretapping the phone lines of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. His arraignment before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court has been delayed by his investigation by the ICPC.

But, el-Rufai who has continued to maintain his innocence in all the allegations has been insisting that his trial was politically motivated.

truthhurtsnaira:
OMOTOSHO again…


This old Nigger is really trying to cash out for his kiddos LOL

samuelanj:
Nah Nigeria we dey nah.
Where laws and orders are turned up side down in favor of those that have connection.
Person wey carry 80b dey walk freely while person wey pick just 800m don bag 72years in jail.
Just imagine the injustice

muchex:
My advice to Nwabuoku is to go and join Apc, all his sins will be forgiven. Go and ask orji uzo kalu, useless judges, useless party.

MichaelTokunboh:
What about the Ahmed Idris case?
Allegedly stole ₦80bn, yet walking free, even married a 16 year old secondary school girl some years back.
A tale of two different parts of the same country!

ChristCee:
What lesson? This is rather an encouragement to steal more. The guy is sentenced to 8 years imprisonment on nine (9)counts which makes a total of 72 years. However, the ruling also said the terms will run concurrently which means he will only serve a total of eight years in prison.

Now this is Nigeria and influential prisoners are often released widway through their terms on grounds of good behaviour and show of remorse. The guy will be out within 4 to five years. Even though he'd be in the VIP lodge of the prison through those terms, that's if he should even be held within the walls of any correctional center to start with.

Now imagine an offer to stay 5 years in a VIP prison for a reward of almost a billion Naira? and that's even if you got caught stealing public funds to start with.

In China, we know what they do to corrupt public officials

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, convicted and sentenced Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, former acting Accountant-General of the Federation (AGoF), to a 72-year jail term without an option of fine.

Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had been able to prove the nine-count money laundering charge beyond reasonable doubt.

According to the judge, the defendant is hereby convicted as charged.

Jutsice Omotosho convicted Nwabuoku in all the nine counts and sentenced him to eight years imprisonment in each of the counts, making 72 years.

The judge, however, ordered that the counts shall run concurrently.

Justice Omotosho, who described Nwabuoku’s act of diverting funds meant for security and defence while he served as Director of Finance and Account in the Ministry of Defence as “appalling,” commended the EFCC for being detailed in its prosecution.

The judge observed that the evidence of the 9th prosecution witness that Nwabuoku voluntarily refunded part of the siphoned money of over N200 million during investigation was not controverted by the defence.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nwabuoku was admitted to a N500 million bail with two sureties in the like sum after he was arraigned on Jan. 15, 2025, on a nine-count amended charge.

The EFCC listed Mr Nwabuoku as the sole defendant in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/240/2024.

Nwabuoku was alleged to have perpetrated the act while serving as the Director of Finance and Accounts in the Ministry of Defence between 2019 and 2021.(NAN)

Ekpeitut:
This is embarrassingly low for a government. A dairy factory? Seriously?

Ordinary Nigerians, our own people are out here building world-class refineries and real industries despite the odds. Meanwhile, this government is celebrating an MOU like it’s some groundbreaking achievement. It’s just optics, nothing more.

Honestly, it’s disappointing. This kind of mediocrity is exactly why the country’s reputation keeps taking hits. Instead of chasing headlines, fix electricity, fix infrastructure, create an enabling environment and watch Nigerians build far bigger and better things on their own.