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Gombe

News

NHRC records 339 rights violation cases in Gombe

He said the cases were on the increase due to sustained enlightenment campaigns on human rights violations in the state.
Iya Abubakar

News

Tinubu greets foremost educationist Iya Abubakar at 90

The educationist and one-time vice chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria was Minister of Defence in the Second Republic.…
MURIC

News

MURIC applauds Navy for accepting Muslim parents’ wish on hijab

MURIC is indeed proud of the professionalism exhibited by the Nigerian Army in general and the Nigerian Navy in particular…
Tinubu

Opinion

A reflection on Daily Trust’s tension with Tinubu

Errors, after all, are the cracked kegs of palm wine through which wisdom occasionally trickles. It is what we do…
Alex Otti

News

Abia Gov Otti inaugurates Cemetery Road

He also said that the government’s infrastructure development agenda had produced greater opportunities for job seekers and entrepreneurs, as well…
INEC

News

Group lauds reps for rejecting of six-year single tenure bill

This decision aligns with the tenets of representative governance by preserving the opportunity for regular accountability through shorter election cycles,…
NDLEA

Metro, News

NDLEA secures conviction of 12 drug peddlers in Kano

Maigatari said the conviction was a significant milestone in the agency’s relentless fight against drug-related offenses under the leadership of…
Obasa

News

Tinubu working to bring smiles to Nigeria – Obasa

Mr. President is busy doing everything possible to put smiles on our faces. Trust me, succour is coming. I urge…
Sunday

News

44-year-old man docked for allegedly beating up his mother

The prosecutor,  Simon Uche, told the court that the defendant committed the offence between January 2020 and November.
officer with Zenith Bank, Maitama Branch, testified as Prosecution Witness Four (PW4) under subpoena. He gave a detailed account of massive cash withdrawals allegedly carried out between 2016 and 2023, using multiple bank instruments and channels. Led in evidence by prosecuting counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, Dada said the records he presented were among seven sets of documents submitted in compliance with a subpoena addressed to the bank’s Managing Director. The subpoena was admitted as Exhibit 20, while related documents covering account holders and corporate entities were admitted as Exhibits 21 through 24C. Among the accounts examined were those belonging to Adamu Jagafa Ishaya, Whales Oil and Gas, Jimeda Properties Nigeria Limited, Alyeshua Solutions, and notably, the Kogi State Government House’s Administration Account. Focusing on the Kogi State Government House’s Administration Account, Pinheiro highlighted a pattern of cash withdrawals that blatantly violated the Central Bank of Nigeria’s, CBN, cashless policy. According to Dada, the CBN had placed cash withdrawal limits at ₦500,000 for individuals and ₦5,000,000 for corporate or government entities during the relevant period. Exceeding these limits attracted surcharges. Dada testified that between January 30 and February 1, 2018, a total of ₦697,267,000 was withdrawn in ₦10 million tranches through cheques issued in the name of one Abdulsalami Hudu. Then, on February 2, 2018, an additional ₦99,573,000 was withdrawn in similar tranches and several other withdrawals totalling N1.09bn within three days The prosecution also revealed that on February 1, 2018, a transfer of ₦3,325,000 was made from the same Kogi Government account to one Ali Bello. Dada further disclosed that this pattern of suspicious transactions continued in subsequent years. On May 6, May 11, and May 19, 2022, the same account received ₦100 million on each date from the Kogi State Statutory Revenue Account. These inflows were immediately followed by multiple cash withdrawals in ₦10 million tranches, primarily by Abdulsalami Hudu and another named beneficiary, Alhassan Omakoji. Referring to pages 395 to 401 of the account statement, the witness confirmed that almost every credit inflow was followed by immediate debits via cheque withdrawals made out to the same individuals, sometimes on the same day. Dada further narrated that on September 7, 2023, the account recorded 11 cash withdrawals of ₦10 million each, far above the ₦5 million limit, attracting a surcharge of ₦500,000 per transaction. This resulted in a total surcharge of ₦4,750,000 for that day alone. In another instance, on January 20, 2018, the account received 10 separate credits from the Kogi State Statutory Account totaling over ₦697 million. These were again followed by a series of ₦10 million withdrawals issued to Hudu and others. On January 31, Hudu alone reportedly collected ₦347,267,000 in 36 separate cash withdrawals. Pinheiro also tendered the account opening documents from pages 2 to 23 of Exhibit 22A, and the bank statement from pages 24 to 413, with the earliest transaction dating back to February 12, 2016. Dada described the six standard columns on the statement, date posted, value date, transaction description, debit, credit, and balance, and explained various transaction types, including NEFT and NIP transfers. Although the defence team, led by J.B. Daudu, SAN, earlier objected to the admissibility of some documents but chose to reserve their arguments till a later date. Justice Emeka Nwite admitted all documents and marked them accordingly. The matter was thereafter adjourned to Friday, June 27, 2025, for cross-examination and continuation of trial.

News, Top Stories

N80bn fraud charge: Court grants Yahaya Bello N500m bail

Justice Nwite ordered that Bello be remanded in the Kuje Correctional Center in Abuja pending the perfection of his bail…
Nicholas Okehone, an Internal Auditor at AISA reveals how $760,910.84 was paid as advance school fees for children of Yahaya Bello

News, Top Stories

Yahaya Bello pleads not guilty to N80bn fraud charge

In her ruling on Bello’s application, the judge said the former Kogi governor was only making an attempt to invoke…
Lagos

News

Lagos signs organ transplantation bills, others into law 

Violation of this law attracts the power to seal premises selling hazardous products and imposes fine of up to N5…
European Union

News

EU to procure solar equipment for five Nigerian states

The five states that have been selected for the project are Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Enugu, Ogun, and Plateau.
.France’s judiciary issues an arrest warrant for ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on suspicion of complicity in war crimes

Features

How Assad’s army collapsed in Syria

In Aleppo, Syrian forces had relied on Hezbollah to provide operational command, an Alawite Syrian army colonel said.
Onyema

News

Air Peace boss commends Tinubu over policy reforms

“Many Nigerians believe that restructuring is dividing the country along regional lines, but what Tinubu is doing is the real…
Rural areas

News

Stakeholders advocate free education in rural areas

Nigeria today is a thoroughly divided society between the very rich and the very poor, and the children of the…
Housing and Urban Development Minister, Ahmed Dangiwa, urges all the occupiers of FG’s lands and houses in Lagos to pay their ground rent

News

FG issues ultimatum to Lagos shoreline developers

According to the minister, developments along the Lagos shoreline must comply with existing laws and regulations to ensure orderliness.
UNESCO

World News

68 journalists killed in 2024 – UNESCO 

As UNESCO continues its efforts to promote press freedom and safeguard journalists, the agency calls on the international community to…
Lagos

News

Lagos signs MoU with commonwealth council for trade, investment

“The partnership with CWEIC is a natural progression in our quest to make Lagos a globally competitive megacity. I would…
Lagos

News

Lagos to get new building code 2025

During the retreat, members of the Lagos State Executive Council brainstormed and advocated aggressive sensitisation for residents of the State…
Lagos

News

Lagos Hospital impacts 1,113 residents with free medical care

“A total of 40 ended up having successful surgeries with the major surgeries being about 70 per cent herniorrhaphies and…
NAPTIP

News

NAPTIP receives 10 rescued human trafficking victims in Kano

Babale added that the rescued victims, aged between 22 and 42, comprised six females and four males, explaining that “they…
Femi Lazarus

News

Femi Lazarus clinches most streamed Nigerian podcast on Spotify

Audiences in Nigeria and South Africa embrace shows about spirituality. Christian Motivation had one of the most shared episodes in…
Oshiomhole

News, Top Stories

I had reservations about my son’s appointment as Edo commissioner – Oshiomhole

I did express my concerns when I heard. I called him and expressed my concerns. I expressed those concerns to…
Bandits

News, Top Stories

Army stops bandit attack, arrests two suspects in Taraba

According to the statement, the suspects are currently in custody and undergoing further investigation to uncover more details about their…
Bello Matawalle

News

Tinubu’s reforms yielding positive results – Matawalle

Matawalle said that these policies, which include the new tax reforms and several key achievements across various sectors were already…
Lagos

News

Lagos plans future with fewer cars on roads

According to him, the current reliance on road transportation, which accounts for 90 per cent of travel in Lagos, is…
ICPC

News

ICPC chairman calls for united action against procurement fraud

Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to building a transparent and accountable public procurement system, essential for Nigeria’s development and the…
DHQ

News

Pack out of Nigeria, Oluyede warns criminals

The COAS urged the soldiers at the front-line to be resilient, disclosing that the Army would employ new strategies to…
Lagos

News

Sanwo-Olu to host town hall on security

The event according to a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, on Wednesday, would be a…
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