Godwin Emefiele
20 Dec
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured a final forfeiture of a warehouse traced to a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. Top sources close to The Guardian disclosed that Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered the forfeiture on Thursday, December 19,…
13 Dec
Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has fixed January 7, 2025, to rule on an application filed by the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, challenging the court’s jurisdiction over his case.
29 Nov
John Adetola, the executive assistant to the embattled former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has told a Lagos Special Offences court sitting in Ikeja that he handed over $400,000 to Emefiele
28 Oct
A dispatch rider, Mr. Monday Osazuwa, the first prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, told the court on Monday that he kept no record of monies collected for the ex-CBN governor. Osazuwa made the disclosure before a Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja…
15 Oct
The Federal High Court, Lagos will on November 1, 2024 rule on the application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for final forfeiture of the $2.045 million, seven choice landed properties of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria
10 Oct
Former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Edward Adamu, yesterday, told the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja that a former Governor of the bank, Godwin Emefiele, did not follow the procedure in the process
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is retooling its regulatory frameworks to wean the foreign exchange market from institutional malpractices, raise the bar of transparency and increase the confidence level.
6 Sep
The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed Thursday, September 12 for all applications' hearings on a suit seeking to the final forfeit of
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Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele allegedly orchestrated the printing of one billion pieces of N100 banknotes and the production of 5,000 pieces of acrylic blocks in 2014, an anonymous source told PREMIUM TIMES. PREMIUM TIMES said a fresh investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that the…
16 Aug
Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Lagos Federal High Court has ordered interim forfeiture of a cash sum of $2.045 million linked to the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
12 Jun 2024
At the ongoing trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, a witness revealed that there were deviations in the naira redesign project by the last administration.
11 Jun 2024
A witness at the ongoing trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday told the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja that there were deviations in the Naira redesign project. Former Director of Currency Operations at the CBN, Ahmed Umar, told the court that the currency notes minted were different…
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