Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Israel Ogbunyama (Lagos State Correspondent in Ikeja)
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, May 4, 2026, ruled that the extrajudicial statement made by Henry Omoile, co-defendant to the erstwhile Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, is admissible in court.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 4, 2026, arraigned a former Chairman, Board of Directors of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, Tunde Ayeni before Justice Jude Onwuzuruike of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Apo, Abuja.
By Chinelo Ogbodo (Enugu State Correspondent)
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has re-arraigned one Barrister Benjamin Chukwuemeka Nwobodo before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu on a 20-count charge bordering on forgery, possession of forged documents and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N15, 700, 000. 00 (Fifteen million, Seven hundred thousand Naira)
By Chinelo Ogbodo (Enugu State Correspondent)
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have commenced investigations into the activities of one Ralph Chinazum Ajah, Managing Director, Paramount Energy Limited for an alleged case of obtaining by false pretence and stealing to the tune of N72, 300, 000. 00 (Seventy two million, Three Hundred Thousand Naira).
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
Justice S. C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja on Thursday, April 30, 2026, adjourned the trial of the former Taraba State governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku alongside a former permanent secretary in the state’s Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Bello Yero to June 15, 2026.
By Celestine Okafor Editor-in-chief)
A Commissioner of Police, Eloho E. Ekpoziakpho, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, told a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja, that investigations into the alleged fraudulent withdrawal of $6.23 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, revealed that the payment was made with the approval of former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele.
