The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday ordered the remand of the former Central Bank Bank (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Rahman Oshodi gave the remand order over alleged abuse of office and $5.5 billion and N2.8 billion fraud. Emefiele will remain behind bars until Thursday when the judge will determine his bail application. However, the judge remanded Emefiele's co-defendants, Herry Omoile, in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services.

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, deferred the arraignment of Binance Holdings Limited and 2 of its official, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla till April 8, 2024. Justice Emeka Nwite, the presiding judge adjourned the matter for ruling after listening to the parties’ submissions. The case was adjourned following the inability of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to effect service of the charge on the establishment.

The Abuja Federal High Court has concluded plan to arraign two Binance executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla for crime bordering on money laundering tomorrow Thursday. The duo will be paraded before Justice Emeka Nwite on two separate count charges. The one filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which bothers on money laundering, has five counts. While the other, by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has four counts, in which the fin-tech company were accused of various tax infractions. 

The Binance Executive, Tigran Gambaryan, under security detention has sued the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, and the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to court over violation of fundamental rights.

A Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Abuja has today discharged former Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Mohammed Bello Adoke, and six others over the controversial Oil Prospecting Licence, OPL, 245, otherwise known as Malabu Oil scam. Recall that Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had sued Bello Adoke and other before the high court on an amended 40-count charge bordering on disobeying direction of the law, offering and receiving gratification, conspiracy and forgery, among others. 

A Federal High Court in Borno has ordered for the release of no fewer than 313 suspected terrorists arrested by the military due to lack of evidence to convict the suspects. This was made known during the operational briefing to journalists by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Buba Edward, who added that the cases were prosecuted by the Department of Prosecution and the Federal Ministry of Justice.