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Court Rejects Abdurasheed Maina’s Bail Request

Maina’s Sister, Fatima Abdullahi Testifies Against Him

December 12, 2019 4:17 am

There was a mild drama at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday when Fatima Abdullahi, a younger sister of Abdulrasheed Maina, was giving evidence as a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team.

Fatima, who was brought as a prosecution witness by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), told the court that her brother surreptitiously used her picture and name to operated a bank account without her knowledge.

Testifying before the Federal High Court, Abuja, the witness, who gave her testimony behind a screen, said she never …

Trump Attacks US Diplomat As She Testifies In Probe

November 15, 2019 2:40 pm

‘I can’t speak to what the president is trying to do but I think the effect is to be intimidating,’ Marie Yovanovitch said.

President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted an attack against the former US ambassador to Ukraine while she was in the middle of testifying in his impeachment probe, prompting her to complain she was being intimidated.

Trump’s furious tweet came as Marie Yovanovitch testified in the House of Representatives about her abrupt firing from her post in Ukraine following an alleged smear campaign led by the president’s personal attorney, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani.

“Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch

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Driver testifies for Justice Onnoghen(Full Report)

April 1, 2019 8:03 pm

The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has opened his defence in the ongoing trial for alleged questionable assets declaration.

The suit was filed against Onnoghen by the Federal Government at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

At the resumed sitting of the case in Abuja on Monday, a witness, Lawal Olarewaju-Busari, told the tribunal that he was Onnoghen’s driver from 1999 till date.

”On Nov. 3, 2010, His Lordship gave me N200 to get the assets declaration form. When I got back, I gave him the original receipt after the payment.

”On Nov. 4, 2010, I …