Court grants Fani-Kayode, Nenadi Usman bail

Justice Muslim Hassan, presiding over a Federal High Court in Lagos has granted bail in the sum of N250 million to former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, who is facing corruption trial. The judge also granted bail in the same sum to Mr. Fani-Kayode’s co-defendants, Nenadi Usman, former Finance Minister; and Danjuma Yusuf. Justice Hassan also […]

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Fani-Kayode, Nenadi Remain in Prison till Sallah Eve

Two former ministers and directors of Media and Finance respectively of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Organisation in the 2015 general election, Femi Fani-Kayode and Nenadi Usman are to remain in prison till Monday July 4, 2016 as a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today reserved ruling on their bail applications. Fani-Kayode and […]

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Court declares Fani-Kayode’s prolonged detention lawful

Adeboyega Adeniyi, of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, has dismissed an application filed by a former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, seeking the enforcement of his fundamental human rights. Mr. Fani-Kayode is facing a 17-count charge of money laundering alongside a former finance minister, Nenadi Usman, and Danjuma Yusuf. Fani-Kayode had approached the court on […]

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EFCC arraigns Fani-Kayode, Nenadi-Usman for laundering N4.9bn

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today, arraigned a former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, accusing him and three others of laundering N4.9 billion.A planned arraignment of Mr. Fani-Kayode was stalled last Tuesday by the absence of the trial judge. Mr. Fani-Kayode, who served as director of media and publicity during the campaign of former […]

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Fani-Kayode’s detention nothing but vendetta

Femi Fani-Kayode’s spokesperson, Mr Ndukwe, on Monday described the way his principal is being treated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as being utterly ‘inhuman’ and smacks of nothing but vendetta. According to Ndukwe, the decision of the EFCC to whisk Mr. Fani-Kayode to Lagos is in defiant of a court order prohibiting […]

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