Ex-FCT minister’s son paid N1.1bn for Abuja properties | Witness tells court

A witness on Thursday narrated how Shamsudeen Bala-Mohammed, a son of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed involved in N1.1bn fraud. Background: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Shamsudeen and four other companies on amended 15 counts of money laundering and false declaration of assets involving the sum of N1,105,719,005.... Read More

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February 1, 2017

Ex-FCT minister’s son remanded in Kuje prison over N1.1bn fraud

Shamsudeen Bala Mohammed, a son of a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Mohammed Bala was on Wednesday remanded in Kuje prison by a Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba ordered that the suspect remains in prison till Friday. Bala was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on 15... Read More

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January 3, 2017

Man arrested with cocaine worth N1.1bn

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, have arrested an auto parts dealer, Kinglsey Okolo, for smuggling a drug substance that tested positive for cocaine into the country from Brazil. According to report, the drug which is valued at £3.8m (about N1.1bn) weighed 9.2 kilogrammes and was... Read More

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