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*Abba Kyari (Nigeria) The Police Service Commission, PSC,  has suspended Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the Nigeria Police Force from the exercise of the Powers and functions of his office. PSC in a statement by its Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, on Sunday, said: “Abba Kyari's suspension took effect from Saturday, July 31, 2021, and would subsist pending the outcome of the investigation in respect of his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. “The Commission has also directed the Inspector General of Police to furnish it with information on further development on the matter for necessary further action. “The Commission's decision which was conveyed in a letter with reference, PSC/POL/D/153/vol/V/138 to the Inspector General of Police today, Sunday, August 1, 2021, was signed by  Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court and Honourable Com

(Nigeria) Justice Daniel Osiagor of a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday have dismissed the application of Nenadi Usman, a former Minister of Finance and others seeking to strike out the charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.   Nenadi is standing trial alongside Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation and Chairman of the 2015 Goodluck Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation over a N4.9bilion fraud charge. Also charged with them are a former National Chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, Yusuf Danjuma and a company- Joint-Trust Dimensions Nigeria Limited. At the resumed sitting on Thursday, counsel to the first defendant, Chief Ferdinand Obie SAN moved an application praying the court to strike out the charges against the first defendant on the grounds that the court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the charge.  T he motion dated July 6, 2021 and filed same day argued th

(Nigeria) The Senate on Tuesday received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari seeking the confirmation of appointment of Abdulrasheed Bawa as Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The letter which was addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, was read during the start of plenary.  According to President Buhari, the request to screen and confirm Bawa’s appointment as Substantive Chairman of the Commission was “in accordance with paragraph 2 subsection 2 of Part 1 CAP E1 of the EFCC Act 2004.” Bawa, aged 40, who holds a B.Sc degree in Economics, and Masters in International Affairs and Diplomacy, is presently the Head of Operations of the Commission’s Lagos office. After his confirmation by the Senate, Bawa is expected to take over from Mohammed Umar Abba, who was appointed as Acting Chairman by President Buhari last year, following the suspension of the immediate past Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawa