The trial of former National Security Adviser, NSA, to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki, has been adjourned till Monday, July 4, 2016. At the proceeding on Wednesday, Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the Abuja High Court, shifted the trial to another date after the prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), requested for an adjournment. Jacobs, in a…
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, on Monday, April 11, 2016, won the first leg of his case against the Federal Government of Nigeria at the Economic Community for West African States, ECOWAS, court. The retired army officer is challenging his alleged unlawful arrest and detention without trial since December by the Department of…
Former governor of Niger State, Abdulkadir Kure, has been apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Kure was picked by the anti-graft agency on Wednesday for allegedly receiving a N600m contract from a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki. Punch said an impeccable source disclosed to it that Kure has since been…
The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, says it will on April 11, 2016, rule on whether it has the jurisdiction to entertain a case brought before it by the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki. This information was contained in a statement issued by the court in Abuja on Thursday. The case filed with…
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, has been granted bail by the court. His plea for bail was okayed by the court on Tuesday based on self recognition after he pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against him by the Department of State Security, DSS. Dasuki was charged for illegal possession of firearms…
President Goodluck Jonathan has been asked to remove the National Security Adviser, NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki; and the Minister of Defence, General Aliyu Gusau. This call was made by the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN. The Christian body in Nigeria said this following the recent attacks in Adamawa and Gombe State, where some people lost…