Court tells ex-director of SMEDAN to open defence in alleged N119.5m fraud

EditorFebruary 12, 2026February 12, 202602 mins

Bature Masari Justice O. A Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the “no-case submission,” filed by the former director of Small Scale and Medium Enterprises, SMEDAN, Bature Masari, ordering him to enter his defence against the fraud charges levelled against him by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The anti-graft…

You have case to answer, court tells Abba Kyari, orders him to open defence in cocaine case trial

EditorApril 12, 2025April 12, 202503 mins

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and his co-defendants must open their defence in the ongoing drug trafficking case filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The ruling, delivered on Friday, April 11, followed a series of no-case submissions…