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Court admits Emefiele’s statements as exhibits in alleged $4.5bn fraud trial

Dateline Nigeria

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July 9, 2026

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An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday admitted as evidence extra-judicial statements made by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele in his trial for alleged abuse of office. Justice Rahman Oshodi upheld the statements as exhibits, allowing the substantive trial to proceed expeditiously. Oshodi admitted the statements and marked them as Exhibit The post Court admits Emefiele’s statements as exhibits in alleged 4.5bn fraud trial appeared first on Dateline Nigeria.

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· Jul 12, 2026

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· Jul 2, 2026

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· Jul 11, 2026

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· Jul 9, 2026

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· Jun 26, 2026

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· Jun 25, 2026

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· Jul 7, 2026

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· Jun 26, 2026

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· Jun 26, 2026

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· Jun 25, 2026

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· Jul 13, 2026

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· Jul 8, 2026

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· Jul 1, 2026

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· Jun 22, 2026

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· Jul 7, 2026

Judge rejects DOJ’s bid to subpoena names of Fulton County election workers

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· Jul 4, 2026

‘I AM SETTING THEM ALL FREE, RIGHT NOW!’ Trump’s pre-July 4 Friday news dump included pardons for 11 people including ex-Abramoff partner

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· Jul 2, 2026

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· Jun 26, 2026

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· Jul 13, 2026

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· Jun 25, 2026

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· Jun 30, 2026

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· Jun 29, 2026

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· Jun 27, 2026

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· Jun 23, 2026

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· Jul 8, 2026

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· Jun 22, 2026

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· Jun 30, 2026

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· Jul 9, 2026

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· Jul 6, 2026

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The Japan Times

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· Jun 24, 2026

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· Jul 2, 2026

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· Jun 24, 2026

Bill Gates names Russian lovers in Epstein testimony and says financier wanted to blackmail him

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· Jul 2, 2026

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· Jun 30, 2026

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· Jun 21, 2026

Iran opens hundreds of legal cases over US, Israeli aggression: Prosecutor general

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Latestly.com

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· Jun 24, 2026

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