Former Speaker in the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole
Former Speaker in the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole
Nigeria: N40 Billion Fraud - Bankole Begins Defence Today
Daily Trust, 14 December 2011
Former Speaker House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole and his deputy Usman Bayero Nafada who are currently standing trial before an Abuja High Court over alleged misappropriation… Read more »
Nigeria: EFCC - How Bankole, Nafada Okayed N60.4 Billion Annually to Colleagues
This Day, 22 November 2011
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was Monday told how the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, and his deputy, Usman Bayero Nafada,… Read more »
Nigeria: N894 Million Contract Scam - Bankole Knows Fate Dec 19
Vanguard, 18 October 2011
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, Tuesday, re-approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, begging it to terminate the criminal… Read more »
Nigeria: Bankole Detained in Underground Cell
Vanguard, 14 June 2011
FORMER Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, who is currently facing trial in two courts for alleged fraud and loan conversion, was in a dejected mood yesterday… Read more »
Nigeria: A Stain On Bankole's White Kaftan
Vanguard, 14 June 2011
IT follows the usual pattern, a pattern of dragging former office holders straight from their executive mansions to jail. This pattern was set in the last eight years or thereabout… Read more »
Nigeria: Bankole Freed, Re-Arrested -Ex-Speaker Detained With Nafada
Daily Champion, 14 June 2011
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday re-arrested embattled former Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole shortly after he was granted bail by… Read more »
Nigeria: The Charges Against Bankole, Nafada
This Day, 14 June 2011
Usman Nafada, former House Deputy Speaker Read more »
Nigeria: Bankole Freed, Arrested Again - Father Cries Out
This Day, 14 June 2011
Soon after he was granted bail Monday by a judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, was immediately… Read more »
Nigeria: N40 Billion Scam - Bankole Gets Bail, Re-Arrested, Arraigned
Vanguard, 14 June 2011
Travails of the embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, were further compounded by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday,… Read more »
Nigeria: N40 Billion Affair - Bankole, Nafada Face Fresh Charges
This Day, 13 June 2011
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, and his former deputy, Hon. Usman Nafada, are to be arraigned Monday by the Economic and Financial Crimes… Read more »
Nigeria: Court Grants Bankole Bail, Re-Arrested By EFCC
This Day, 13 June 2011
A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Donatus Okorowo Monday granted bail to embattled former speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole ,in the… Read more »
Nigeria: Contract Scam - How Bankole's Security Aide Gave Him Away
Vanguard, 13 June 2011
DETAILS emerged, yesterday, that it was a mobile policeman who was hitherto loyal to the embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, that sold him… Read more »
Nigeria: Bankole Granted Bail, Re-Arrested
Vanguard, 13 June 2011
Barely 10 minutes after Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, Monday, released the embattled former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole on… Read more »
Nigeria: Fresh 17-Count Charge Against Bankole, Nafada
Vanguard, 13 June 2011
The Efcc Rearrested the embattled former speaker Dimeji Bankole and his deputy, Alhaji Usman Bayero Nafada, over the following fresh charges: Read more »
Nigeria: Alleged Breach of Trust - Court Remands Bankole, Nafada in EFCC Custody Till Thursday
This Day, 13 June 2011
Soon after he was granted bail on Monday by a judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole was immediately re-arrested… Read more »
Nigeria: Drama Galore As Bankole is Docked
Vanguard, 12 June 2011
The Federal High Court complex in Abuja was a theater of sorts last Wednesday, as both friends and foes of the embattled former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji… Read more »
Nigeria: U.S. Denies Instigating Bankole's Arrest
This Day, 12 June 2011
The United States Saturday denied influencing President Goodluck Jonathan to order the arrest of former Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole. Read more »
Nigeria: Bankole And Fraud Allegations
Daily Champion, 12 June 2011
Ex- House of Representatives Speaker Dimeji Bankole's current ordeal in the hands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was expected, considering that for most… Read more »
Nigeria: Bankole - Still Right, Still Honourable!
Independent (Lagos), 12 June 2011
Right Honourable Dimeji Bankole is right and he is honourable! Though the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seems to think differently and have sought to convince us… Read more »
Nigeria: EFCC Arrests Bankole's Deputy, Nafada
Independent (Lagos), 12 June 2011
Usman Nafada too is in the grasp of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged misappropriation of funds in the House of Representatives of which he was… Read more »
Nigeria: Contract Scam - Why Bankole Should Not Be Granted Bail - EFCC
Vanguard, 11 June 2011
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, pleaded a Federal High Court in Abuja, to dismiss the bail application that was filed before it by the embattled… Read more »
Nigeria: Bankole Remains in EFCC Jail
Daily Champion, 11 June 2011
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, ordered that a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole be remanded in the custody of the Economic and… Read more »
Nigeria: Court to Rule on Ex-Speaker's Bail
This Day, 10 June 2011
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole , who is charged with alleged contract inflation may regain his freedom on Monday, June 13th, 2011. Read more »
Nigeria: Bankole's Long Walk to Prosecution
Independent (Lagos), 10 June 2011
Nigeria's former number four citizen, Dimeji Bankole, is currently faced with charges of some questionable deals that took place during his tenure as the Speaker of the Federal… Read more »
Nigeria: Bankole/EFCC - Nobody Should be Above the Law
Independent (Lagos), 9 June 2011
The media were awash with the story of the arrest of the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, who had, for weeks, played hide and seek game with the… Read more »
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