A Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja, has granted N50 million bail to suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over alleged defamation of Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello.
The court dismissed the prosecution's request to...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, bail in a money laundering case.
Justice Yusuf Halilu set bail at ₦2 billion, with two sureties owning properties in Asokoro, Maitama, or Wuse. Emefiele must also...
Singer Habeeb Okikiola, known as Portable, was arraigned on Thursday before an Abeokuta Magistrate Court over alleged assault on government officials.
Portable turned himself in at the Lagos SCID on Wednesday after being declared wanted by the Ogun Police Command. He was later transferred to Eleweran, Abeokuta, where he faced a five-count...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to Olamide Thomas, accused of threatening Seyi Tinubu, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, and Police Public Relations Officer Muyiwa Adejobi in a viral social media post. Justice Emeka Nwite...
The Federal Capital Territory High Court has denied bail to Yahaya Bello, former Kogi State governor, in an N110 billion money laundering case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Maryann Anenih ruled that the application,...
Human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, has been granted bail by an Ekiti State magistrates’ court in the sum of ₦50 million, with a surety who must own landed property. The case, linked to allegations of defamation against...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has set ₦10 million each as one of the bail conditions given to 10 protesters arrested during last month’s EndBadGovernance protests. The Presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, who ruled on the bail application held...
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has, again, refused to grant bail to the suspended former commander of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari. The presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, in his ruling, held that Kyari’s...
The president of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, who is facing terrorism charges, has urged the court to release him on bail, citing ill health and claim he has no past criminal records.
Bodejo, who is being prosecuted before...
