An Abuja High Court on Tuesday issued a stern warning to Yisa Usman, the dismissed Deputy Director of JAMB, threatening to revoke his bail over what was described as improper conduct. Presiding over the case, Justice H.A. Musa granted the prosecution’s request to proceed with the trial after an attempted out-of-court settlement collapsed. ...

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has granted bail to Jude Okoye, former manager of the defunct music group P-Square, in the sum of N100 million amid charges of financial misconduct. Justice Alexander Owoeye issued the ruling on Monday, March 3, following allegations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that Okoye laundered ...

  A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Magistrate Court has granted N1 million bail to Kabiru Taminu Turaki (SAN), a former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, following his arraignment on charges of false marriage, adultery, and criminal intimidation. Turaki, who appeared before the Wuse Zone 2 Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, pleaded not guilty to ...

  Former Dunamis Church pastor, Abraham Daniel, and Peter Enenche, brother of Dunamis International Gospel Centre’s Senior Pastor, Paul Enenche, have regained their freedom after meeting stringent bail conditions in their ongoing defamation case. A source involved in the bail process confirmed their release on Friday, February 7, 2025. The Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted former presidential candidate and activist, Omoyele Sowore, bail set at ₦10 million, following his arrest and detention over alleged cybercrime charges. Sowore, who was arraigned on Wednesday, pleaded not guilty to 17 counts related to cybercrime as filed by the Nigerian Police Force. Justice Musa Liman, ruling ...

  A Kaduna State High Court has rejected the bail application of Alhaji Bashir Sa’idu, a former Chief of Staff to ex-Governor Nasir El-Rufai, amid allegations of financial misconduct amounting to ₦3.96 billion. Sa’idu, who also served as Kaduna State’s Commissioner of Finance, is facing a 10-count charge, including money laundering, embezzlement, and theft during ...

  A retired Upper Shariah Court Judge, Mahmoud Shehu, accused of assaulting a blind housewife, has been granted bail by a Magistrate’s Court in Zaria, Kaduna State. Senior Magistrate Ibrahim Adamu Salisu set the bail conditions, requiring Shehu to provide two civil servant sureties on Grade Level 10, deposit ₦100,000, and ensure the submission of ...

    The Nigeria Police Force has set a controversial bail condition of ₦2 billion for Destiny Ekhorutomuen, a TikToker accused of cyberbullying and cyberstalking. The terms, shared online by former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore, have been widely criticized by lawyers as “outrageous” and “unreasonable.” According to the administrative bail document, Ekhorutomuen must provide four ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Mr. Akindele Akintoye, Founder and Chairman of Platform Capital Investment Partners Limited, bail in the sum of N500 million with two sureties in like amount, following charges of alleged financial misconduct. Justice Emeka Nwite delivered the ruling on Wednesday, emphasising the seriousness of the allegations against ...

  Human rights activist Dele Farotimi has been granted bail by the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, following his arraignment on charges of cyberstalking. The court set stringent bail conditions, including a bond of ₦50 million and a surety who must meet specific requirements. The surety is mandated to be a resident of Ekiti ...

  A Kuje Magistrate Court has granted bail to Alex Ikwechegh, a member of the House of Representatives for Aba North and South, on a ₦500,000 bond, alongside two sureties. Presiding Judge Abubakar Sai’id specified that the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and present utility bills for verification. Ikwechegh faces charges of abuse ...

  A Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, has granted bail of N200 million to two female suspects, Blessing Chima and Chikamson Williams, who were arraigned for allegedly stealing N140 million. The defendants, both 47 years old, were arraigned under case number FHC/L/709c/2024 by the Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex, ...

  Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been charged by French authorities in connection with alleged criminal activities facilitated through the messaging app Telegram. Durov was arrested on Saturday at Le Bourget airport in France, facing accusations that Telegram has been used for exchanging child sexual abuse material, drug trafficking, fraud, and money laundering. Durov has ...

Former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, along with his daughter and two others, have been granted bail in the sum of ₦100 million each by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The bail follows allegations of suspected fraud amounting to ₦2.7 billion. In addition to the bail amount, the court stipulated that each of the defendants ...

  On Monday, Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja ordered the remand of the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This decision came after Emefiele and his co-defendant, Herry Omoile, pleaded not guilty ...

Suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday morning, was arraigned at the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on two counts of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition. Emefiele was arraigned before the vacation judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, after over six weeks since his arrest and detention by the Department ...