The Federal High Court in Abuja has denied bail to a man arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) for allegedly planning multiple attacks on several schools in the Federal Capital Territory. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik denied John Jude Agbo bail after the prosecution presented a fourth witness and, thereafter, closed its case against hi...
•Ms Jennifer Atsar Thirty-five-year-old Ms Jennifer Atsar, whose 16-year-old son, Sesugh, was allegedly murdered by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Makurdi on May 23, 2026, shares her pain over losing her child and the need for her son’s killer to be punished, reports Saturday PUNCH. Excerpts: Could you introduce ...
•El-Rufai The family of former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, today, raised the alarm after the Department of State Services, DSS, officials allegedly took him into custody following a court sitting at the Federal High Court in Abuja. According to the family, the action was in apparent breach of existing court orders directing t...
•El-Rufai The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has granted bail to former Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, in the corruption case instituted against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) . The trial judge, Rilwanu Aikawa, delivered the ruling today after earlier adjourning the mat...
•Nasir El-Rufai The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna is expected to rule today on the bail application filed by former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai. El-Rufai, who is facing a 10-count charge bordering on alleged conversion and possession of public property as well as money laundering, was brought to court under tight security for ...
•Mandelson London Police released former ambassador Peter Mandelson on bail in the early hours of today, in a probe into his ties to disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein, only days after ex-prince Andrew was arrested. Mandelson, a pivotal figure in British politics and the UK’s former envoy to Washington, was arrested on suspicion of miscond...
•El-Rufai and ICPC operative The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has yet to grant bail to Nasir El-Rufai, eight days after his detention, raising concerns among his legal team and family. In a statement yesterday, Muyiwa Adekeye, media adviser to El-Rufai, said the former Kaduna governor has remained ...
•El-Rufai Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday spent the second night in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, as his lawyer, A.U Mustapha (SAN), pushes for his release on bail. There are, however, indications that the commission may seek a remand order to extend his stay in custody to enable [&hellip...
•Habeeb Okikiola popularly known as Portable A State High Court in Ota, Ogun State, has denied bail to controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable. The singer was being arraigned on a nine-count criminal charge bordering on assault, theft, causing harm, and resisting arrest, reports Channels TV. The presiding judge declin...
•Omoyele Sowore Justice Mohammed Umar of the Abuja Federal High Court today granted Omoyele Sowore bail on self-recognition, cautioning him to refrain from making any utterances that could incite the public against President Tinubu. Sowore’s bail followed his arraignment by the Department of State Services (DSS) before the court on a five-coun...
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