•Benson Konbowei A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo on Thursday granted bail to the Senator Benson Konbowei (Bayelsa Central) at N50million. Konbowei was arraigned on March 26 on a three-count charge in which he was among others, accused of forging of the National Youth Service Corps, reports The Nation. He […]
•Abdulfattah Ahmed Former Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfattah Ahmed, has been granted bail by the Federal High Court Ilorin in the sum of ₦50,000,000. He will provide two sureties with landed properties in Ilorin, the state capital, reports The Nation. The former governor was arraigned today, Friday, February 23, by the Economic and Financial...
•Abdulfattah Ahmed Former Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfattah Ahmed, has been granted bail by the Federal High Court Ilorin in the sum of ₦50,000,000. He will provide two sureties with landed properties in Ilorin, the state capital, reports The Nation. The former governor was arraigned today, Friday, February 23, by the Economic and Financial...
•Prof Cyril Ndifon Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Professor Cyril Ndifon, to the tune of N250 million in the sexual harassment and gratification case instituted against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences ...
•Apostle Theophilus Ebonyi Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the General Overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International, Apostle Theophilus Oloche Ebonyi, for defrauding church members and other Nigerians using fake grants from the Ford Foundation to the tune of N1, 319,040,274.31( One Billio...
•Obiano stepping out of court Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano. He ordered that the former governor should be restricted to the court jurisdiction. He ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to deposit the defendant’s travel docum...
•Olu Agunloye A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, today, granted bail in the sum of N50m to a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye. The court had ordered his remand in the Kuje Correctional Service pending the hearing of his bail application over an alleged $6 billion fraud in connection to […]
•Seyi Makinde No fewer than 33 inmates from various Nigerian Correctional Centres in Oyo state have been granted clemency. Ten of these inmates were released from custodial centres, while four individuals who were on death row have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment, reports The Nation. Also, 15 inmates had their sentences reduc...
•Mallam Tukur Mamu A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted former terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu access to his doctor. Mamu had, in a motion on notice marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/96/2023, sought the leave of court to have access to his doctor following his deteriorating health conditions, reports The PUNCH. He also asked the court to [&hell...
•Tinubu The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Tinubu-led federal government to rescind its decision on the students’ loan scheme and replace it with grants instead. Zonal Coordinator of ASUU Bauchi Zone, Comrade Lazarus Maigoro, who made the appeal yesterday on the occasion of the award of annual indigent scholarshi...