An Abuja magistrate court has granted bail to activist, Omoyele Sowore and other persons arrested during Monday’s #FreeeNnamdiKanuNow protest. Nnamdi Kanu’s brother, Prince Emmanuel and one of the IPOB leader’s lawyers, Aloy Ejimakor, were among those granted bail. Sowore was arrested by police on Thursday shortly after leaving the premises of the Federal High…
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the state capital, has granted bail to the principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, Mr. Abdullahi Fasasi; the proprietor of Agidigbo FM, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat; and Olori Naomi Silekunola, an estranged wife of the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi. The bail was granted by…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted ₦100m bail each to a former Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika, his daughter, and two others. They are being tried over an alleged fraud of ₦2.7bn. According to the court, they are also to provide two sureties who must own landed properties within the FCT with valid…
The bail previously granted to Geoffrey Akindele, one of the defendants in the trial involving former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has been revoked. Akindele is being tried alongside the ex-AGF for fraudulent diversion of public funds amounting to N109.5 million. Other defendants are Idris Mohammed, Kudu Usman, and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange…