A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, Feb. 9, granted bail to Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, UNICAL. The court also granted bail to his lawyer, Sunny Anyanwu, who was arraigned along with him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. Ndifon was granted bail in the sum of N250 million with two sureties, while his lawyer, Anyanwu was granted N50 million bail …
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Governor Nyesom Wike has reacted to a statement credited to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on winning the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket. While visiting former President Olusegun Obasanjo days ago, Atiku said there was no time he has ever failed to get the Presidential ticket. He also expressed confidence in getting PDP’s 2023 presidential ticket. Reacting to the comment in a statement released by his media aide Kelvin Ebiri, Wike said Atiku is taking members of the Peoples Democratic …
Former Governor of Imo state, Ikedi Ohakim has been granted N10m bail after being arraigned before a federal capital territory (FCT) high court on Wednesday November 11, on a three-count charge bordering on criminal defamation. The lawsuit filed against the former governor by the inspector-general of police centered on a land which he allegedly wanted to sell to one Chinyere Amuchienwa. The charges read; “In May 2019, Ohakim gave false information against one Chinyere Amuchienwa that she threatened you with …
Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has said he never stole, diverted or converted recovered funds for his private use while he held sway as the head of the antigraft agency. Magu said this in an interview with The Nation shortly after he was granted bail and released from detention after 10 days. Magu said the allegations of corruption against him are just to tarnish his image and that of the …
Sulaiman Maiyegun a.k.a Afobaje, the man who beat his wife, Mariam, and then took to his Facebook to boast about it, was arraigned before a Lagos Magistrates’ court, Igbosere for assault today Friday, May 15. Maiyegun, after beating his wife, Mariam, dared the Police to arrest him in a post on Facebook that went viral. Officials of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) saw the viral post and reached out to ACP Gbolahan Odugbemi, Area Commander, Area J …