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The Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Thursday, granted the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, bail in the sum of N500 million with two sureties in like sum. Justice Maryann Anenih had, on December 10, refused the ex-governor’s bail application, stating it was filed prematurely. While delivering the initial ruling, she said that since the 1st defendant was neither in custody nor before the court at the time, the application was incompetent. There was, however, room for the governor’s lawyers to file a fresh bail application and…

In a recent statement, the group’s spokesman, Alex Ogbonnia, conveyed Chukwu’s message and stressed that Kanu’s prolonged detention creates a moral burden for the government, according to Chukwu, keeping Kanu in detention without sufficient justification is unfair. Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide is a socio-cultural group that represents the Igbo people of Nigeria. The group has consistently called for Kanu’s release since his re-arrest and detention and Chukwu argued that Kanu’s continued detention fuels tension and disunity in the country. He assured members of Ohanaeze’s National Executive Committee (NEC) that the group…

ABUJA: There are indications of a plot to frame the Spokesperson of Opposition Lawmakers, Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere, and the National Chairman of Action Peoples Party (APP), Ochiagha Nnadi, over allegations of Judicial corruption, treason, bribery of judicial officers and forgery. The National Working Committee of APP disclosed this Wednesday to the media. APP National Publicity Secretary, Ugo Apu, in a statement alleged that the plot was orchestrated by security agents in collusion with persons linked to the federal capital territory administration. In a statement issued in Abuja, the NWC claimed…

The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has intervened and ordered action for prerogative mercy on the case of an indigene, Segun Olowookere, who was convicted and sentenced to death for stealing fowl. Naijaonpoint reports that the Segun’s mother, Folashade Olowookere, tearfully narrated the ordeal of her only son, currently in prison, in an interview on the YouTube podcast of Nollywood actress, Biola Adebayo. The video attracted the attention of many Nigerians, including Governor Adeleke. In a statement by the spokesperson to the State Governor, Olawale Rasheed, Adeleke directed the immediate…

By Williams Odunze    The Imo State Tipper Drivers Welfare Association, has held its end of the year get together in grand style as friends, associates, other organizations  and well wishers converged to celebrate with them. Speaking during the ceremony, the Chairman Board of trustees, Imo Tipper Drivers Welfare Association, Engr. Anthony Frank Obineme ,(aka, Obu Agudindu) informed that the event is the first of its kind, saying that the organization was just registered two weeks ago with the  Corporate Affairs Commission,CAC, inorder to get the required  relevance. The Chairman,…