The Senior Pastor of House on the Rock Church, Pastor Paul Adefarasin has been granted bail by the police following questioning over a viral video showing him holding a gun-like object. In a statement after questioning the cleric, who turned himself in on Tuesday, the Lagos State Police Command said that Adefarasin was interrogated and he volunteered a cautionary statement to …

A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, was on Monday granted N2 billion in bail by a Federal High Court judge sitting in Abuja. The eight-count charge against Emefiele included allegedly stealing and seizing billions of Naira from proxy accounts, as well as illegally obtaining a housing estate with 753 units. Justice Halilu Yusuf …

Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has pledged to turn over a new leaf following his release on bail. A Magistrate Court in Isabo, Abeokuta, Ogun State, granted the Zazu crooner a ₦2 million bail on Thursday after he pleaded not guilty to a five-count charge, including conspiracy, assault, unlawful possession of weapons, and unruly conduct. Portable was …

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, denied the bail application of a crypto currency firm executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Justice Emeka Nwite held that the bail application is refused as Gambaryan, an executive of Binance Holdings Limited has carefully gone through the application submitted before him and resolved that the defendant is likely to jump bail if granted. Gambaryan, …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari on charges bordering on money laundering. Apart from money laundering charges, Kyari is also facing a primary charge of cocaine trafficking, for which he has been denied bail. One of his lawyers, Hamza N. Dantani, shared the news of the court granting …