Court sets Dec. 17 For Ruling On Pro-Biafra Group Leader's Bail Application

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed Dec.17 to rule on a bail application for the detained leader of the "Indigenous People of Biafra’’, Nnamdi Kanu.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Kanu, who is also the Director of the Pro-Biafra pirate radio, has been in detention for 90 days.

Mr Vincent Obeta, counsel to Kanu had approached the court to grant his client bail.

Obeta said the State Security Service (SSS), had abused court process by refusing to honour the bail order of a Magistrates’ Court in Abuja.


Obeta, who filed a Fundamental Rights suit against the SSS, held that Kanu’s liberty was being trampled upon when an earlier Magistrates’ Court bail condition was perfected.

"My lord, Kanu has spent exactly 90 days in detention today. This action contravenes the Constitution and the African Charter on Human Rights.

"We have indeed perfected the bail condition as directed by the Magistrate Court but to no avail.

"The lower court has also ordered that Kanu be transferred to the Kuje Prisons but the authority refused to heed the order of the court. That is why we have approached this superior court for justice’’, Obeta said.

The prosecutor, Mr Moses Idakwo, asked the court to disregard the bail application by Kanu’s counsel.

               Idakwo argued that Kanu should not be granted bail as the allegations against him were terrorism-related.
He said the SSS had evidence of bank accounts owned by Kanu, where monies (in dollars and pound sterling) were used for financing terrorism against Nigeria.

Idakwo also said the applicant had dual citizenship of Britain and Nigeria and therefore could flee justice if granted bail.

               He further said the bail conditions issued by a Magistrate Court were yet to be perfected by the applicant.
The judge, Adeniyi Ademola, said "having listened to both parties, I shall be ruling on the application on Dec. 17.’’

Nigerian Popular Artist Wizkid Set To Headline December Special Edition

In a bid to wind down the year 2015 in grand style, weekly entertainment event, Industry Nite is putting together the biggest concert ever witnessed in Nigeria, it’s the December Special StarBoy, Wizkid.

           The Industry Nite Special with Wizkid will hold on December 29, 2015 at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki Lagos, and promises to be an evening of unbeatable live entertainment like never before.


With over a hundred songs to his name you can be guaranteed that the night is going to be an entertaining one filled with loads of excitement.

Organisers of the event have also revealed that they would be unveiling a new addition to the event that is set to bring the house down.

This concert comes over 3 years since he was last hosted at the music industry event, which was when he dropped his first album- Super Star

A Dismissed Nigerian Policeman Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Manslaughter

A former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Pen Cinema Police Station, Agege, Lagos state, Mr. Segun Fabunmi, has bee sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter.

He had shot to death one Ademola Aderintola Daramola during the 2012 fuel subsidy protest in Lagos State. He was also found guilty of shooting three other persons, Alimi Abubakar, Egbujor Samuel and Chizorba Odoh, during the protest, thereby causing them grievous bodily harm.

Justice Akinlade jailed Fabunmi for five years on this count - both sentences are to run concurrently.


The ex-policeman, who was arraigned on May 5, 2013 by the Lagos State government on a seven-count charge bordering on murder, attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm, had argued that the shooting was accident.

He said him and his men had stormed Yaya-Abatan area of Ogba, where some people were terrorising the area, when a mob struggled to dispossess him of his AK-47 rifle. He said the shot was fired while he tried to retain possession of his rifle.

               Having acknowledged that there was indeed a mob at the scene of the incident, the court resolved that his testimonies were conflicting.

"The only conclusion that can be drawn is that the defendant recklessly shot his rifle and in the process, the bullet hit the deceased. He definitely knew that shooting an AK-47 can cause grievous bodily harm to anyone the bullet hits.

"The fact that he was on a lawful duty did not mean that he should have shot his gun sporadically", the Judge said.

Justice Akinlade further noted that Fabunmi's sentence would have been more but for a good evidence provided by the defence team led by Mr. George Oguntade (SAN), which availed the defendant of the defence of provocation.

She said: "The defence of provocation will avail the defendant. It is evident that there was no time for his passion to cool before the gun was fired."

The deceased who was a fashion designer, was shot around 9.00 a.m. on January 9, 2013.

Popular Nigerian Comic Actor Reported Dead After Performance At Event

Nollywood comic Actor, Dede One Day has been reported dead after a brief illness.

The Nation reports that the comedian had died of high blood pressure in the early hours of today, December 14, after his performance at an event on Sunday.

Quoting the report, it read:

“One Day anchored a program for One, Mr Charles Esonu on Sunday in Aba, from there he went to Ugwunagbo for another event he was paid to anchor as Master of ceremony, but he couldn’t conclude that event as he fell sick and was rushed to hospital over BP related issue and he died late in the Night.”

Stay with us for more information on the conditions surrounding the actor's death.

May his soul rest in perfect peace.

Former NIMASA boss dragged into a bus by EFCC officials

                According to PM News, the embattled former Director General of NIMASA who has been arraigned before two different courts of the federal high court on charges of stealing and conversion of money running into billions of Naira, was just coming from a court presided over by justice Ibrahim Buba, where one the cases was adjourned till 18th January, 2016 for trial and was about to enter his car outside the court when he was accosted by two EFCC operatives and two armed mobile policemen.

They requested for him to follow them and when he refused, they dragged him into their waiting bus‎.

The former NIMASA boss had earlier been arraigned with three other accused persons and three companies over an alleged stealing and conversion of N2,659,457,666.00.


In a twenty-two count criminal charge number FHC/L/511C/15 signed and filed before the court by the EFCC prosecutor Barrister Festus Keyamo, it was alleged that Patrick Ziadeke Akpobolokemi, Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, Ekene Nwakuche and Governor Amechee Juan with intent to defraud and conspire together to induce the Federal Government of Nigeria to approve and deliver to NIMASA the sum of N2,659,457,666.60 under the false pretense that the said sum represented the cost for the implementation of the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) code in Nigeria Ports thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under sections 8(a) 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraaud Related Offences Act,2006.

All the accused persons were also alleged to have conspired with these three companies BLOCK AND STONZ LTD, KENZO LOGISTICS LIMITED, AND AL-KENZO LOGISTICS LTD to commit the offence thereby committed an offence contrary to section 18(a) of the money laundering Act 2012 and punishable under section 15(3) of the same act.

They all pleaded not guilty and were granted bail in the sum of N50 million with one surety who must possess landed property worth N50million the accused must deposit their international passport with the court as the are also ban from travelling outside the country.

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