Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has granted a bail of N20 million to Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Emefiele was arraigned in court on Tuesday on a two-count charge bordering on illegal possession of firearms. In the first count, he is accused of possessing a single-barrel shotgun (JOJEFF MAGNUM 8371) without a licence, which is contrary to section 4 of the...

2 Banks, Over 100 Shops Sealed For Defying Govt’s Directives The Enugu State Government on Monday sealed up over 100 shops and 2 banks within Enugu metropolis for defying her order by obeying the illegal sit-at-home order already cancelled by the state government. Speaking to newsmen after the exercise, Mr. Gideon Onyia Officer in-charge of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, disclosed that 78 shops were sealed at Ogbete Market, 5 shops at SPAR...

…Demands full investigation The main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is alarmed by the reported foiled terrorist attack on its presidential candidate and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and other sensitive locations in Yola, Adamawa State. The party stressed that by the confession of the arrested assailants, the plot has the pawmarks of a sponsored attempt on the life of Atiku Abubakar, ostensibly by forces, who are unsettled by his bid to retrieve...