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Embattled Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, has been granted bail by the Chief Magistrate Court in Yaba, Lagos State. Naija News reports that the youngest son to legendary musician, Late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, was arraigned in court on Tuesday by the Lagos State Police Command over an alleged assault on one …

The Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos state has remanded Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, for 48 hours in police custody for allegedly assaulting a police officer. At his arraignment before Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun, the prosecution led by S. A Adebese and Morufu Animashaun asked the court to remand the defendant …

Justice Gladys Olotu of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, April 20, admitted Chude Nnamdi, a social media influencer and an ardent supporter of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, bail in the sum of N10 million.   The Inspector-General of Police who is the …

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted bail to “relationship expert” Blessing Okoro for alleged cyber-bullying.  The Nigeria Police Force had arraigned Blessing Okoro, better known as “Blessing CEO”, before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court on six counts bordering on alleged cyber-bullying, libel and for …

The management of Chrisland Schools in Lagos have been granted approval to conduct an independent autopsy on Whitney Adeniran, a 12-year-old late pupil of the school, who died in controversial circumstances during the school’s inter-house sports held at the Agege stadium in Lagos on February 9.   The approval was …

Justice Zainab Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has granted a bail of N500,000 to journalist Agba Jalingo, with one surety in like sum. Justice Abubakar had last Monday remanded Jalingo in prison after he was arraigned by the Nigerian Police Force for allegedly publishing a story that was …

A South African woman, Palesa Ya Seponono, has reacted after a court granted bail to her baby daddy who she accused of assaulting her.    LIB earlier reported that Seponono had to get stitches on her face after the suspect, Thabo Lietsoso Sempe, allegedly attacked her with a broken bottle.    It …

 A U.S. appeals court has granted the Justice Department’s request to expedite its appeal of a lower court order appointing a special master to review records the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s mar-a-lago, Florida estate.   The Wednesday October 5 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for …

Russian President, Vladimir Putin has granted full Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden.   Edward Joseph Snowden, an America born former computer intelligence consultant, leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency in 2013, when he was an employee and subcontractor of the agency.   Snowden, 39, fled …