Nigerian Shia group leader Zakzaky granted bail for medical treatment

The immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), has been freed from custody. The ex-AGF has been in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after he was arrested upon his return from a self-exile, on December 19, 2019. He regained his freedom on Monday shortly after he was granted bail in the fresh money laundering charges instituted against him by the EFCC.

Nigeria’s former Head of Civil Service, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita has been granted a N100million naira bail by the court. She is also required to provide two sureties in like sum.

It is widely believed the Judicial process in Nigeria grinds slowly and it often appears that a defendant is free the moment they are granted bail but, the question no one has ever asked is; where does the bail money go to?

Derek Chauvin, the 44-year-old white officer who was filmed pressing his knee on the handcuffed Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, made his first court appearance on Monday. Chauvin did not enter a plea and the Hennepin County District Court judge set his bail at $1 million with conditions, or $1.25 million without.

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2 has ordered the release of detained spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Barrister Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere.

Demonstrators gather in Saint Paul, Minnesota to protest the $1 million bail release of Derek Chauvin, the police officer charged with killing George Floyd. Floyd's death sparked a mass protest movement in the United States and abroad.

Pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been granted bail and put under house arrest. The media mogul had been kept behind bars since December 3 over suspicions of fraud and colluding with foreign forces.

Court adjourns ruling on Sowore's bail application to January 8th

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A court has denied bail for the jailed climate activist Disha Ravi after her arrest on charges of involvement in an online "toolkit" to help protesting farmers. Police say the web document has defamed India's image.

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Three pro-democracy figures have been charged with violating royal defamation laws over a rally in Bangkok last year. They were also charged with sedition, along with 15 other protesters.