Local News

Court Grants Dele Farotimi N30m Bail

News Update

A magistrates’ court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, has granted N30 million bail to embattled lawyer and human rights activist Dele Farotimi.

At the hearing of the bail application on Friday, Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun ruled in favour of Farotimi’s bail request.

The magistrate stipulated that the bail conditions included two responsible sureties and required Farotimi to surrender his international passport to the court. Additionally, he was instructed not to grant media interviews while the case was ongoing.

The Ekiti Police Command had arraigned Farotimi following a petition from an elder statesman and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Afe Babalola, who accused the activist of criminally defaming him in his recently-released book.

VAM News

Recent Posts

Nigeria ranks 89 in 2026 Passport Index

...passport holders can visit 44 nations without a visa. Nigeria has scaled several points to…

2 minutes ago

US delivers military supplies to Nigeria

News Update THE United States has delivered military supplies to Nigerian security agencies in Abuja…

4 hours ago

Singer Portable Remanded In Custody For ‘Assault, Car Theft’

Controversial singer, Habeed Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, was on Monday arraigned at the Federal…

4 hours ago

Airport police nab suspect after deadly Ikeja crash

The Airport Police Command has arrested the driver responsible for a fatal hit-and-run accident that…

5 hours ago

PDP seeks release of 52 AAU students arrested in Ekpoma

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has demanded the immediate and unconditional release…

5 hours ago

Manchester gets new coach

News Update Manchester United have reached agreement in principle to appoint Michael Carrick as manager…

5 hours ago