A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, was on Monday granted ₦2 billion in bail by a Federal High Court judge sitting in Abuja.

The eight-count charge against Emefiele included allegedly stealing and seizing billions of naira from proxy accounts, as well as illegally obtaining a housing estate with 753 units.

In his ruling, Justice Halilu Yusuf stated that Emefiele had been granted bail in three other criminal cases that were still pending against him and that there was no evidence that he had jumped bail.

Following that, the judge gave Emefiele bail, but only if he could produce two sureties who were the owners of Asokoro, Maitama, or Wuse 2 property that was under the court’s jurisdiction and had a minimum value of ₦2 billion.

He also told Emefiele to turn in his travel documents to the court and that he would be remanded in custody if he didn’t complete the bail by Wednesday.

Emefiele attorney, Matthew Burkaa, filed the bail application, which was granted.

Prosecutor Rotimi Oyedepo did not raise any objections, but he did ask the court to impose special requirements that were different from what the other courts had previously granted.

Suspected herdsmen launched a deadly attack late Sunday night on Tse Yange, a Tiv-dominated community in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

The attackers reportedly killed the village head and abducted several residents during the raid.

Ekwutosblog gathered that the gunemn stormed the agrarian community on motorbikes in the night, unleashing terror and destruction.

A local source revealed that the assault lasted into the early hours of Monday, leaving many people injured and several homes deserted.

As of the time of this report, the exact number of those abducted and injured remains unclear.

Two journalists with Sahara FM, a privately owned radio station in Niger Republic, have been remanded in custody over allegations of plotting against state authorities.

The journalists were among three reporters arrested in early May in Agadez, central Niger, after the station aired reports suggesting the termination of security agreements between Niger and Russia, a key ally of the country’s ruling military junta.

According to the station’s owner, Air Info, the pair were transferred to Kollo prison, about 50 kilometres south of the capital, Niamey, following a decision by a military court judge on Friday. The third journalist was released on bail.

The media outlet said the journalists face charges of “undermining national defence and plotting against state authority.”

Niger has faced growing criticism from rights groups and press freedom advocates over the repression of journalists since the military took power in a 2023 coup.