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A Lagos State High Court on Tuesday heard the bail application of Hammed Tajudeen Akanbi and reserved ruling to a date to be communicated to parties.   The application was argued before Justice A.T. Muyideen, who had earlier adjourned proceedings to November 2026 due to the annual court vacation. However, the court brought forward the hearing of the bail application following concerns over the deteriorating health of the defendant.   Counsel to Akanbi, Olalekan Ojo, SAN, urged the court to grant bail on medical grounds, stating that his client’s condition had worsened in custody. He also relied on a Certified True Copy of the police investigation report, which he said exonerates the defendant.   In a related application, Rukayat Afolabi, Esq., representing co-defendants Shafi Fatai and Yusuf Ismaila, asked the court to direct the Kirikiri Correctional Centre clinic to release the medical records of her clients.   The Director of Public Prosecutions opposed the applic...

The Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) has raised concerns over developments surrounding the ongoing murder trial involving Alhaji Ahmed Tajudeen Akanbi and other defendants before the Lagos High Court, calling for greater procedural and administrative transparency in the handling of the case. CHSR made the position known on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at an emergency press conference held at the Liberation Centre, where its President, Comrade Alex Omotehinse, addressed journalists, representatives of civil society organisations, leaders and members of the Ajiran Community and other concerned Nigerians. The organisation said that the defendants were standing trial over the deaths of two members of the Ajiran Community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State—Mr Sheriff Ishola Salami, described as a youth leader who died on April 18, 2023, and Prince Kazeem Ademola Akinloye, son of the Ojomu of Ajiranland, who died on August 26, 2024. Omotehinse said that the purpo...

  The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is targeting 90 percent of the registered voters in Ondo East and West Federal Constituency ahead of the general election in January 2027 for APC.   The Minister who is the Captain of the Positive Crew spoke to representatives of Ward 2, 4,5 6, 12, in Ondo East local government through the first officer of the positive Crew Otunba Bola Fisayo.   In his message, wards 2,4,5,6 12 have about sixty settlements with a high number of electorates. The Minister noted that it is time our people in the remote areas are given a sense of participation and benefits in the government of the day.   The Minister's goodwill message also stated that it is time our rural areas are integrated with urban areas and there  must be an end to discrimination in terms of development across the state.   The Representatives to over sixty villages in Ondo East had been dispatched already with the message of President Tinubu Renewed Hop...

Following an extraordinary emergency summit comprising the coalition of Ogoni Diaspora Organizations, the National Union of Ogoni Students International (NUOS INTL) USA, Frontier Youth and Women formations, and allied civil rights bodies across Ogoniland (Nigeria) and in the Diaspora, the coalition has issued a definitive declaration to the Nigerian state, multinational corporations and the international community on the listing of OML 11 on the London Stock Exchange by Shell Nigeria for $2.4 billion. The coalition stated that the Ogoni people, the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and its authentic affiliate bodies are neither represented nor spoken for by the Federal Government's alleged handpicked Ogoni Dialogue Committee (ODC), Ledum Mitee, Chief Lesi Maol and the factional MOSOP leader, Nsuka Fegelo, who they described as a 'rebel.' The statement was jointly signed by Ewards Adookor, Acting President of NUOS INTL USA; Edwards Adookor, leader of The ...

The Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) has raised concerns over the repeated administrative recall of the case file in the ongoing prosecution of suspects linked to the deaths of two residents of Ajiran Community in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. The organisation, in a petition addressed to the Chief Judge of Lagos State, urged the judiciary to ensure that the substantive proceedings continue before the court handling the matter, while allowing all parties to present their cases in accordance with the law. The case concerns the deaths of Sheriff Ishola Salami, who was reportedly killed in April 2023, and Prince Kazeem Ademola Akinloye, who was reportedly killed in August 2024. Recent reports indicate that Hammed Tajudeen Akanbi is standing trial alongside Shafi Fatai and Yusuf Ismaila over the alleged killings.  A Lagos High Court had previously ordered Akanbi's remand, while subsequent bail applications were dealt with by different courts. In its late...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has widened its probe into the controversial insurance industry recapitalisation exercise, with invitation letters now being issued to other operators beyond the initial petitioners. A letter dated 3rd September 2026 and addressed to the Managing Director of Linkage Assurance Plc, Mr Daniel Braie, at the company’s Abuja office, 29 Aswan Street, Wuse Zone 3, confirms the expansion. Titled “Investigation activities letter of invitation – Re: capitalisation exercise in the insurance sector,” the correspondence from the EFCC’s Capital Market and Insurance Fraud Section requires Braie to report for an interview on Thursday, 24th September 2026. The development comes amid growing pressure on Olusegun Ayo Omosehin, Commissioner for Insurance and Chief Executive Officer of the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), to step aside.  Industry stakeholders and civil society organisations have intensified calls for his immediate suspension or...