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A Bayelsa State High Court has remanded a 39-year-old man, Ogbonna-Otu Emizibo Dennis, popularly known as “Ogbono”, in prison custody over the alleged abduction of Justice E.G. Omukoro and adjourned the case until 14 July for further hearing.

Dennis was arraigned before Justice I. Eradiri of High Court 4 in Yenagoa on four counts bordering in conspiracy to commit a felony, kidnapping, conspiracy to inflict grievous bodily harm and attempted murder.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the arrest of its Akwa Ibom State Publicity Secretary, Ewa Okpo, describing the action as an attempt to intimidate political opponents and suppress freedom of expression.

In a statement issued on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, the party said it had been informed that Okpo was arrested following a petition filed by Senator Effiong Bob and is currently being questioned by police officers at the Quick Intervention Unit, Ikot Akpan Abia.

Etim Ekpimah The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has launched an investigation into allegations of...

Women in Otuabagi community, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have restored a degraded section of the Oloibiri swamp forest by planting 7,750 raffia palms, earning commendation from the community’s traditional ruler, Chief Wisdom Otolo.

Otolo, the head of the Agili community in Otuabagi, praised the Otuabagi Women Farmers’ Cooperative Society (OWFCS) for the initiative, which was carried out in the Ekpadior Forest between February and May.

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, arraigned a social media influencer, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka (a.k.a Blessing CEO), for an alleged N69,150,000 (Sixty-Nine Million, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) fraud before Justice R.A. Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.

Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Tuesday, 9 June 2026, said Nkiruka was arraigned on two counts of obtaining money by false pretence and stealing to the tune of N69,150,000.

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a case filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari on allegations bordering on non-disclosure of assets.

Justice James Omotosho dismissed the suit filed against Kyari and his younger brothers, Mohammed Kyari and Ali Kyari, for the anti-narcotics agency’s failure to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

The judge held that the burden of proving a case beyond a reasonable doubt falls on the prosecution, which it had failed to do so.

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a case filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari on allegations bordering on non-disclosure of assets.

Justice James Omotosho dismissed the suit filed against Kyari and his younger brothers, Mohammed Kyari and Ali Kyari, for the anti-narcotics agency’s failure to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

The judge held that the burden of proving a case beyond a reasonable doubt falls on the prosecution, which it had failed to do so.