Suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele was rearrested on Tuesday by operatives of the Department of State Services after he was granted N20 million bail by a Federal High Court in Lagos. The re-arrest followed a drama when DSS operatives came at odds with officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) over the custody of the suspended CBN boss.

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, bail of twenty million naira with one surety. Justice Oweibo however noted that the embattled former CBN governor should be remanded in prison custody pending the perfection of his bail condition.

The Lagos State Ministry of Health has disclosed that the 103 victims of the 2020 EndSARS protests that were given mass burial was in the aftermath of the violence that erupted in many parts of the state and not from the Lekki Toll Gate as falsely reported in some social media publications.

Suspected armed kidnappers on Saturday night, invaded the residence of a former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, and left three security guards brutally injured. The invaders, who shot sporadically into the air, forced their way into Maku’s residence in Ola, Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State about 7.50 pm, and four security personnel. One of the injured security personnel told NAN on Sunday that the criminals invaded the residence at about 7:50 p.m.

The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through its spokesperson, Nkechi Isa, called on all Abuja residents to be on alert on Sunday (23rd July) for a heavy downpour, following the Nigeria Metrological Agency (NiMET) earlier speculation of heavy rainfall and possible flashflood in Abuja and its neighboring states. “The Federal Capital Territory,(FCT) and States contiguous with it are expected to experience heavy to moderate rainfall tomorrow,” the FEMA image maker said.

The leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark has stated that it was criminal equating the ongoing amnesty program in the South-South region with the calls for amnesty for bandits and terrorists in the Northern region. Nigerian elder statesman, addressing reporters on Wednesday in Abuja said, “My first reaction to those who compare the murderous blood sucking bandits from the northern part of the country with the legitimate agitators from the Niger Delta, is that of pity at their ignorance on national affairs and myopicism”.