Nigeria, March 6 -- The Federal High Court in Lagos has revoked the bail earlier granted to gospel singer and former Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) chorister, Ayotunde Richards, and ordered the arrest of blogger Funke Ashekun, over social media posts misrepresenting court proceedings.

The judge, Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, gave the ruling on Wednesday during the criminal trial of Mr Richards, who faces 12 counts of conspiracy, cyberbullying, and defamation filed by the Nigerian police against him.

The prosecutor, Nosa Uhumwangho, told the court that Mr Richards published several posts on the social media platform Moment of Truth between December 2023 and February 2024, which allegedly defamed MFM General Overseer Daniel Oluko...