Lagos socialite and nightclub owner, Mike Nwalie, better known as Pretty Mike, has been granted ₦50 million bail by the Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged drug offence.
Pretty Mike, who runs Proxy Lagos Night Club, was arraigned alongside his club supervisor, Joachim Hillary, 32, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
They were brought before Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa on a three-count charge of conspiracy, drug possession, and allowing the club to be used for drug activities.
According to the NDLEA prosecutor, Buhari Abdullahi, the offences were said to have happened on October 26, 2025, at No. 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Abdullahi told the court that NDLEA officers found 200 grams of Cannabis Sativa and 177 cylinders of Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas), weighing a total of 364.662 kilograms, during a raid at the club.
He also said Hillary was caught with 200 grams of Cannabis Sativa without any legal permission, while Pretty Mike, 45, allowed his club to be used for drug activities.
The NDLEA said their actions broke Sections 14(b) and 20(1)(c) of the NDLEA Act, Cap N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
Both men pleaded not guilty.
Their lawyer, Dr. B.S. Awosika (SAN), asked the court to grant them bail, saying they had no criminal record and would show up for trial.
But the prosecutor opposed the request, asking the court to start the trial quickly instead.
In his ruling, Justice Lewis-Allagoa said the defendants were innocent until proven guilty and that the NDLEA had not given enough reason to deny bail.
He granted each of them ₦50 million bail, with two sureties in like sum, and ordered the sureties to provide an affidavit of means.
The judge released the defendants to their lawyer until they meet their bail conditions and adjourned the case to January 14, 2026, for trial.
