Funke Busari, Lagos News reaching CASEFILE has it that armed men invaded and ransacked the residence of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, MKO, in Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday. This information is contained in a press statement signed on behalf of the family by Tundun Abiola, stating that the hoodlums subjected the family to extreme emotional torture and harassment and stole cash and other valuable items belonging to the family. The MKO family further disclosed that the police have since been informed and the crime is being investigated. The family was elated that no life was lost in the bulglary. “We…
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The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the election of Mr. Yahaya Bello as Governor of Kogi State. In a judgement prepared by Justice Inyang Okoro and read by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the Apex Court disagreed with the appeal filed on five grounds by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Kogi governorship election, Musa Wada. Mr. Wada claimed that the election held on November 16, 2019, was riddled with serious electoral infractions; rigging and over-voting, and that Governor Bello didn’t secure the highest vote.
The Association of Movies Producers, AMP, have accused the Director General of the National Film and Video Censors Board of holding hostage one of them on Saturday in Asaba, Delta State, in order to force him to endorse the factional group led by Peace Anyiam Osigwe as the President. The DG, Mr. Adedayo Thomas was said to have prevented Mr. Zeb Ejiro from leaving the hotel room where he lodged in order to endorse Osigwe factional election that took place in Asaba as the authentic. It was reported that another election took place at the AMP secretariat in Surulere, Lagos…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on September 3, 2020 deliver a keynote address in an online conference titled “Media Coverage of Virtual Court Proceedings: Prospects and Challenges organised by Gavel International, an online news platform that covers the adminstration of justice system in Nigeria. According to the Publisher of Gavel International, Mr. Mustapha Ogunsakin, the conference has become crucial particularly now that COVID-19 has changed so many things across the world, even the court system. He said: “There is no gainsaying the fact that the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected systems, norms, institutions and countries across the world,…
An Akure High Court on Friday quashed the suspension of four members of the Ondo State House of Assembly who refused to sign the impeachment notice of the state Deputy Governor, Hon. Alfred Agboola Ajayi. The lawmakers, including the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Ogundeji Iroju, the only woman in the House, Mrs. Favour Tomomowo, Wale Williams and Tomide Akinribido representing Ondo Constituencies I and II were suspended for refusing to sign the impeachment notice of the deputy governor. The anti-impeachment lawmakers were suspended for refusing to sign the impeachment notice served on deputy governor who defected from All Progressives Congress, APC.…
Funke Busari, Lagos The trial of Happiness Elebiju a driver of a boat that capsized leading to the death of 12 people operated from an illegal jetty, the Head of Operation, Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA, Mr. Ibrahim Famuyiwa had said. The first prosecution witness made this allegation before Justice Josephine Oyefeso of a Lagos High Court lkeja. Recall that the victims of the boat incident was said to have drowned after the wave of a ship sailing along the Kirikiri waterfront made the boat, which engine had been switched off during an argument between Elebiju and his passengers over…
Funke Busari, Lagos An helicopter has crashed into a building at 16 Salvation Road, Opebi in Ikeja area of Lagos. The Lagos State Emergency Agency, LASEMA confirmed that two people were dead and one rescued. .
Funke Busari Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, rejoiced with Nigerian-born Kaycee Madu who was re-appointed Minister of Justice and Solicitor General for the Government of Alberta in Canada. The President’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. The statement was titled “President Buhari congratulates Nigerian born Kaycee Madu appointed Minister of Justice in Alberta, Canada.” Mr. Adesina quoted the President as describing the development as “landmark and historic”.
Funke Busari Akinwumi Adesina has been re-elected as President of the Africa Development Bank by its Board of Governors. Presidential spokeswoman, Lauretta Onochie confirmed the news in a congratulatory tweet on Thursday. The AfDB is currently holding its 55th Annual Meetings in Côte d’Ivoire virtually, due to COVID-19 restrictions. Adesina’s re-election was mired in controversy after he was charged with alleged ethical violations. However, after repeated investigations, the former Nigerian Agriculture Minister was cleared of all charges levelled against him, paving the way for his re-election. Adesina is the first Nigerian to hold the post of the bank’s President.
Funke Busari, Lagos The total number of inmates so far captured on the Lagos Criminal Information System, LCIS, has increased to 30,107 as at March 2020, as indicated by the quarterly report of the LCIS. According to the LCIS report released by the Office of the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ibeju-Lekki, Alimosho, Apapa, Ikorodu and Ojo are the top five locations where inmates who have passed through the criminal justice system in the five custodial centres (prisons) of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Lagos State were arrested for various crimes within the period under review. There…