The Lagos State Government has dragged the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the National Assembly before the Supreme Court to test the Constitutionality of Virtual Court Hearings. In a suit filed through the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), Lagos is asking the apex court to determine “whether having regard to Section 36(1), (3) and (4) of the 1999 Constitution [as amended], use of technology by remote hearings of any kind, whether by Zoom, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, Skype or any other audio visual or video-conference platform by the…
Author: Funke Busari
The Lagos State Executive Council, under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, having satisfied all legal requirements, has approved the nomination and appointment of Prince Gbolahan Lawal as the new Oba-Elect of Iruland (the Oniru-Elect of Iruland). A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, on Friday stated that the appointment of Prince Lawal as the Oniru-Elect, which takes immediate effect was made on Friday afternoon, during the State’s Executive Council meeting, where final ratification was made on his nomination. Prince Gbolahan Lawal, succeeds late Oba Idowu Abiodun, former Oniru of Iruland, who passed on in…
Three brothers are now cooling their heels in Police custody for the killing of a-55year woman that one of them met on Facebook. The crime was committed in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. A statment by the Force Spokeperson, Frank Mba says the body has been exhumed for forensic examination Police operatives attached to the Intelligence Response Team IRT of the Nigeria Police Force arrested three (3) suspects namely; Johnson Emmanuel – 38 years, Gideon Emmanuel – 31 years and Success Emmanuel – 27 years for the kidnap and gruesome murder of one Mrs Janet Nnenna Ogbonnaya on 14th May, 2020. The suspects,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port- Harcourt’s Zonal office on Thursday arraigned a spurious Managing Director of a micro finance bank, Belema Abibo and Cosmopolitan micro finance bank Limited, before Justice M. L Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on two count-charges bordering on obtaining money by false pretences to the tune of N100 million. The suspects were arrested when a case of Obtaining by False Pretences, OBT, and fraudulent diversion of funds was raised against them by a petitioner. According to the petitioner, sometimes in 2016, some representatives of Cosmopolitan micro…
The family of Margaret Adiya Ikumu, a-19 year old girl in Lagos who recently faked her own death using the image photograph of her employer’s daughter, Dr. Nimechi Ugorji on a fictitious Facebook account in the name of Marvellous Mary to carry out her evil plan of faking her death has formally apologized to the family of Dr. Ugorji and her family over the unfortunate behaviour of their daughter. In an apology message to the Ugorji’s on behalf of Margaret’s family by Mr. Tony Iji, the family expresses regret over the mischievous action of their daughter which obviously tarnishes the…
Former Governor of Old Ondo State, Bamidele Ishola Olumilua is dead. He was 80 years old. An evangelist and a native of Ikere-Ekiti, was Governor of now Ondo and Ekiti States from January 1992 to November 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic, elected on the platform of then Social Democratic Party, SDP.
A legal practitioner, Osobase Omo-Iyoha has been murdered by his yet to be identified kidnappers. The news was on the Facebook page of the past Nigeria Bar Associaton 1st Assistant General Secretary, Okey Leo Ohagba. “I received with shock, the horrifying news of the kidnap and eventual murder of our dear colleague, Late Osobase Omo-Iyoha.” According to him, the incident underscores the deploring security situation in Nigeria. “The case of Omo-Iyoha, once again brings to fore, the tragic realities of our failed security system. Government has failed Omo-Iyoha of that duty of protecting his life and property, same way the…
Barr. Omo Osobase Iyioha, a legal practitioner based in Benin, Edo State was reportedly abducted on the 9th of May, 2020. A spirited search for the lawyer only produced his dead body, having been murdered and buried in a shallow grave in an uncompleted building. One of the suspects already in the Police net reportedly confessed to the dastardly act and was said to have actually led the Nigerian Police Investigation Team to the site of the shallow grave of Barr. Omo Osobase Iyioha. Similarly, Miss Uwaila Omozuwa, a young, ambitious, and determined lady was reportedly murdered on Wednesday, the…
Domestic flights which have been suspended since March as one of the measures to to control the spread of the Coronavirus, are to resume at the nation’s airports beginning Sunday 21st June, 2020. Minister of Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika who disclosed this at Monday’s briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said the resumption of flights will be purely premised on the implementation of the approved protocols for safe operations of the airlines. In a statement signed by Director, Public AffairsMinistry of Aviation, James Odaudu, Sirika explained that the three weeks period between now and the resumption date is…
Funke Busari The Police High Command in Abuja is leaving no stone unturned to bring to book the killers of an undergraduate of the University of Benin Miss Vera Uwaila Omosuwa who was cut down on her prime. In order to rein the perpetrators, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu on Monday deployed additional investigations aids and forensic support to Edo State Police Command to complement and expedite actions in the ongoing investigations into the incident that occurred on 28th and 30th May, 2020. While condemning the killing, the Police boss commiserated with the family, friends and colleagues of…