A self proclaimed prophet, Olushola Akinsipe is standing trial for alledged defilement of a 13-year-old visually-impaired girl before Justice Hakeem Oshodi, of the Lagos High court in Ikeja. The defendant was said to have committed the act when the minor was taken to him for a spiritual cleansing over witchcraft. Testifying on Wednesday, a medical doctor, Dr. Sekinat Oredoyin, told the trial judge that the defendant defiled the visually-impaired girl under the pretext of praying for her. The Public Health Physician who works at Yaba Local Council Development Area said she examined the 13 years. While being led in evidence by…
Author: Funke Busari
The Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, WARDC has given the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, a 14-day ultimatum to find one Baby Joseph who it claimed is in possession of a Police officer, Samuel Ukpabio. Inspector Ukpabio attached to the the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba in Lagos alledgedly took the child away from his mother, Fortunate Obafuoso, while claiming to be acting for a government ministry. The ultimatum is with effect from Wednesday 8th March, and expected to last till March 22, 2023, else the women will March on the street of Lagos to attract national…
Trail of a former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi has been adjourned till Friday, March 24, 2023 for adoption of final written addresses in relation to their no-case submissions on Monday. Akpobolokemi and Ezekiel Bala Agaba are standing trial over alledged N754.8 million fraud, before Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja. The defendants who are alleged to have defrauded NIMASA, were initially charged alongside Governor Juan, Vincent Udoye, Ekene Nwakuche, Adegboyega Olopoenia and a company, Gama Marine Nigeria Limited before the charge was amended to involve only both of them. During…
Ruling has been reserved for April 3, in the trial of the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, Drambi Vandi, who allegedly killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, on December 25. This is as the defence counsel, Mr. Adetokunbo Odutola, in adopting his final written address on a no-case submission, which was filed on February 20, 2023 asked the court to dismiss the suit and discharge the defendant claiming that he has no case to answer. Therefore, Justice Ibironke Harrison of the Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, Annex, Lagos Island on Monday adjourned the…
The Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Justice says it will resist any request to exhume the corpse of Whitney Omodesola Adeniran, the student of Chrisland School, electrocuted at an inter-house sport in Agege Stadium, Lagos. This information was disclosed by Alo Grace, Director Public Affairs of the government agency in a statement on Sunday. Below is the statement The Lagos State Ministry of Justice is aware of the current ongoing dialogue about the alleged plans to exhume the body of the late Whitney Omodesola Adeniran, a student of Chrisland Schools whose death as revealed by the autopsy, conducted…
Armed robbers allegedly terrorising communities in Lagos State have been arrested in separate operations, according to the Police. The suspects, six in number, the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said were arrested by police detectives. They were said to belong to two different gangs, notorious for dispossessing unsuspecting victims of their valuables within Ajegunle and Alaba-Rago areas of Lagos State. The arrest of Chukwuemeka Emmanuel, 21, Chukwuebuka Innocent, 24, Umaru Isah, 21, Emmanuel Ita,19, Olaitan Ayinde, 18 and Moshood Ayinde, 25 followed swift investigations into reports of activities of the robbers in the areas. The Police claims, the…
The Police personnel who participated in election duties in the recently held Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, 25th February, 2023 have been paid their allowances. This was communicated through the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Sunday. This confirmation was necessitated as news circulating in the media has it that some Police Officers have been denied the payment of their accrued allowances; and such delay has not gone down well with the force. The Spokesman however urges all officers and men who are yet to receive payment of the election allowances to take up such matters…
Police Officers’ Wives Association, POWA, now has a new Chairperson. She is Mrs. Folayemi Owohunwa, the wife of the Lagos State Police Commissioner, CP. Idowu Owohunwa. The new POWA leader took over from Mrs Tosin Alabi on Friday at a brief ceremony witnessed by some officers’ wives from the command, held at the POWA’s Secretariat, GRA, Ikeja. The POWA leader asked for cooperation and commitments to the association from the officers’ wives in the state. She said their cooperations would assist her to succeed in new position, adding that their advice and constructive criticism would put the association in a…
Supreme Court of Nigeria has ordered that old N200, N500, N1,000 notes remain in circulation till December 31, 2023. This the decision of the apex court on Friday, 3 March, 2023. The court nullified the Federal Government’s naira redesigned policy, declaring it as an affront to the 1999 Constitution. Sixteen states of the Federation instituted the suit to challenge the legality or otherwise of the introduction of the policy. The suit initially instituted by Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states has been slated as the first case on the cause list for final verdict. Justice John Inyang Okoro who led a…
The Lagos State Government may commit proceedings against Chrisland School over the death of one of its pupils, Whitney Adeniran. The outcome of the autopsy revealed that the student died of electrocution against the claim of the school that the girl was sick. A statement on Thursday by the Director of Public Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Grace Alo said the post-mortem report revealed Whitney’s cause of death to be Asphyxia and electrocution. The statement indicated further that the Directorate of Public Prosecutions had been instructed by Lagos State Attorney General to issue legal advice on the matter with immediate effect. She…