The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, Solomon Arase says Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, must be prosecuted over an assault on a police officer in Lagos State. The singer was captured on a viral video slapping a uniformed policeman. In a statement on Sunday, the spokesman of PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, said the commission and Arase condemn the action while commending the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali-Baba for his directive. Arase also commended the police officer in question for staying calm despite the provocation. He added that the police must use the incident to set a precedent that assault on…
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Police in Ogun State on May 10, 2023, arrested four staffs of ZEFA Microfinance Bank, situated at Abule Ijoko Lemode area of Ifo local government area in Ogun have been arrested for allegedly causing the death of a debtor’s wife, Vivain Omo. They were arrested by the officers of the Ogun State Police Command. Trouble started when the bank staffers visited the home of the deceased to ask for the payment of loan taken from the bank by the deceased’s husband but they were told that the man was not at home. The bank staffs decided to pack all the electronics…
Two men in their late 40’s have been arrested for ingesting and excreting 193 pellets of illicit drug, called Cocaine. The duo, Ebere Onoh 49, and Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji, 47, were intercepted at the Abuja airport on Wednesday, May 10 upon their arrival from Uganda via Addis Ababa, onboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 951. According to Femi Babafemi, Spokesperson for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, stated that the suspected drug dealers were arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for cocaine. After the anti-drug agency placed them for three days in observatory custody following their arrest, Ebere excreted…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered a speedy and full investigation into the remote and immediate cause(s) of the assault and prosecution of Afrobeat singer, Oluseun Kuti over his alleged assault on a Police officer. This is a follow up to the order of the IGP for his arrest when he was captured in trending video. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command has been asked to arrest the son of late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Seun Kuti, who was allegedly captured on video assaulting a police officer in uniform. The Police boss assures Nigerians that acts of contempt/disdain for…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the World Bank President Mr. David Malpass to use his “good offices to suspend any disbursement of the $800m loan to the Federal Government and to request the incoming administration to provide satisfactory explanations for the loan.” The advocacy group also wants Mr. Malpass and the World Bank to reopen discussion on the reportedly approved $800m loan with the incoming administration to clarify the details on the rationale and use of the loan because the term of office of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari ends in May 2023. The Federal Government in April announced…
Improving the protection of civilians through collaboration has been identified as the strategy for preventing harm, loss of lives/properties and de-escalating crises in Lagos State, or Nigeria at large. Championing this cause are the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, Transparency International In Nigeria, TI-Nigeria, with support from Open Society Foundation Africa, OSF-Africa. But CISLAC/TI is not doing this alone, as it is set to walk the talk with trained Early Warning Community Observers to complement the role of internal security agencies. To achieve this, community observers, traditional community/religious leaders and the media amongst others, are poised to signal necessary…
Thirty-two women from Ikorodu have joined the 250 beneficiaries of Nestlé Nigeria’s Empowering Rural Women in Nigeria Project through which Nestlé is helping rural women in Nigeria build financial security to improve their standard of living. This is achieved through training, mentorship, and grants in form of Nestlé products. Beneficiaries of the program are female retailers in Nestlé Nigeria’s value chain. Nestlé Empowering Rural Women in Nigeria aims to help beneficiaries scale up their businesses and sustain the new level of up to three times the size of their existing businesses. Each beneficiary receives grants valued at 300% of their…
Lagos State Government has called on all relevant stakeholders in environmental issues across the State to be actively involved in ensuring the attainment of a serene and safe environment that is commensurate with its vision of a smart city. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, of the ministry, Dr. Omobolaji Gaji made the call while speaking at the 8th Edition of the Annual Stakeholders Forum put together by Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, in collaboration with Ministries of Health and Transportation, to promote a sustainable environment on…
Precious Ojo has been arrested by the Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for alleged $268,000 fraud. He was arrested by the Benin Zonal Command of the Commission. Twenty-six year old Precious also known as Obago was picked up in Oghara, Delta State. He was arrested following a petition received from a United States of America citizen, on his alleged fraudulent activities. According to a statement signed by Wilson Uwajaren, the Agency:s Spokesperson, the petitioner had alleged that the suspect impersonated one Raymond Bush who works in the US Treasury to defraud her of $268,000.00. He was arrested…
Despite his ingenuity to evade arrest by the operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Owoseni Gabriel, who posed as a woman was arrested alongside 32 others for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud. The suspect was arrested alongside Salaudeen Hammed, Akinsanya Olamilekan, Olamofe Joshua, Akindele Saheed, Damilare Micheal, Patoki Ayomiku, Olakunle Ismail, Babalola Ayomide, Afolabi Olaibola, Abiodun Olayinka, Samuel Ogunyemi, Adebayo Olarewaju, Abdul-Fatai Olawale and Hassan Ayofe. Others are: Samson Jeremiah, Kolawole Afeez, Owoseni Gabriel, Makinde Oluwasegun, Daniel Seun, Adefolahan Isreal, Olusegun Emmanuel, Olawore Micheal, Hammed Raheem, Micheal Tunde, Francis Chibundu, Jesse…