Reprieve came the way of 45 broadcast stations on Wednesday when the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, gave an order of perpetual injunction restraining the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, from imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country. The order was granted by Justice James Omotosho as the court set aside the N500,000 fines imposed on 1st March 2019 on each of the 45 broadcast stations. Justice Omotosho held that the NBC, not being a court of law, had no power to impose sanctions as punishment on broadcast stations. He further held that the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, which gives…
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For alledgedly obtaining money by false pretence and stealing, Muhammed Usman and his firm, Masha Allah International Resources Limited was arraigned before Justice Ismail Ijelu of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja. The defendant and his company was dragged to court by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a five-count charge on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. But upon his arraignment, he denied commission of the charges. Count one reads: “Muhammed Usman and Masha Allah International Resources Limited on or about the 22nd August 2022 in Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division of this…
A 23-year-old alledged survivor of sexual offence, (names with held) told Justice Ramon Oshodi of a Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court that the defendant raped her on two occasions. The defendant is Bishop Oluwafeyiropo Daniel, Founder of I Reign Christian Ministry, Ikota Lekki area of Lagos..Bishop Daniel is being prosecuted over three-count-charge bordering on rape and sexual assault, to which he has pleaded not guilty in suit No: ID/21275C/2023. The witness alledged that the bishop, who she regarded as her spiritual father, raped her at his residence on Ikota Villa Estate, Lekki, Lagos State, on June 21, 2020.…
Nigeria’s leading indigenous oil and gas company; Seplat Energy Plc has announced that the Annual General Meeting, AGM, scheduled for Wednesday 10th May, 2023 has received further affirmation today Tuesday May 9, 2023 from the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Hon. Justice A.R. Mohammed. This latest court ruling has cleared the coast for Seplat’s AGM as it re-affirmed unequivocally that the AGM should not be impeded in any way. Justice A.R. Mohammed in Suit number FHC/ABJ/PET/7/2023 – Akinnifesi & Adelaja V. Seplat Energy Plc has delivered a final and binding judgement, ordering the Company to…
Vigilantes in Kogi State have rescued 134 victims who were abducted from various parts of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The victims were rescued during the recent operations of the Kogi vigilantes in forests located in the state and some parts of Nasarawa State, a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Kogi State, Onogwu Muhammed, said on Monday. The vigilantes were said to have stormed the hideouts of kidnappers in the Odullo forest of Kogi and Sardauna in Nasarawa State, rescuing victims who were abducted from Abaji, Kuje, and Kwali in FCT, as well as…
Billionaire business mogul and Senator elect for Ondo South, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, CFR has made his first set of appointment, announcing online publisher of Ondo Events, Mr. Bola Olagbegi as his Chief of Staff. Dr. Ibrahim who just flew into the country from his short vacation in America, London and Dubai, connected Abuja where he attended party’s crucial stakeholders meeting before returning to his Igbotako country home over the weekend. On Monday morning, the Founder of University of Fortune, Igbotako pronounced Bola Olagbegi as his Chief of Staff, noting that Olagbegi worked assiduously for his victory at the polls and…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized substance suspected to be illicit drugs at the Eleko beach road in Lekki area of Lagos. This was however after a 30-minute gun fight with armed men who were escorting the consignment loaded in two long trucks, this is according to the Agency spokesperson, Femi Babafemi. According to him the, NDLEA operatives had laid ambush for the traffickers along the Eleko beach road in Lekki and at about 4:51a.m on Thursday May 4, 2023. He said two long trucks conveying the illicit consignments were flagged down but rather than stopping,…
The Lagos State Taskforce carried out a follow up exercise and mop up operation at the Lekki Coastal Road to drive home its mandate of creating a serene and habitable environment for residents within that axis through the removal of shanties and criminal hideouts. This information was communicated by Gbadebo Abdulraheem, Director, Press & Public Affairs on Sunday. According to him, the operation was led by the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye in the wee hours of today and lasted about six hours. Jejeloye disclosed that 38 recalcitrant suspects who thought it was business as usual were arrested. …
The Chief of the Naval Staff, Nigerian Navy, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo (CFR) on Thursday bagged the Award of Examplary Leadership in Maritime Security at the International Symposium on Blue Ocean Economy and Maritime Security in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Agenda 2063 held in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Vice Admiral Gambo was bestowed the award by Prof M.S. Tshehla, Dean of Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University while Mr. Patrick Agbambu, CEO Security Watch Africa Initiatives read his citation. The symposium was based on the premise that the successful attainment of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 objectives is premised…
Police officers and their families are to be given a new lease of life, as brand new barracks to accommodate them, their spouses and children are expected to be built in the next two years in Lagos State. Expectations are high that the project would be seen to fruition if assurances by stakeholders saddled with constructing the shelters hit the ground running and walk the talk. This would be a reality as soon as 25 distressed barracks no longer habitable are demolished and the shelters renovated to modern standard. The regeneration project, which is a collaboration by the Nigeria Police…