For displaying unprofessional conduct, and misusing firearms, the Nigerian Police Force has dismissed three policemen, Inspector Dahiru Shuaibu, Sergeant Abdullahi Badamasi, and Sergeant Isah Danladi. The officers were attached to Special Protection Unit, SPU, Base 1, Kano. It would be recalled that the officers were caught in a viral video on April 7, 2023 repeatedly firing shots from their official firearms into the air despite police policy against firing in the air, standard operating procedure and relevant Force Orders; and disregarding the possible risk to the crowd at the location which included children, while attached to a musician in Kano…
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An Abuja-based businessman, Alhaji Mubarak Musa, the Chairman, Al-Mubee Group, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, as well as the Department of State Service over threat to his life and family. According to Musa, it was pertinent to make those petitions because one Achema Stephen Akpa had on two occasions stormed his construction site in Abuja and physically assaulted him, destroyed his properties and made threats to his life. In a series of petitions addressed to the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector General…
The People Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate for Lagos Governorship Mr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran, also known as Jandor has filed petition against the governor-elect of Lagos State, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat Kadiri. He is claiming that the duo are not qualified to contest the election conducted by the National Independent Electoral Commission, INEC. Adediran petition marked EPT/LAG/GOV/01/2023 dated April 7, 2023, was filed against Sanwo-Olu, the All Progressive Congress, APC, Dr. Hamzat, INEC, and Arch. Gbadebo Patrick Rhodes-Vivour and Labour Party, as first to sixth respondent, According to him, the Governor, who is the second respondent was…
Lagos Governor-elect who is the All Progressive Candidate, APC, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat are not qualified to contest the election and ought to have been disqualified. This is the thrust of the petition filed by the Labour Party, LP, candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. In his petition dated April 9, 2023 marked EPT/LAG/GOV/04/2023, Gbadebo claimed that the Governor, who is the second respondent was at the time of the election, not qualified to contest the election into the office of the Governor held on Saturday, March 18, 2023 conducted by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. He added that the electoral…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, CJID, has dragged the Federal Government to court over the N5m fine imposed on Channels Television. The fine is in response to the interview with the Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed. The groups are asking the court to “declare arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional” the N5m fine imposed on the station. In addition, they want the court to make an “order setting aside the N5m fine for being inconsistent and incompatible with section 22, 36 and 39 of the Nigerian Constitution 1999 [as amended], Article 9 of…
Daniel had a dream of becoming a successful real estate businessman. He had done his research, networked with industry professionals, and saved up enough money to start his own business. However, Daniel quickly realised that the real estate market was much more challenging and competitive than he had anticipated. Properties were in high demand, and prices were rising, making it difficult for him to purchase properties at a reasonable cost. As a result, Daniel found himself running out of money faster than he expected. He couldn’t afford to market his properties effectively, and he struggled to pay his employees. Despite…
The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday arrested two suspects, even as it impounded 41 motorcycles in Lagos on Wednesday. The arrests were made over the killing of one Police Inspector and serious injury to the Divisional Police Officer of Isolo Police Division. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin in a statement. According to him, “While enforcing the existing ban on the use of motorcycles in parts of Lagos State, Police Officers of Isolo Division came under attack from motorcycle riders at Cele bus-stop, resulting in the death of one Police Inspector and serious…
Frontline international law expert and the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Professor Damilola Sunday Olawuyi, SAN has been awarded the top prize in academic publishing by the American Society of International Law, ASIL The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who is also Vice Chair of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, received the prestigious “ASIL Certificate of Merit for High Technical Craftsmanship and Utility to Practicing Lawyers and Scholars” for his book Environmental Law in Arab States published by Oxford University Press. ASIL is the world’s most prestigious learned society in international law, and the…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted bail to a relationship expert, Blessing Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO, for alleged cyber-bullying. Justice Tijjani Ringim granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N10m with two sureties. Other conditions of bail granted the applicant includes that one of the sureties must provide a certificate of occupancy or titled document registered with the Lagos State Government and must be within choice areas in the state and that must also be verified by the court through the Bureau of Land in Lagos. The sureties must have their statement of…
The parents of late Omodesola Whitney Adeniran, a-12-year-old student of Chrisland High School in Lagos who died on February 9, 2023 during the school’s inter-house sports activities at the Agege Sports Stadium, will on April 17 testify before the Coroner inquest at the Ogba Magistrate court. This is the ruling on the application brought before the Coroner Magistrate, Magistrate Olabisi Fajana. The school had filed an application seeking samples and materials to carry out an independent evaluation of the autopsy report conducted by the Lagos State Government. Lagos State government had on February 13, ordered a coroner’s inquest to establish…