Reprieve has come the way of the Managing Director, of Fidelity Bank Plc and the Company Secretary, Mrs. Unuigboje Ezinwa, as the Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, vacated the ruling that convicted and sentenced the duo to six weeks in prison or pay a fine of Four Hundred Thousand Naira respectively for contempt. The Chief Magistrate, Lateef Owolabi vacated the order in a Suit No: MIK/4726/22 between Justin Ahmed, (judgement creditor), Prince Enabulele Osazee, (judgement debtor) and Fidelity Bank Plc, (1st Garnishee/Applicant). Earlier, the court in a ruling it delivered on February 6, 2023, held that the MD…
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The last may have not been heard about the popular Lagos auto dealer Ikechukwu Ogbonna, husband to late Abimbola Ogbonna detained in prison custody over complicity in the death of his wife in a fire inferno at their Lekki home in October, 2022. The latest is that the family of the deceased wants the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, of the Ministry of Justice to resist any temptation to review the legal advice to prosecute the suspect in court for involuntary manslaughter. This is as a protest letter by alledged mistress of the suspect, Blessing Okoro, alias BlessingCEO is seeking…
The Lagos State Police Commissioner, CP Idowu Owohunwa has warned mischief makers to desist from fomenting trouble in the state as he said that anyone found wanting would be severely dealt with in accordance with the law. He gave this warning following attempts by some miscreants to take advantage of the Central Bank of Nigeria cash policy to unleash violence in some parts of the State. SP. Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos State Police Command Spokesperson made this known following the on-the-spot assessment of Mile 12 and other areas of the State where unrest was reported on Friday. According to the…
A group of retired primary school teachers has called on the Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Mr. Udom Emmanuel to pay them their gratuity and other entitlements since their retirement. The teachers numbering up to 21 said after their meritorious service for the State between 2013-2015, they are yet to be paid their gratuity and other entitlements. Speaking through their counsel, Mr. Kazeem Olusola Salawu of Salawu, Akingbolu & Co., in a letter titled “Passionate Appeal To Executive Governor Of Akwa Ibom State For Payment Of Gratuity And Other Entitlements Of Retired Primary School Teachers Of Akwa Ibom Sttae Between…
Justice I.O Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja has fixed April 3 for the trial of one Mark Obisean and four others for alledgedly purchasing forged bank notes. Other defendants include, Olumide Mcintouch, Bolaji Bakare, and Goodluck Bazunu. The defendants were re-arraigned on Thursday on an amended 11-count charge. They were charge to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Command. Part of the charge reads, “Mark Obisean, Olumide Mcintouch, Bolaji Bakare, Goodluck Bazunu, and Josiah Ntekume (at large) sometime in 2018 at Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division, received and have in your…
In a bid to curb proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the country, over 3,980 different calibres of arms recovered, have been handed over to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, NCCSALW, by the Nigerian Police Force, NPF. This information was disclosed by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer on Thursday. The activity supervised by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, according to the Force Spokesperson, is part of the efforts of the Nigeria Police Force, as a lead agency in internal security management, to curb the threat of…
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja sentenced Chris Nnaji, to one year imprisonment on Thursday for being in possession of fraudulent documents. The judge delivered the judgement following a successful prosecution by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The convict was arraigned on an amended two-count charge bordering on possession of documents containing false pretence contrary to Section 320 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State. One of the counts reads: “Chris Nnaji, sometimes in the month of November 2022 at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with…
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari in a national broadcast on Thursday said he has given approval to the apex bank, Central Bank of Nigeria to allow only the old N200 notes remain as legal tender for the next 60 days till April 10, while the old N500 and old N1,000 ceases to be legal tender. He also said all existing old N1000 and N500 notes remain redeemable at the CBN and designated points. Read his full speech below My Dear Compatriots, I have found it necessary to address you today, on the state of the nation and to render account on…
The new Commissioner of Police, CP Idowu Owohunwa on Wednesday warned officers and men under his command against accidental discharged. He gave the warning during his visit to some area commands as part of his familiarisation tour to all police formations under his control. The CP visited Area G Ogba and Area F Ikeja respectively, where he addressed all the Divisional Police Officers, DPOs, in the areas and urged the officers and men to be professional in their conducts as he will deal decisively with every unprofessionalism by any one under him. “I will not take accidental discharged from any of…
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday closed its case against suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, who is standing trial for allegedly killing a Lagos-based lawyer Omobolanle Raheem. This is as the 11th prosecution witness, Dr. Williams Oluwaseun Olatunde, a pathologist and forensic expert testified before Justice Ibironke Harrison of the Lagos State High Court, at the Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS annnex on how the post-mortem examination was conducted on the deceased. According to Dr. Williams, “On the autopsy date, after the body was wheeled into the morgue, Mr. Gbenga Raheem, the husband of the deceased and an investigating…