Trial of the medical doctor of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye continued on Tuesday. Dr. Olaleye is standing trial for a two-count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetration against his wife’s niece. To that end, Justice Ramon Oshodi of the Lagos State Special and Sexual Offences Court in Ikeja, listened to the evidence of the third prosecution witness, a child forensic interview specialist, Mrs. Olabisi Anike Ajayi-Kayode, of Cece Yara Foundation. Ajayi-Kayode testified that she conducted interview on the 15-year-old survivor (name withheld) who claimed that the embattled medical doctor lured her into several sexual activities. The…
Author: Funke
My Fellow Countrymen and Women. I wish all of you a very happy and prosperous New Year. First, I would like to thank and honour the Almighty who saw us through the year 2022 and has given us the opportunity to see another year. Each New Year is an opportunity to reflect on the past year, reposition, and move forward with the New. As we celebrate the opportunity to be alive in this year 2023, we must also acknowledge the passing away of our brothers and sisters who didn’t make it into this new year. May their souls rest in…
Not less than 104 prison inmates have been set free on the order of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. On Friday, the state government through the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, released 104 inmates from various correctional facilities across the State. This release, Lagos Attorney and Commissioner of Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo SAN, said is in compliance with the provisions of Section 212 (1) (2) of the 1999 Constitution (amended) which empowers the Governor to exercise Prerogative of Mercy. Governor Sanwo-Olu, gave the approval for their release on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy. The Governor signed the release…
Emmanuel Okorafor, 26, who has been defrauding POS operators of various sums of money has been arrested by the Rapid Response Squad on Thursday in Ojota area of Lagos. He confessed that he started the act just three weeks ago. According to the suspect, he normally gives POS operators a figure in seven, which the operator would enter into his POS (N52,000:00). Once the machine is handed to him to enter his PIN, he would cleverly delete two zeros (N5,200:00) before returning it to the operators. Unknowing to his victims, the operators pay him N52,000:00 while he is debited N5,200:00.…
The suspended Police officer, ASP Drambi Vandi, who was alleged to have murdered a-41 -year-old lawyer, Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem on the 25th of December, 2022 at Ajah has been remanded in prison custody on Friday. Chief Magistrate C.A. Adedayo of the Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos remanded him for 30 days in line with the provision of the law pending further investigation by the Police. The court also directed the Police to forward the duplicate case file to the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, and adjourned the case to 30th of January, 2023 for the…
A coalition of over 223 women organisations under the aegis of Womanifesto has demanded justice for the murder of 41-year-old Omobolanle Raheem, a member of the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos by Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi. While describing unlawful use of force as “a threat to life, liberty, security and equal protection under the law”, the women said there were strict international standards governing how and when police can use force, or firearms. “We demand the speedy prosecution of Drambi Vandi to the full extent of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 and other applicable laws. The…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, will lead the Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, to monitor the trial of ASP Drambi Vandi, the policeman that shot and killed Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem in Lagos on December 25, 2022. According to the Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, in a press statement released on Thursday said the Association will also press for monetary compensation for the family of the deceased by the relevant government agencies. Recall that Nigerians woke up to the shock of the death of Mrs. Raheem who was shot in the Ajah area of Lagos inside…
The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma has announced, the death of, the President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, worldwide, Professor George Achulike Obiozor. A statement personally signed by the governor described the deceased as a renowned academic, an exceptional diplomat and statesman and a tenacious patriot. He died after a brief illness. According to Governor Uzodinma, Professor George Obiozor death is a big loss to Imo State, the South-East and the entire Nigeria. He said his burial arrangements will be announced in due course by the family.. Prof. George Obiozor was elected the President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo in 2021. He was a…
Funke Busari
Hon. Dayo Bush-Alebiosu’s wife has passed on. Dayo Bush-Alebiosu was a former lawmaker representing Kosofe Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Mrs. Yetunde Alebiosu, nee Sotomi, was an Assistant Director at the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, she passed around 4:00p.m on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at a private hospital in Lagos. She died at the age of 48. The news of her death was made public in a statement signed by the family on Wednesday, December 28, 2022. “It is with heavy hearts and profound gratitude to the Almighty that we announce the loss of our much loved…