A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has struck out a case filed by the Action Peoples Party, APP, seeking to nullify the candidature of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress. The Court gave the order in suit No. FHC/UM/CS/124/2022 filed by the Action Peoples Party and others against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the first defendant and Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu as second defendant and the All Progressives Congress, APC, as third defendant. The plaintiffs had prayed the Court to ask INEC, the first defendant to invalidate the nomination of Senator…
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All roads would lead to high brow Providence Hotel, Oba Akinjobi Road, Ikeja Lagos this Thursday as Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria, CRAN, holds its 2022 annual lecture and award of honours to distinguished personalities including the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba Alkali, the Chief of Naval Staff, CNS, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo and many others. In a statement today by the President of CRAN, Mr. Olalekan Olabulo, this year’s event to be chaired by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Cornfield Group of Companies, Dr. Babatope Agbeyo would attract a galaxy of personalities from the various security agencies…
President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled new Naira banknotes, for Nigerians on Wednesday, expressing delight that the redesigned currencies are locally produced by the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting, NSPM, PLC. The president spoke at the launch of the new banknotes, which preceded the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting where he explained in detail the basis for his approval to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to redesign the ₦200, ₦500 and ₦1000 banknotes. According to the President, ‘‘The new Naira banknotes have been fortified with security features that make them difficult to counterfeit.’’ He also explained that the new banknotes…
For having having sexual intercourse with his 14-year-old daughter, Adewale Ibitoye has been sentenced to to life imprisonment by a Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja. Jailed alongside him, is his friend, Moses, Orukpe who defiled and impregnated the survivor at age 14. Justice Abiola Soladoye handed down the judgement to the duo on Wednesday having found them guilty of sexual offences. The trial judge held that the prosecution had proved the charge of defilement against the convicts beyond any doubt. The judge condemned the barbaric act of the first defendant for having sex with her underage daughter several…
The Police in Ogun State have arrested a Pastor Idowu Abel and his accomplices for alledgedly killing 39 years old, Adekunle Muyiwa for ritual purpose. The suspects are Idowu Abel, Clement Adeniyi and Pastor Felix Ajadi. They are now in the custody of the police following a report made at Owode Yewa divisional headquarters on the 15th of November 2022 by one Oluwaseyi Adekunle, the elder brother of the victim, which led to their arrest on Saturday. According to Ogun State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi on Tuesday, he said the victim was lured by his friend, Idowu Abel…
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has described Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State as a dogged crime fighter who had made the state unsafe for criminals to thrive. IGP Baba said the Kogi Governor was one governor that would never raise the alarm of not being in control of security in his state. The Police boss added that from what he had observed, the governor “leads from the front”. He made this known on Monday during his visit to Kogi State, because he was happy that Governor Bello was playing the role of the “real Chief Executive Officer”…
A Bureau de Change, BDC operator, Ali Nuhu, has narrated how a businessman, Temitope Omogbeja allegedly defrauded him of about 20 million naira on the pretext of supplying him with the dollar equivalent. He gave evidence before Justice Olubusola Okunuga of a Special Offences Court in Ikeja on Monday. Omogbeja is standing trial alongside his company, Teejahm Integrated Service Limited, on a two count charge of stealing and obtaining money under false pretences. While being led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, counsel, Ms. Chineye Okezie, the prosecuton witness told the court that he knew the…
It was a great spectacle to behold as the Christmas and Yuletide season came to life at the 2022 Zenith Bank Christmas Light-Up Ceremony, which was held at the Ajose Adeogun Street Roundabout, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday, November 19, 2022. The official lighting ceremony, which was performed by the Group Managing Director/CEO of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, supported by Executive Management, was witnessed by many of the bank’s staff and customers, with others joining virtually. With the theme “Let There Be Light”, this year marks the 16th edition of the Light-up Ceremony at the Ajose Adeogun Roundabout.…
Absence of 57-years-old medical director, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation for arraignment in court has been aborted on Monday. He is charged by the Lagos State Government in Suit ID/202896/2022 for alleged defilement of a 15-year-old-minor. But the trial could not take place on Monday due to his absence. Justice Ramon Oshodi of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja has now adjourned matter till Wednesday, November 30, 2022. Addressing the court, the State Prosecutor, Olugbenga Alagbe, informed the court that the matter was for trial. Alagbe explained that a letter was sent to the…
By Dennis Isong A few years ago, Mr. Ranti bought a piece of land somewhere in Lagos. He didn’t buy it to develop it, rather, to resell it. The cost of that land then was 500 thousand naira. And he waited for a few years because he knew how land rapidly appreciates. During these periods of waiting, the community in which the land was located kept developing. Each year, there’s a massive development going on. By the time Mr. Ranti was ready to resell it, people had to beg him to sell it to them for 2 million naira because…