The seeming delay by some State officials to order a coroner inquest to ascertain the actual cause of death of Alaba Bakare, owner of Bama Hotel and Suites has reinforced the urgent need to call on the Lagos State Governor for a quick intervention. This is according to the family of the Lagos businessman and hotelier, late Alaba Bakare. The call by the family led by the deceased’s father, Chief Olufemi Bakare, urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to order a coroner inquest to ascertain the actual cause of death of their son and for them to access justice.…
Author: Funke
Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday dismissed the post conviction bail application filed by the convicted dethroned Baale of Shangisha in the Magodo area of the state, Michael Mutiu Ogundare and his brother, Adams Opeyemi Mohammed. The ruling on the application was delivered by the trial judge, Justice Hakeem Oshodi for lack of merit. The court held that the applicants did not satisfy the special condition to grant the post conviction bail pending appeal. He said, “Upon the careful reading of the cases cited on the examine of the bail application pending appeal that there would be delay…
Funke Busari
The Social Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress are at loggerheads with each other over a slogan being used by APC and might have no option than to approach the law court to wrestle the ownership of the logo. This is according to the gubernatorial Candidate of the party in Lagos State, Chief Kunle Uthman. According to him, the events in the recent past has made it mandatory that the SDP, as a political party to confront the APC headon regarding the “rogue” issue of usurpation of our slogan, historically founded for the 2023 elections. He noted that, “Hope”, which…
Controversy has continued to trail a defilement case against a medical practitioner in Lagos, Dr. Femi Olaleye for alleged defilement of his wife’s 15 years old niece, calling on the Nigeria Police Force to promptly arrest the accused person. The appeal was made over the weekend in Lagos by the Centre Against Injustice and Domestic Violence, CAIDOV, in a press release signed by its Executive Director, Comrade Gbenga Soloki, describing the continuous flagrant disobedience to the advice given by the Office of Directorate of Public Prosecution by the Police as “an affront on the Judiciary.” The CAIDOV boss posited that with…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said it has arrested fleeing Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Alhaji Ademola Afolabi Kazeem (a.k.a Alhaji Abdallah Kazeem Muhammed). His arrest came 10 days after the suspect was declared wanted over offences bordering on exportation and trafficking of illicit drugs as well as money laundering. According to the anti- narcotics agency’s Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a communication to CASEFILE on Sunday, the man failed to honour NDLEA invitations and an order granted by a Federal High Court, FHC, in Lagos, before he was declared wanted. Information has it that the wanted…
By Dennis Isong One of the biggest sectors all over the world is tourism. This sector generates a lot of money yearly. The good thing about tourist resorts is that the fortune spreads among people living nearby. Asides from this, businesses thrive best here. In Nigeria, Lagos which is known as the center of excellence is believed to have so many tourist resorts which are largely in the highland. In this article, I would highlight the tourist resorts in Lagos and why you should consider buying a property around these places. 1.LA CAMPAGNE TROPICANA BEACH RESORTS La Campagne Tropicana Beach…
Federal High Court in Lagos has directed Police Special Fraud Units, PSFU’s prayers directing some banks to reverse proceeds of fraud traced to its customers’ accounts. This is according to the Public Relations Officer of Police Special Fraud Unit, PSFU, SP. Eyitayo Johnson. The Legal Section of PSFU led by CP. Anyasinti Josephine Nneka had obtained an Order of the Federal High Court, Lagos; directing the banks to reverse the sums of thirteen Million Naira (N13,000,000.00) and two Million Naira (N2,000,000.00) to source accounts where it was fraudulently obtained. According to the information, the proceeds of the fraud, which was…
Justice I. N. Oweibo of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has dismissed a fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed by one Chief John Njoku of Jonco Pharmaceutical Company against the Inspector-General of Police and Commissioner of Police PSFU; CP. Anyasinti Josephine Nneka. The affected officers are those who investigated a case of fraudulent diversion/conversion valued at Two Hundred and Twenty-Three Thousand, Eight Hundred and Ninety-Six US Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($223,896.15). The case was reported by Gujarat Ligui Pharmaceuticals; a company based in India. The court concluded that the application of Chief John Njoku is without merit also awarded a…
More than two million Persons With Disabilities, PWDs, under the aegis of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities, JONAPWD, are calling on the Lagos State Government to consider addressing the inadequacies of the present administration as it is planning for the General Elections in 2023. The group is asking and demanding that the current government and those that will come into power in 2023 should demonstrate the goodwill to implement the Special People’s Law, SPL. The Special People’s Law, SPL, which was first passed 10 years ago by the Lagos State House of Assembly, specifically on June 21,…