The re-arraignment of a former Managing Director of the defunct Gulf Bank Plc, Prince Johnson Adekunle Adeyeba, has been re-scheduled to February 2, 2023. This is the according to Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court on Wednesday. The suspect, Prince Johnson Adekunle Adeyeba and others are charged to court over alleged N15,761,176.24 billion fraud. The arraignment was stalled due to the conflicts that ensued between counsel to prosecute the charge. Just as Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN) announced his appearance as prosecutor, Vivian Aibagbon, a Principal State Counsel, from the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, also…
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This is not the best of time for the Labour Party, LP, as some aggrieved members are complaining of exclusion from the Party’s activities. Top on the list of their grievances is the composition of the campaign council which they claimed is lopsided. According to the Spokesperson, Kolawole Samuel, the Council tilted too much to the South-East at the expense of the other geopolitical zones. For them, this is not a good public image for the party already perceived as sectional. Some of the women also complained that the party jettisoned the principle of affirmative action, saying women are completely excluded…
A frontline lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has asked the Port Harcourt Division of a Federal High Court, to dismiss or strike out a suit instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Social Democratic Party, SDP, alongside others over non-payment of filing fees. Other respondents in the suit brought pursuant to Order 26 Rules 1 and 2 of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2019, Order 7 Rule 1 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Pre-election) Practice Directions 2022 and under the inherent powers of the court are…
Funke Busari
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the arrest of the Director-General of the National Airspace Management Authority, NAMA, Mr. Matthew Pwajok for alleged disobedience to an order by the court. Justice Babs Kuewunmi made the arrest order following an application by Mr. Olalekan Ojo (SAN) counsel to the third and eighth defendants, at the resumed hearing of a N2.8 billion fraud charge against a former NAMA Managing Director, Ibrahim Abdulsalam, and 11 others filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC. The defence counsel in the application alleged that Pwajok disregarded a July 2 subpoena issued by…
There is a need to investigate the activities of Natasha Uduaghan, Senatorial candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kogi State. According to some security experts, it is important to throw more light into her activities especially regarding her alleged link with breach of security in Kogi State. Security experts have called on the Department of State Services, DSS, to immediately invite her. According to them, her claims of violence against the Governor of the State could at best be described as a rehearsh of her attack points in the build-up to the 2019 elections.Their calls came in the heels…
This is not a good time for David Adeleke aka Davido, as his son, Ifeanyi Adeleke, has died at the tender age of three in his swimming pool. The tragic death of the son of music star occured on Monday, 31 October, 2022. Ifeanyi died by drowning at his father’s Banana Island home, but he was rushed to Evercare Hospital in Lekki where he was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor. Report has it that the couple had traveled for a family gathering to Ibadan, on Sunday, 30 October, 2022, and had left their son with his minders who…
The Police in Lagos have arrested two suspects; Wasiu Olainukan, 25.years and Habib Rasaq, 30 years for attempting to cut cables in Ikoyi, Lagos. The suspected vandals were picked up by Officials of Rapid Response Squad during their operation on Saturday, October 29, 2022 at about 3:45 a.m., while excavating and cutting cables powering street lights in the area. Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects, who were arrested with a handsaw and cutting pliers, were labourers on Banana Island, according to a statement credited to the Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin. However, the Commander, Rapid…
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The police team leader who investigated the death of a 22-year old fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwola, who was alledgedly raped and murdered by the driver of Bus Rapid Transit, Andrew Nice Ominikoron, Goddy Ihende has told Justice Sherifat Sonaike of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square, how a passerby reported the case at Ebute-Ero Police station. Giving evidence on Monday, the superintendent of Police Ihende told the court that the case was originally reported as a kidnapping case. According to him, the police later discovered that it was not a case of kidnap but a case…