The Police in Lagos State has announced its readiness to enforce the ban on the use of Police Spy Number Plates. This information is credited to the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who made this known via his verified Twitter handle on Saturday. The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba on Wednesday ordered a ban on use of Police Spy Vehicle Number Plates by vehicle owners across country. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, communicated the order through a statement, noting that irrespective of whether Spy Vehicle Number Plates was authourised or not, all authourisations were revoked…
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The American multinational technology conglomerate, Meta and owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, will be sponsoring a tech conversation at the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Annual General Conference coming up in Lagos in August. The NBA has also announced that Meta will also lead the tech conversation at the conference. This was communicated on Friday by Tobenna Erojikwe, the Chairman, Technical Committee on Conference Planning. Erojikwe said, “Excited to announce our collaboration with American multinational technology conglomerate – Meta (owners of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram). This collaboration is significant to the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. Meta will be leading on the…
By Dennis Isong Thomas had inherited a house from his mother which he lived in since he got married. He had no reason to buy land, let alone build a house because he was contended with his inheritance. When he turned 40, he decided that he would like to give back to society by building an old people’s home in his hometown. Then, he had to buy land to build on. As someone who had no prior experience when it comes to buying properties, he was deceived by people who posed to have an expanse of land for sale. Quite…
Prominent contenders in the country’s forthcoming 2023 presidential election are expected to speak at the 2022 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. The presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC, the Labour Party, Peter Obi, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso have been invited by the association to speak on “Democratic Transitions in 21st Century Nigeria: 2023 and Beyond. This development has heightened interest among lawyers and other prospective participants in the 2022 Annual General Conference of the NBA. According to the NBA, “In what is clearly a first in the…
The Celebrity Drug Free Club, an advocacy non-governmental and non-partisan organisation has marked the United Nation International Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2022 in Lagos on Friday with a conference, advocating for more commitment by the entertainers, in order to fight against drug abuse in the country. The National Coordinator of the Club, Mr. Wilson Ighodalo is optimistic that through such community intervention programmes the country’s drug problem could be solved. While speaking in an exclusive interview with CASEFILE, Ighodalo said that participants, particularly the entertainers should take the campaign against drug to the grassroots to curb the scourge. He said,…
Two Catholic Priests, Reverend Frs John Mark Cheinum and Donatus Cleopas have been kidnapped in Kaduna State. A statement signed by Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Uchechukwu Okolo, the Chancellor, Catholic Diocese of Kafancha confirmed the incident. According to him, the incident occurred on July 15, 2022 by 5:45a.m on their way to a function at a different parish in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. He also appealed for calm and urged faithfuls from taking laws into their own hands while promising to use all legitimate means to secure their release. “We solicit for an intense prayer for their quick and…
Nigerian soldiers who died during the Liberia Civil war have been remembered by the Liberian Government and its Army has pledged to immortalise those soldiers. This is according to the Chief of Staff, COS, Armed Forces of Liberia, AFL, Major General Prince Charles Johnson III who disclosed this on Friday 15 July, 2022, during a courtesy call on the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya at the Army Headquarters, Abuja. He conveyed the appreciation of the Armed Forces of Liberia for the sacrifices rendered by Nigerian troops to the people of Liberia, in restoring peace during the…
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has appealed to the Staff of the Commission to uphold the code of conduct as the Osun State Governorship Election holds tomorrow. This is contained in a personal letter he wrote to them. According to Professor Mahmood, the Staff should build on the success of the Ekiti, Ondo and Edo Governorship elections by making the exercise free, fair and transparent. “As you are aware, the Osun State Governorship election will hold on Saturday. I have assured our stakeholders and the people of Osun State that the Commission will not do…
Frontline energy lawyer and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, ABUAD, Professor Damilola Olawuyi, SAN has been appointed by the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council to serve on the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights as an Independent Expert. Professor Olawuyi begins a six-year mandate as Africa’s representative on this prestigious body, a position most recently occupied by former Attorney General of Kenya, Mr. Githu Muigai. The appointment was made at the just concluded 50th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Established in 2011 through UN Resolution 17/4, the Working…
An Ikeja Special and Sexual Offences court has convicted and sentenced Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka James, alias Baba Ijesha, to five years imprisonment for sexual assault of an under age girl on Thursday. Delivering the judgement, the trial judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo found the defendant guilty of four offences, out of the six counts charge filed against him in Suit number ID/14623C/2021 brought against him by the Lagos State government. The charge against him borders on allegations of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, attempted sexual assault by penetration, and sexual assault by penetration. Baba Ijesha was pronounced guilty…