By Dennis Isong House owners complain about how people do not value their property but what they fail to do is assess the real problem(s). To be realistic, if people are not getting anything worthwhile from your property, you can’t blame them for their lack of enthusiasm. I know a house where tenants suffer dryness for 8 months of the year from their well. The only time they get to enjoy water is that month of the year when it rains consistently and once the rain stops being frequent, they go back to experiencing drought. Also Read: Renting out your…
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The Court of Appeal in Lagos has convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, to 7 years imprisonment. The judgement of the court also includes that his two companies, Golden Touch Construction Project Limited and Suiming Electrical Limited, be wound up in line with the provisions of Section 22 of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2021. The Appellate Court’s ruling followed the success of the appeal by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, challenging the judgement of Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court which on June 18, 2021…
Habib Okikiola, popularly known as Portable has reported himself to the Ogun State Police Command over the case of alleged assault leveled against him. A statement signned by the Spokeperson for the Command, DSP. Abimbola Oyeyemi says Portable reported for interrogation along with his manager and father. It would be recalled that the State Command had few days back asked Portable to report himself or risk arrest. The Hip-Hop artist was seen in a viral video ordering an attack on Dj Chicken. However due to the fact that the offence is bailable and as a result of the ongoing strike,…
Rapper, Abdulrasheed Bello popularly known as JJC Skillz, married to multiple awards winning actress, Funke Akindele, has announced on his Instagram handle on Thursday that his marriage with his wife, popularly called Jenifa, is over and they are separated. Their marriage lasted for 7 years and produced 2 children. Earlier, the couple were both married to different persons, before their marriages failed. According to JJC Skillz, their separation is as a result of unresolved marital differences, ending seven years of their marriage. JJC wrote: “Dear Friends and family, I need to let you know that Funke and I have separated.…
Stanbic IBTC Bank, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, held its second edition of Women in Tech event. The event is a celebration of women in the Nigerian tech space while encouraging more women and young girls to take up careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, STEM. The event advocates the need to close the gender gap and empower women and young girls to seize the opportunities that the tech world offers. The event, themed: “Building a Career In Tech: Break The Glass Ceiling,” was held virtually on the Zoom platform. It had in attendance guest panelists from…
The defilement charge filed against Kingsley Okwumbu, has been dropped. The former school driver of Beehive Nursery and Primary School, Agidingbi in Ikeja, Lagos was accused of defiling a three-year-old pupil of the school. Now, the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions, DPP, dropped the charge due to insufficient facts to establish a prima facie case against the suspect. This status was made known in a legal advice with reference number LIP/MISC/2022/76/12, dated June 7, made available on Wednesday. The 37-year-old man can now heave a sigh of relief, due to the legal advice signed by the Director of the DPP, Dr Babajide Martins. The…
The Force Disciplinary Committee, FDC, is currently reviewing disciplinary cases instituted against senior police officers of the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police and above in order to determine their culpability or otherwise. According to a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, the FDC which comprises the seven Deputy Inspectors-General of Police as arbiters and the Assistant Inspector-General of Police Force Secretary as its secretary, began its session on Tuesday 28th June, 2022 and will hold till Friday, 1st July, 2022. He added that a total of 130 Senior Police Officers from all over the country…
For engaging in internet fraud and money laundering, a notorious international fraudster, Scales Olatunji, has been convicted and sentenced to 235 years in prison by Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court in Uyo. He was arraigned on July 2, 2019 on 45-count charges bordering on identity theft, money laundering and conspiracy. The convict pleaded “not guilty” to the charges, which led to his trial. One of the counts reads: “That you, Scales Olatunji Ishola “M”, Meraiyebu Charles “M (at large), Gabriel Adeyemi Olugbenga “M (at large), Ojomo Oluwatobi Ayodele “M” (at large) and Adekola Oluwatoyin “M” (at large), between January…
Following the mysterious death of scores of African migrants within the border of Spain, the Journalist International Forum for Migration, JIFORM, has called on European Union and other international organisations to set up an investigation into the incident with a view to unraveling the cause of the death of the migrants. Dr. Abayomi Ajibola the National President of JIFORM made the call in Lagos, Nigeria. The JIFORM President added that commensurable action must be met with the incidence. In a communication issued and signed by him, Dr. Ajibola, was of the view that the incidence was a deliberate wickedness saying that the dead migrants and others on…
In further combating the disturbing cases of trafficking in persons by Nigerians, under the guise of educational, cultural and musical excursions; labour migration; and sporting related travels to foreign countries, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has given private shelters and rehabilitation homes to formalise their operation within one month, with effect from Wednesday 29th June, 2022. In a communication e-signed by Stella Nezan Head, Press and Public Relations, if the organisations fail to obtain clearance certificates to operate in the country they risk being shut down and prosecuted by the agency. Meanwhile, the Director-General, Dr. Fatima…