It is no longer news that the incumbent Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is now the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. But one man that is not impressed by his emergence is another aspirant on the platform of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Kunle Uthman. Kunle Uthman, a legal practitioner is of the view that Governor Sanwo-Olu has not handled Lagos well to deserve a second chance. He pointed areas which in his opinion has not improved the lives of residents of Lagos. In a statement personally signed by him, he said his party, the SDP…
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Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, interactions with stakeholders and delegates of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in all the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has concluded with his visits to Lagos and Benue States, on Thursday. This came to the fore via a press release signed by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity Office of the Vice President. According to him, the interactive sessions which began on Friday, April 22 with his visit to the delegates in Ibadan, Oyo State following his April 11 declaration to vie for…
Kaduna State Police Command on Wednesday rescued seven kidnapped victims. All of them are females. According to the State Police Public Relations Command, ASP Muhammed Jalige, the victims identified as Godiya James 30 years, Beauty Mandela 23 years, Elizabeth Markus 13 years, Alheri Maichibi 13 years, Lydia Iliya six years, Bridget Obadiah four years and Amama Hassan three years all of Mai Goro Village, Kachia LGA were seen helplessly wandering around the bush after Tsohon Gayan Village. The Police Spokesperson in a release sighted by CASEFILE states, “On the 25/5/2022 at about 0930hrs seven persons (all females) identified as Godiya James 30yrs,…
Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has withdrawn from the 2023 Presidential race. His resignation was conveyed to the Chairman of Agulu Ward 2 Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. Addressing journalists at the National Secretariat of the PDP on Wednesday, Peter Obi Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe said the challenges confronting the nation are deep-seated and require what will make profound sacrifices towards rescuing the country. He however reinstates his commitment to rescuing Nigeria and remain firm, even if the route differs. PETER GREGORY OBI, CON22 NIGER DRIVE GRA ONITMIA, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA…
Some customers of Wema Bank have accused the financial institution of conducting illegal banking practice in Nigeria. They said they discovered that the bank and its agents had allegedly been opening unauthorised accounts for customers with information or data in the bank’s possession. The financial institution, led by Ademola Adebise, has allegedly been opening accounts for some Nigerians on its digital banking platform, ALAT, without their knowledge or consent in a bid to celebrate its 5th anniversary. While the actual number of unauthorised accounts opened on behalf of unsuspecting Nigerians is unknown, Wema Bank was aiming to achieve “a million…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the State Government will go ahead with its proposed ban on motorcycles, known as Okada on highways and six local governments and nine Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, from June 1, this year. The governor said security services and Lagos State Government are on the same page in respect to banning of motorcycles in the selected areas of the State and therefore they will be going ahead with the plans. He spoke to journalists, on Tuesday evening, after the State Security Meeting, held at the Lagos House, Ikeja, which was attended by…
A dismissed policeman, Mohammed Alidu has been jailed for life on Monday for having sex with a nine-year old girl. The convict was sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court. The trial judge, Justice Soladoye, handed down the judgement after convicting him for defilement of a girl inside a barrack. She held that Alidu was a disgrace to the police because he failed to uphold law and order and went about frolicking with an underage girl. The judge said the prosecution had convinced her beyond any reasonable doubt on the charge…
A former lawmaker, Chief Chuma Nzeribe has been convicted for fraud in absentia. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May, 23, 2022, secured the conviction before Justice Yusuf Y. Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama. Abuja. Trouble started for him when he was first arraigned by the EFCC on October 16, 2020 on a four count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent document, forgery, using as genuine and cheating by personation, punishable under section 6, 8(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under section 1 (3) of…
An Assistant Superintendent of Police, Austin Imagbe has raised alarm over the action of Sulaimon Olabode, a prison inmate in one of the Nigerian Correctional facility in Lagos State. Imagbe who was attached to former Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, in 2016, claimed he investigated a case of conspiracy and armed robbery involving the defendant. The police officer lamented to Justice Oyindamola Ogala, of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, during the ongoing trial of the defendant, that the defendant called him on phone from prison custody, to prevent him from giving evidence against him in court. The police officer who…
Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, Nigeria’s biggest copyright collective management organisation, has retained the services of Mrs. Mandu Uwem Umoh as a Senior Communications Consultant. Mrs. Umoh’s assignment is to integrate the digital and traditional tools in communications to ensure that COSON continuously and effectively spreads its message to its members, licensees, international partners and the general public in order to optimally achieve for the members, the objectives encapsulated in the famous COSON mantra, “Let the music pay!” Mrs. Umoh who has already resumed duties at the magnificent COSON House in Ikeja is bringing together the diverse branches of the…