A Policeman, Inspector Dele Reuben, captured in a viral video allegedly harassing a motorist in Lagos for the now-suspended tinted glasses permit, has been apprehended and is currently undergoing disciplinary procedures at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja. The Command’s Spokesperson SP Benjamin Hundeyin said this in a statement on Friday that the officer was arrested on the heels of the directive of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi that the errant officer be identified, arrested and decisively dealt with. The Police reiterated that issuance of tinted glasses permit remains suspended by the Force Management to enable an upgrade of the…
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On Thursday, a Magistrate Court sitting in Oshodi area of Lagos presided over by Magistate Kehinde Ogundare convicted the Lagos socialite, Ms. Ogbulu Chindinma Pearl who distributed fuel as souvenir. The convict was arraigned at the Special Offences (Mobile) Court sitting at Oshodi on the 14th of March, 2022 for the offence of distributing Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, as souvenir during her installation party on the 5th of March, 2022 at Havillah Event Centre, Lagos. She was ordered to pay a fine of N15,000 (fifteen thousand naira) or three months imprisonment on the first count, a fine of N500,000 (five hundred thousand)…
In a bid to discourage what could be described as environmental abuse, the Lagos State Government has tasked youths in the state on sustainability and protection of the environment. This is the thrust of the advocacy taken to some state public schools, including the Lagos State University (LASU) by agencies of the State government, viz; Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, Lagos State Advertising & Signage Agency, LASAA, and Lagos State Parks. The agencies on Thursday, tasked youths on environmental sustainability and declared readiness to engage them in environmental activism that will further expose youths to the vulnerability of…
The eagle eyed operation of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, has led to the recovery of a locally made cut to size double barrel gun with three live cartridges, a dog (American Eskimo breed) and jewelry from fleeing armed robbers in Alagbado area of Lagos State. Also found in the vehicle with the registration number AGL 276 AQ, were two HP laptops, one NEC laptop, one LG TV, one iphone 12 Pro max, one Elepac generator, two kitchen knives. Reports says the suspected robbers were heading into Lagos around 2:20 a.m from Abeokuta were accosted by RRS officials on patrol at…
A former Military Administartor Lt. Colonel Paul Edor Obi (Rtd.), of Bayelsa State, Nigeria between July 1998 and May 1999 during the transitional regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, was docked on Monday before Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos over an alleged fraud. The forrmer administrator was charged alongside two defendants namely; Felix Onyakhamoh, a former staff of Oceanic Bank, and one Adewale Mesioye. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned them over allegations of forgery and possession of fraudulent documents. The trio were docked on an 11-count charge of conspiracy, forgery, and possession and…
This is certainly not the best of times for terrorists disturbing the peace of Nigeria and Nigerians as the troops are dealing a severe and fatal blow on them. According to a statement on the official page of the Nigerian Defence Headquarters, troops of the Operation Desert Sanity have destroyed some camps of terrorists inside Sambisa Forest in Borno State. According to the Nigerian Army, the camps were located around Ukuba and Camp Zairo area inside the forest. It was reported that several terrorists died during the operation while weapons and equipment were recovered.
The Police High Command, Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba on Wednesday pleaded with police officers not to embark on planned strike. The police boss who was on tour to South West told officers and men of Zone 2 Command comprising Lagos and Ogun State Commands that they should not go on strike as the force is forbidden to do so. Baba who was represented by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of South West zone, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, said the IGP has done enough about the issue raised by officers and men adding that the planned strike is…
Do you remember the fire incident in Baruwa Ipaja area in Ayobo-Ipaja local government area of Lagos State sometimes in 2020? At least about seven people were reported dead, many were injured while some houses were destroyed by the inferno. Well, the latest information is that an oil marketer, Alhaji Waidi Raheem Fasola, popularly known as Larafash who is the owner of Fash Oil has been charged to court by Lagos State Government over the incident. The defendant whose gas plant gutted fire in 2020 killing some residents and which destroyed properties is now facing a-30-count criminal charge before an Ikeja High…
An octogenarian, Mr. Fasasi Odubola Adebambo has been docked by a Lagos Federal High Court, on charges bordering on alleged conspiracy and N20.7 million fraud. The 84 year old suspect was arraigned by men of Police Special Fraud Unit, PSFU, alongside one Ojobaro Lawal Kayode, 53, in a charge marked FHCL/230c/2021. The duo were arraigned before Justice Akintayo Aluko. They were alleged to have obtained the said amount from Dr. & Mrs. Mbeledogu, under false pretense of selling to them a property at Maryland area of Lagos State. According to the PSFU prosecutor, Barrister Henry Obiaze, the two defendants allegedly committed…
At least 20 persons have been inaugurated into the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP Volunteer Lawyers’ Network. The initiative was formally inaugurated by SERAP on Tuesday in Lagos. Twenty lawyers have committed themselves as members of the Network from across the geo-political zone of the country, the Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, informed CASEFILE. Speaking at the inauguration, Oluwadare, said the members have committed to partner with SERAP in its cause of socio-economic rights and in making public officers accountable to constitutional provisions. According to him, the initiative is targeted at expanding the scope of group’s work, and to get the…