Prison gates were opened for 21 inmates in custody not as a result of jailbreak but because the Lagos State Government has pardoned them. On Tuesday, the state government through the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, released 21 inmates from various correctional facilities in the State. This release, Lagos Attorney and Commissioner Of Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, said is in compliance with the provisions of Section 212 (1) (2) of the 1999 Constitution (amended) which empowers the Governor to exercise Prerogative of Mercy. Mr. Onigbanjo SAN, who was represented by the Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice,…
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A housewife Aisha Tijani, is now in police custody for setting ablaze her 10 year old daughter, an act which resulted to a bad burn. She was arrested by the Police in Ogun. Trouble began for Aisha the mother of five after she poured petrol on the little girl and was arrested on the 20th of March 2022. According to DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun State Police Command Spokesperson, the suspect, Aisha Tijani was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by one Moroof Ayinde, who reported that the suspect who lives in the same house with him poured petrol on her little daughter…
The driver of the Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, driver, Andrew Nice Ominnikoron has been remanded in prison custody on Tuesday. His remand followed his arraignment by the Lagos State Government before a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa, TBS. He is alleged to have raped and killed his passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwola. Ominnikoron is facing a four-count charge bordering on rape, conspiracy and murder preferred against him by the Lagos State government. When the matter came up before Justice Sherifat Sonaike, the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Dr. Babajide Martins, informed the court that the matter was for the arraignment…
Trial of a retired army captain, Prince Adeniran Owen Alao, and four others, continued on Friday before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court, in Ikeja, Lagos. The judge adjourned till April 29, 2022 for cross-examination of the documents tendered before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, against the retired army captain who is also the Baale of Megida Town, Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos, and co-defendants in their alledged involvement in a land fraud of 101 acres belonging to the Federal Government. Also, he is standing trial alongside, Kolusade Oluwafemi, Quadri Lookman and Atinuse Albert, Owerser Nigeria…
It was a day to remember for the immediate former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano as he was picked up by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, shortly after handing over to the new Governor, Charles Chukwuma Soludo. The anti- graft Agency had in a letter to the Comptroller of the Nigerian Immigration Servuce on November, 15, 2021 requested that Governor Obiano should be put on watch list anytime he is traveling out of the country. His arrest took place on a day his wife had a running battle with the widow of the Ikemba, Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca…
A church founder on the watch list of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Kelechi Vitalis Anozie has been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Kelechi was arrested by the Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC. A statement signed by the EFCC’S Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren says he was arrested on March 10, 2022, following credible intelligence linking him to alleged conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering.Anozie and four other suspects: Valentine Iro, Ekene Ekechukwu (alias Ogedi Power), Bright Azubuike (alias Bright Bauer Azubuike) and Ifeanyi Junior, are alleged to have defrauded one F.F who lives…
It is not clear who started the fight, but is clear that there was a royal rumble at the inauguration of the new Executive Governor of Anambra State, Charles Chukuwma Soludo. The combatants are wives of two political heavy weights in the State, Late Odumegwu Ojukwu’s widow, Bianca and wife of the immediate former Governor, Willie Obiano. The confusion almost marred the inaguration after the exchange of slaps. Dignitaries rushed to the scene to placate the warrings parties. Although no one can explain what led to the royal rumble, some are already blaming Obiano’s wife for the incident. They pointed…
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has explained that he had to undergo a surgical procedure recently to treat a long-standing lower back pain that was due to his sporting activities in his younger years in the Nigerian Army. He stated this while responding to questions from journalists after a meeting with some French experts on drug supply reduction and law enforcement in his office at the NDLEA National Headquarters, Abuja on Thursday 17th March 2022. When asked if he was admitted in a London hospital to undergo surgery as…
The Managing Director of Homeland and Overseas Limited, Osita Ojeah, has been declared wanted. The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja issued a bench warrant against him, his company and one Anthony Nwosu (still at large). The presiding judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo revoked their bail following their inability to appear for trial in criminal charges instituted against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The defendants were arraigned by the EFCC since 2020 for allegedly stealing about N139 million (One Hundred and Thirty-nine Million Naira) from Virgin Forest Energy Limited. Since the arraignment of Osita Ojeah, the company…
For defiling a 10-year-old girl, Wale Isaiah, an Okada rider has been sentenced to life imprisonment. This is the judgement of the Domestic and Sexual Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos presided over by Justice Abiola Soladoye. In her judgement, Justice Soladoye said the prosecution proved the essential ingredients of defilement beyond reasonable doubt and that the victim was consistent in her oral testimony which she said was corroborated by other evidence before the court and found the defendant guilty as charged. According to the judge the corroborative evidence showed there was penetration of the hymen, excessive laceration, perennial tear of…