The Attorneys-General and Commissioners for Justice of the 36 states have elected the Attorney General of Lagos State, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, as the interim chairman of the executive committee. Onigbanjo was elected during the Forum’s inaugural meeting recently held on Monday at Abuja. The forum also elected the Attorney-General of Nasarawa State, Dr. Karim Kana as interim secretary amongst others. The executive committee will run the affairs of the forum, arrange meetings, issue statements on behalf of all the 36 AGs, take positions on legal issues, advice the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and take legal action or…
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A 26-year old lady, Oluwatoyin Joshua has stabbed her ex-boyfriend, Olayinka Adebayo to death over the sum of N3000 in Lagos. The suspect is currently in Police net even as she said she regrets her action and saying she does not have the intention of killing the deceased but she stabbed him in self defence. According to the Police, the suspect had stabbed her former lover, Olayinka, aged 27, to death with a kitchen knife during a fight at Ogunnaike Street, Shangisha, Lagos. Hell was let loose when Oluwatoyin and the deceased had a disagreement over sharing the sum of three thousand…
The rank and file of the Nigeria Police Force will not embark on strike action. This assurance is coming from the Police Force Headquaters’ Acting Public Relations Officer, CSP. Muyiwa Adejobi on Monday. This information is in response to news making the rounds on social media alleging that some members of the Force will be embarking on a strike action with effect from March 26, 2022. Recall that in 2002 police officers went on strike in parts of the country. However, the Police Spokesperson said that the news making the rounds is fake and a mischievous attempt by unscrupulous individuals…
A 15-year-old girl, Amaka who works as a maid has been arrested for alleged killing of a 6-month-old baby she nannied for her mistress in Lagos. The sad incident, the suspect said happened while she was taking care of the six-month-old left in her care as a result of an order from a spiritual realm. She however claimed she regretted killing the baby boy, named Jayden Osokolo. Amaka said trouble began for her when a friend of offered biscuits and sweets to her, and she appeared in a spiritual realm believed to be a witchcraft coven. While narrating her ordeal…
The Zone 2 Police Command Headquarters has warned criminals migrating from Lagos to Ogun State to either abandon crimes or relocate just as it gave an update about the progress report on the investigation to a traditional leader burnt to death in Ogun State. This is contained in a statement signed by the Spokesperson for Zone 2 Command Headquarters, SP Hauwa Idris-Idris-Adamu. The detective acted on petition dated the 28th January, 2022 from one Odetola Okuribido, on behalf of the entire Okuribido Royal Family of Agodo town, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. The petition disclosed that on Monday 24th January 2022, His…
Airline operators in Nigeria says it is giving three days notice to shutdown operations over lack of aviation fuel. This was the outcome of a meeting rescheduled by the House of Representatives, oil marketers and Airline Operators or shortage and hike of aviation fuel. At the resumes investigative hearing, oil marketers could not furnish the house with reasons why the price of the product is selling at N670 as against N190. Speaking before the special House Committee, Representative of the airline operators and the Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema said they can no longer afford the product anymore…
The Pathologist, Dr. Clement Vhriterhire, with Central Hospital Warri, Delta State who carried out initial autopsy on the body of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, has reiterated that the Dowen College student died of pneumonia leading to sepsis. This evidence is contrary to allegations of beating against five students of the school. This latest testimony also aligned with the testimony of Dr. Sokunle Soyemi, pathologist to the Lagos State University Hospital, LASUTH. According to the physician, while being led in evidence, he told Coroner Mikhail Kadiri that he was served Coroner papers by the Police to carry out post-mortem on 2nd December,…
The Lagos Police Command says the baby found with a dispatch rider in Ajah Area of Lagos was not stolen but was riding with a relative with the permission of his mother. A statement signed by the Command Spokesperson also revealed that the boy was not kept in the motorcycle box. On 11th March, 2022, a video of a dispatch rider accused of concealing a suspected stolen child in a courier box went viral on the social media. “Although the incident was not reported at any police station, however, the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, fdc, mnim, psc, directed that…
A church overseer, Reverend Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem of Christ Living Hope church on his way for a crusade in Kenya has been arrested for allegedly wrapping 54 sticks of drug on his body. This is according to a statement signed by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Femi Babfemi. He said operatives of the agency arrested the suspect at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos. According to the statement, the youthful and popular preacher who has his church headquarters in Isuaniocha, Mgbakwu road, Awka, Awka North LGA, Anambra state and two other branches in Lagos and Abuja, was…
The founder of Silverbird Group, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has a new reason to smile again as his son Jared has just given him a grandson. This good news is coming barely after he lost his mother Margaret about one month ago. The excited grandfather shared the good news on his Twitter handle. ”I’m excited! My first grandson, Cameron, born to @jaredmurrayb and Susie Murray Bruce on the 9th of March, 2022.”