For defiling a three-year-old neighbour’s daughter, (name withheld), Sunday Oyedele has been sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday in Lagos. The judgement was delivered by Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court. According to the judge, the convict is a “sexual monster”. Soladoye held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt. She said,”The defilement saga is unfortunate, the defendant is a sexual monster, a paedophile who should be locked away. “The charge against the defendant has been proven beyond reasonable doubt. “The defendant having been found guilty is sentenced to life imprisonment with…
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The Lagos State has suspended the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, activities at Eyin Eyo, Church Street and Idumota Bridge indefinitely due to the recent violence in those areas. This was disclosed at a stakeholders meeting comprising the NURTW, Central Business District, CBD, and Lagos State Market Women Association (Iya Oloja General and Iya Oloja of Lagos Island) at the Bagauda Kaltho Press center to tackle crisis often caused by the activities of the union. A statement signed by the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Mrs. Bolanle Ogunlola, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Hon. Oluwatoyin Fayinka meted…
Nigeria has dropped by five places in the ranking of corruption perceptions index, compared to the year 2020, according to Transparency International, TI. The 2021 ranking released on Tuesday disclosed that the country scored 24 out of 100 points; ranking 154 out of 180 countries. Released exclusively in Nigeria by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, the National Chapter of TI, the index reveals that Nigeria scored 24 out of 100 points in the 2021 CPI, falling back one point compared to the 2020 CPI. The information further stated, “In the country comparison for this year, Nigeria ranks 154 out…
Following last week fracas at the Idumota area of Lagos, the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, led by its Commander, CSP. Olayinka Egbeyemi this evening arrested the two principal suspects in the constant clashes in Idumota and its environs. The linked principal suspects, Adekunle Lawan alias Kunle Poly and Adekunle Mustapha alias Seego are currently at Zone 2, Onikan Lagos. The arrest was effected today at a meeting where the two National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, members along with some other stakeholders converged. The latest clash which occurred last week Thursday reportedly led to the death of a victim while…
The new Commissioner of Police, CP. Abiodun Sylvester Alabi has assumed office on Monday. He officially takes over the baton on Tuesday, January, 24, 2022. CP. Alabi took over from Assistant Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG. Hakeem Odumosu who is retiring from service after attaining the mandatory retirement age. MAIDEN MEDIA BRIEFING BY CP ABIODUN ALABI, fdc, mnim, psc ON ASSUMPTION OF DUTY AS THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, LAGOS STATE COMMAND ON 24™ JANUARY, 2022 AT THE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, IKEJA – LAGOS. The Deputy Commissioners of Police, The Assistant Commissioners of Police, Other Senior Officers, The Leadership and Members…
Report reaching CASEFILE said no fewer than two persons have been reportedly shot dead in an attack by some men suspected to be terrorists at Okeluse Community in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday evening. Those killed in the attack were said to be an owner of a petrol station in the community and his attendant. An eyewitness said the gunmen invaded the community at about 6:00 p.m and opened fire on the two persons. According to a resident of the community, the killers were described as herdsmen who have allegedly been terrorising the local government.…
A senior school certificate holder, Hamza Abdullahi Gambo who specialises in issuing fake employment letters of the Nigeria Meterological Agency, NIMET, has been arrested by the Intelligence Response Team IRT of the Inspector-General of Police. The alledged serial fraudster who is an indigene from Karofim-Madaki, Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi State was arrested after collecting over N5,000,000 from unsuspecting job seekers. The former employee of NIMET confessed to have issued the fake employment letters and that he was paid for doing so through his Guaranty Trust Bank Account number 0018546542. Gambo also confessed that he issued fake employment letters…
Lagos State now has a new Commissioner of Police, in the person of Abiodun Alabi. He takes over from erstwhile police boss in Lagos State, AIG Hakeem Odumosu who was recently decorated as Assistant Inspector General of Police. The new police boss is from Ekiti State. Abiodun Alabi had served as CP Administration Force CID Force headquarters Abuja. He had served in Bauchi State Command as the Commissioner of Police and Force Criminal Investigation Department, FORCID, Annex, Alagbon Lagos as Commissioner of Police in charge of Central Criminal Registry. He was promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police and…
The Police in Lagos says it has deployed a combined team of police and other security agents to quell the gang fight that erupted in Idumota and its environs on Thursday in Lagos Island. CASEFILE gathered that two factional hoodlums popularly known as area boys clashed in the area around noon thereby forcing several traders at the commercial centre to close down their shops. This Friday, videos of the clash had emerged online and went viral, with one of the clips showing a bloodied youth being carried away in a wheelbarrow. According to the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer,…
Polaris Bank’s Head of Corporate Communications, Rasheed Bolarinwa has emerged as the new President of the Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks, ACAMB, at the Association’s annual general meeting in Lagos. This information was disclosed in a statement by the association Publicity Secretary, Mr. Abdul Imoyo. According to Imoyo, “The Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks, ACAMB, – an umbrella association of communications and marketing professionals, working in Nigeria’s banking sector – has elected new executives who will pilot the affairs of the Association for the next two years. Imoyo said, “The hugely attended AGM/election for key positions,…