Lagos will be one of the thousands of communities around the globe that will receive a powerful message of hope this November as Jehovah’s Witnesses embark upon a special campaign focusing attention on the Bible’s hope for a better world. The campaign will feature the distribution of a special edition of The Watchtower magazine containing the cover series “A Better World Is Near.” More than 36 million printed copies of the magazine will be distributed in some 230 languages to communities in 240 lands around the globe. In addition, the digital publication is available on various platforms in nearly 400…
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The former acting Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, FIIRO, Oshodi, Lagos, Chima Cartney Igwe, has been docked and granted bail in the sum of N500, 000 in the case of alleged certificate fraud. This is the ruling of Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Ikeja Special offences Court following his arraignment and bail application on Friday. The judge ruled that the defendant be granted bail pending perfection of his bail conditions. He is also to provide two sureties who must be resident in Lagos and must be in current employment. The defendant pleads not guilty to three count charge…
The management of Thisday Newspapers has distanced itself from Stanley Nkwazema, one of those suspected to have invaded the home of Justice Mary Odili claimed to be a staff and Contributing Editor of Thisday. According to the management in a statement signed by the Managing Editor,, Bolaji Adebiyi, Mr. Nkwazema is neither a Staff of Thisday nor a contributing editor. According to him, the suspect was a sports correspondent and resigned more than 15 years ago, but sometimes make contribution to the content of the newspaper as a privilege. Thisday said it had at no time contracted Mr. Nkwazema to…
The Police say 14 suspects have been arrested in connection with the raid on Supreme Court judge, Justice Mary Odili’s apartment in Abuja. The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba during the parade of the suspects in Abuja on Thursday disclosed that some of the suspects include a fake Chief Superintendent of Police, Lawrence Ajodo; a journalist with one of the national dailies, and an Islamic scholar. Mba explained that their arrest followed a swift investigation by the police, adding that at least 10 more persons linked with the incident including two military personnel are at large.
A Lagos based legal practitioner, Olakunle Morohundiya has approached the National Assembly over the need to review the contents of the proposed amendment to the law guiding legal practice in Nigeria. He is specifically expressing concern about some proposed amendments undertaking by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on the Public hearing of the Legal Practitioners Act 2004 (Repeal and Re-Enactment )Bill 2021. He pointed out that the bill as it were is chaotic and against the normal procedures needed to be followed for such an amendment. According to him, “In the bid to be original…
The Lagos State Ministry of Justice has filed a charge against three members of the Celestial Church of Christ Gospel Mission in Pipeline area of the State for alleged rape and indecent treatment of a corpse. However, the defendants, Jacob Farinmade, Abraham Olujobi and Olatunde Taiwo have insisted that they are innocent of charges brought against them. The were re-arriagned on Wednesday at Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on an eight-count charge before Justice Abiola Soladoye. They pleaded not guilty to three charges of conspiracy and misconduct with regards to a corpse. On his part, Farinmade denied a five charges…
A drug baron, Nzubeka Emmanuel, standing trial for unlawful dealing in 1.050 kilograms of cocaine has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday. Justice Jude Kanyon Dagat found him guilty of one count charge brought against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Trouble started for the convict sometimes in June 4, 2015, when he was arrested at the SAHCOL Export Shed of Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, when he wanted to unlawfully export 1.050 Kilogrammes of Methamphetamine, a narcotic drug similar to cocaine and heroin. Following his arrest,…
The Kogi State House of Assembly has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the Managing Director of Sterling Bank Plc, Abubakar Suleiman, should he fail to appear before the house on Tuesday next week. The House had invited the Managing Director in the last two weeks to clarify issues surrounding the N20 billion bailout fund the Bank claimed it would send back to the Central Bank of Nigeria. But he failed to honour the invitation. Upon resumption of Plenary on Tuesday, the Regional Manager of Sterling Bank, Enejo Ibrahim; and Counsel to the Bank, Olukayode Enitan, SAN, were…
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja has expressed displeasure at financial institutions in the country and hinted that culpable banks aiding fraud should have been prosecuted. The United Bank for Africa, UBA, and Fidelity Bank Plc for aiding fraud, according to the judge, while handing down judgement in a case of N2billion fraud involving a former chairperson of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Abdulrasheed Maina noted that UBA and Fidelity Bank Plc which were used by Maina as “conduit” to defraud pensioners ought to have been charged alongside Maina. He held, “UBA and Fidelity Bank provided the channels with which the convict…
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the killing of Retired AVM Muhammad Maisaka by unknown gunmen. The deceased was a former director, medical training operation, at the Defence Headquarters, Air Vice His death came following an attack on his residence in Ragasi, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Jalige who confirmed the incident in Kaduna, the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, also saw his gateman sustaining an injury from the attack. The retired Air Vice Marshal was killed alongside his orderly. The police has appealed to residents to…