One incident that would forever be etched on the mind of a youth corps member, Ezeiruaku Ifeyinwa Fidelia from her National Youth Service year is the inhumane treatment meted on her by a female army officer, Lt. Chika Viola Anele. For alledgedly having an argument with the military personnel of the Nigerian Army, Chika Viola Anele, bathed the corper with an unknown substance. According to Journalist Agba Jalingo, who shared the video, Lt. Chika Viola Anele, was seen on video punishing a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC. CASEFILE however gathered that the incident happened at the 13 Brigade…
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The Nigerian anti-nacrotic agent, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has again made another serious gain in the fight against illicit drugs with the arrest of a Nigerian, Okey Eze, who claims to be a tiler by profession. He was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with 350 wraps of cocaine worth over N2.3billion in street value. A statememt signed by the agency’s Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi said the 38-year-old Eze, from Orji River, in Oji-River Local Government area of Enugu State was arrested on Wednesday 22nd September, 2021 during an inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian airline flight…
The palatial home of a former Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed has been taken over by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, over a five billion Naira debt. The property comprising of many building is located at the No. 9A Abdulrazaq Street, GRA, Ilorin. According to a viral video posted by Barrister Robert on behalf of AMCON, the two terms Governor blantantly refused to liquidate his debt despite several overtures and offers. The Enforcement team was accompanied with 35 Mobile policemen. The AMCON team orders occupants of the buildings to vacate immediately. According to the lawyer,, the Operation will…
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President, Muhammadu Buhari, to speed up corruption cases involving all former members of the party that recently defected into the ruling party with pending EFCC cases. The party specifically mentioned the matter involving former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, as one that Buhari must personally ensure is not swept under the carpet now that he has joined All Progressives Congress. The opposition party in a statement signed by its Deputy National Publicity, Prince Diran Odeyemi and made available to newsmen in Osogbo, said it is only diligent prosecution of all former members of PDP struggling with…
Chairman/ Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has charged other other Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies in Africa to consider targetting the assets of drug cartels as a veritable tool that will weaken criminal narco networks. He gave the charge while delivering Nigeria’s statement at the virtual extraordinary session for Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies to share experiences and best practices in efforts to address and counter the world drug problem, on Tuesday 21st September 2021. According to him, “the disruption of the traditional criminal trafficking…
Four commuters have lost their lives in an accident that happened on Tuesday between a tipper driver and taxi bus plying Erie Junction, Sakpoba Road axis in Benin City, Nigeria. Eyewitnesses said the tipper driver was suspected to have lost control while heading in an opposite direction rammed into a moving white Vannet Bus, also leaving many passengers of the vehicle injured. Bodies of commuting passengers who died in the incident have been deposited in the Central morgue and others are now at Stella Obasanjo hospital respectively according to the source. Onlookers and sympathisers flooded the scene in attempts to rescue…
Funke Busari, Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday upgraded the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT, as he signed a legislation transforming the unit into to a full agency. The unit tackling the menace of sexual and domestic violence in the State will now be headed by an Executive Secretary. Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi who headed the DSVRT has been appointed as the Executive Secretary. The signing of the law coincided with the commemorative month dedicated to raising awareness on gender-based violence in the State. The DSVRT legislation provides for the establishment of Sexual Offenders’ Register that would…
The Head of Legal and Compliance, Black Pelican Group, Ms. Temitayo Akande has urged the Federal Government to adopt international legal framework in harmonising cyber laws in Nigeria. Akande made the appeal recently during an online conference organised by the Old Students Association of Federal Government College Ogbomosho, Oyo State. She recommended that the government needed to enforce various laws effectively to ensure people were protected. She expressed that adopting international legal framework would further strengthen cyber laws in Nigeria. Adding that the need for cyber protection stemmed from legal models derived from the body of common laws such as…
Funke Busari, Lagos The allegded killers of a 7-year-old Kazeem Rafiu has denied the allegations four years after his death. Adedoyin Oyekanmi and Erinmole Adetokunbo denied killing the boy on Monday at their arraignment before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja. In 2017, 26-year-old, Erinmole and Adedoyin were remanded in prison custody in connection with the death of Kazeem Rafiu. When the matter was called, the court registrar read charges: “That you, Adedoyin Oyekanmi and Erinmole Adetokunbo, on June 7, 2017, at about 2pm on Oke-Oniburokun Street, Odokekere, Ikorodu, Lagos, in the Ikeja jurisdiction, did conspire…
Funke Busari, Lagos A Daily Independent journalist, Titilope Joseph on Sunday emerged the Crime Writer of the Year at the Nigeria Media Nite-Out Award, NMNA 2021 held in Lagos. She is a Crime and Judiciary correspondent. Having successfully exhibited exceptional coverage of the entertainment and society beats for diverse media houses since 2010, she rose through the ranks to become a reliable and dependable reporter on issues around crime and judiciary in the society. This remarkable feat earned her the nomination for the Nigerian Media Nite-Out Award as the Crime Writer Of The Year. She holds a Diploma and Bachelor’s…