Funke Busari One of the abducted female students of the Federal Government College, Yawuri, Kebbi State has died during the rescue operation conducted by Nigerian Army troops operating under the auspices of Operation Hadarin Daji. However, two teachers and five students are rescued after a fierce exchange of fire with the criminals. This is according to a statement signed by Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director Army Public Relations. He said the rescue followed an initial encounter with the abductors in the early hours of Friday 18 June 2021 after trailing the kidnappers from Yawuri through Riyao to Sombo community,…
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Funke Busari, Lagos Four staff of a chinese restaurant, New China were among those that died and were recovered from the scene of a fire incident that resulted from a tanker explosion in Lagos on Friday. A rescue personnel, Ibrahim Farinloye, National Emergency Management Agency who spoke on the incident said three dead bodies were recovered this morning from the restaurant. According to him, “They are all staff of the Chinese restaurant including their Nigerian manager were recovered dead.” The victims of the fire were caught in the inferno from a LPG gas tanker, which was moving along the Mobolaji…
Funke Busari, Lagos For 12 hours Justice Lateefa Okunnu of Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Wednesday locked the door of the courtroom against litigants, lawyers, registrars and journalists as she delivers judgement in a criminal case against the former Managing Director of Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), Mr. Francis Atuche and his former Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Ugo Anyanwu standing trial for theft. The trial had lasted 10 years of fierce legal battle form the high court to the Supreme Court. Justice Okunnu began the hearing at past 9 in the morning and surprisingly wrapped up the judgement by…
Funke Busari, Lagos The former Managing Director of Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), Mr. Francis Atuche standing trial for stealing the sum of N25.7 billion belonging to the bank have been found guilty of theft and sentenced to six years imprisonment. His former Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Ugo Anyanwu standing trial alongside him was also sentenced to four years by Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja. Atuche’s wife, Elizabeth standing trial with him however has been found innocent and discharge of the charges of conspiracy and stealing brought against them in a suit instituted by…
Funke Busari, Lagos Magistrate Court in Yaba area of Lagos State presided over by Magistrate P. Nwaka has directed that full medical attention should be accorded the popular actor, Omiyinka Olanrewaju also known as Baba Ijesha currently in trial for alleged child molestation. The magistrate however refused the fresh bail application on the ground that the Lagos State Ministry of Justice has filed charges before a high Court. He appeared in blue top and clutching a motivational book titled ‘How To Thrive In A Perilious Time.’ Earlier, the accused was granted bail, but was unable to perfect the conditions especially…
Funke Busari, Lagos Temporary reprieve appears to have come the way of litigants, lawyers and judges following the suspension of the judicial workers strike as court proceedings held in some court rooms on Tuesday. CASEFILE found out that judges, such as Justices Oluwatoyin Dada, Hakeem Oshodi, Josephine Oyefeso and Sherifat Solebo held proceedings in the Lagos State High Court, in Ikeja. At the Special Offences court, Honourable Justice Dada proceedings in Lagos State and Samuel Shokunbi in Suit Number ID 9110C/19 was stalled while two cases between the Federal Government versus Esiku Destiny and Federal Government versus Onoriode Godwin were…
Nigerian Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has advised Nigerian lawyers to ‘fix evident dysfunctions’ that corrupt the legal profession and undermine its age-long integrity. The speaker of lower chamber of the parliament, gave the advice in his keynote address presented at the 2021 Nigerian Bar Association-Section on Legal Practice, NBA-SLP, annual conference held at Ibom Icon Hotel and Golf Resort Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. Gbajabiamila who was represented by the Chairman House Committee on Judiciary and member representing Etinan/Nsit Ibom/Nsit Ubium federal consituency, Mr. Onofiok Luke, stressed that as lawyers and citizens, they need…
Funke Busari, Lagos The national body of crime reporters in Nigeria has applauded the elevation and deployment of Johnson Kokumo to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police to curb crimes and criminalities in Lagos and Ogun States within the Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos. In a release signed by Mr. Frank Oshanugor, the Chairman, Public Interest and Strategy Committee of Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria, CRAN, the group said, “We are convinced that his deployment to the Zonal Command is a welcome development in the fight against acts of criminality, considering his vast knowledge of the terrains in Lagos and…
The traditional rulers of Ohafia Community in Abia State are not comfortable with the security situation in their domain. The Council of Ohafia Monarchs, leading members of Ohafia Improvement Union, OIU, and Ohafia leaders of thoughts at an emergency meeting views with utmost concern the insecurity situation in Ohafia, resulting in series of harassment and intimidation of law abiding residents of Ohafia by security agencies in Ohafia. They specifically stated that Ndi Ohafia and residents of Ohafia are law abiding citizens of Nigeria who deserve protections from Nigerian law enforcement agencies instead of intimidations and harassments. The Council denied any “Un-known…
On Children’s Day, Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu invited 10-year-old, medically challenged Chess champion, Ferdinand Maumo who hails from Makoko to a game at the Lagos House Marina. Ferdinand, who has never been to school before or had any formal education had a game of Chess with Mr. Governor on Sunday at the Lagos House, Marina, a very tough game indeed which eventually ended in a stalemate after about 35 minutes. Governor Sanwo-Olu says he is inspired by Ferdinand and says he has risen beyond his challenge and he has a bright future ahead of him.