Funke Busari, Lagos Sixty suspected cultists were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Adeola Adedayo under the new Lagos State Anti-Cultism Law, 2021 by the Police on Wednesday. The defendants were arrested at various points and communities in the state and have been brought before the Magistrate Court 1 in Yaba on 31st March, 2021. The police prosecutors filed 13 count charge against the 60 suspects for various offences including conspiracy, murder, cultism, unlawful possession of firearms and breach of public peace under the new Lagos State Anti-Cultism Law, 2021 and Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015. The Commissioner of Police, CP.…
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Funke Busari, Lagos The controversy over the selection of the Oniru of Iru Land, Victoria Island Lagos is far from being over as the families are still at daggers drawn over the stool. The latest this time around is the recent press statement by the family insisting that both Gbolahan Lawal and Hakeem Ajasa are not entitled to the stool of Oniru. To this end, the Oniru family of Iruland kicked against an online publication not casefileng.com, calling on Mr. Gbolahan Lawal to vacate Oniru stool for Mr. Hakeem Ajasa. According to the Family, both Gbolahan and Ajasa cannot claim right…
A Badagry Prince, Prince Semasa James of Kweme land has been sentenced to one year imprisonment for defrauding 26 siblings of a N500million inheritance while administering the estate of their late father Oba Afolabi James. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja on Tuesday found him guilty of three-counts of uttering of a false documents and sentenced him to a year in prison on each count, which is to run concurrently or an option of N450,000 fine. Semasa, the first defendant was charged alongside his personal assistant Afolabi Kazeem. Justice Taiwo however in her judgement found Semasa not guilty…
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Funke Busari, Lagos The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested Aniede Chimezie Bright at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos over illicit drugs trafficking worth over N2billion. This was disclosed by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy on Monday in a press statement. The suspects, Aniede Chimezie Bright was arrested on Sunday 28th March, 2021, during the outward clearance of passengers on Air Marroc, with 7.1 Kg of Methamphetamine carefully concealed in food spices and packed in a Swiss polo suit case. The illicit substance was bound for Spain with street value of over N2 billion.…
Funke Busari, Lagos The Nigeria Association of the Blind, NAB, Lagos State Chapter, has called on the State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to give priority access to Persons With Disabilities, PWDs, in the on-going COVID-19 vaccination process. According to Barrister Lukman Abolarinwa Salami, Chairman of NAB in Lagos, he expressed concern that the disabled persons stand a greater risk because they form a critical bulk of the communities as the Coronavirus pandemic continues to affect more people. As many states in Nigeria, including Lagos, are already inoculating citizens with the AstraZeneca vaccine, the association therefore advised Mr. Sanwo-Olu to respect…
Funke Busari, Lagos In its drive to create an environment devoid of air pollution, Lagos State Government has commissioned a mini effluent treatment plant to aid industries without capacity to test their effluents and industrial, hazardous wastewaster before releasing into the atmosphere. Also, an Air Monitoring Station located at six different locations, a Digital E-Library and a hybrid vehicle, were unveiled at the weekend by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello and handed over to the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, said…
Funke Busari, Lagos Stealing spree came to an end for suspected traffic robbers and receiver of stolen phones in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. Lucky Isibor, 34, Isah Mohammed, 26 and Aminu Abdullahi, 21, are currently being held by the Police who arrested them on 26th March, 2021 at 11:30p.m by the Ikorodu Round About. The suspects were alledgedly in possession of 11 phones, N139,000, a BRT Cowry Card, black bag containing assorted charms and weeds suspected to be Indian hemp. Investigations by the police revealed that Lucky Isibor doubles as a receiver to traffic robbers in the area. Trouble began…
Funke Busari A 60-years-old pastor, Cletus Nwachukwu Egole aka ‘Alewa’, accused of providing cover and training ground for suspected killers of police personnel is among 16 persons arrested over alledged involvement in the killing of police officers in the country. This was disclosed by Frank Mba, the Force Public Relations Officer on Sunday. Other suspects are Ugochukwu Samuel a.k.a Biggy, 28-year-old native of Arochukwu Local Government Area in Abia State; Raphael Idang, 31-year-old native of Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River state and Michael Uba, 33 years from Imo State. Twelve others in the course of investigation, according to…
Funke Busari The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has recorded remarkable success with the arrests of suspected drug traffickers smuggling narcotics to other countries. Chairman/CEO of NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the offensive action of the men and officers of the two airports Commands to secure Nigeria from the damaging effects of the drug scourge with regards to the arrests. The NDLEA boss made the disclosure following the arrest of a Chadian lady, Vivien Tarmadji at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the operatives of the NDLEA, while trying to board an Ethiopian airline flight…