Funke Busari A bill seeking to raise the qualification for journalism practice in the country has been slated for second reading by Nigeria’s House of Representatives. If the bill sail through at the floor of the House, it therefore implies media practitioners must posses degrees or diploma in media-related courses. The proposal is contained in the Nigerian Press Council Amendment Bill 2019 sponsored by Mr Francis Agbo. The bill particularly seeks to amend Sections 19 (1) (a), 19 (1) (b), 21 (5) (a), 21 (5) (b) and 35 of the Nigerian Press Council Act Cap N128 LFN 2004. When amended,…
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Funke Busari, Lagos Not less than 40 protesters including popular Comedian, Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr. Macaroni were arraigned over the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest on Saturday. The protesters were brought before a Lagos State Magistrate Court in Yaba on a two count charge of alledged conspiracy, breach of public peace and flouting of COVID-19 protocols. Recall that the government and police authorities had on Thursday warned residents of the State against any protest or infraction of COVID-19 protocols in the State. But in the early hours of today, protesters trickled in and around the Lekki Toll Gate Plaza to protest…
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, is not happy with the tenure exension granted the Inspector General Of Police Mohammed Adamu by the Presidency. It is the argument of NBA that Mohammed Adamu retired under the extant laws on February 1, 2021 and cannot be a fit and proper officer to lead the Nigerian Police. To this end, the leadership of the NBA said it has looked at the said tenure extension and is of the considered opinion that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, does not have the powers to extend the tenure of the Inspector General of Police…
The Chairman of the Federal Government task force on monitoring and enforcement of Nigerian expatriate business permit and expatriate quota administration, Hon. Bola Ilori has commended the examplary leadership and solution driven touch of Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Aketi, SAN. His remark was given on Thursday during a courtesy visit to the governor, where he noted that the governor is making people of the state very proud. Hon. Ilori stressed that the Governor has shown that he is a leading light in providing leadership and solution, particularly on the issues of insecurity in Ondo State and the Southwest in…
Funke Busari, Lagos The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo SAN and Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu have issued clear warnings to those bracing up for the continuation of the ENDSARS protest and of another group preparing to defend the State, stressing that violators of other people’s right and failure to comply with the COVID-19 protocols during the intended protests will be met with the full wrath of the law. The two Commissioners issued the warning against the backdrop of the call for #OCCUPYLAGOSLEKKITOLLGATE protest in the State. Moyosore Onigbanjo SAN reiterated his Ministry’s commitment while addressing…
Funke Busari, Lagos Fourty-nine years old woman, Ms. Tina Essi, has been arrested by the Police in connection with the death of a 49 year old man, Christian Akparie, in Ikorodu, Lagos. The suspect, daughter to landlady of Christian Akparie, a tenant was reported to have died after an argument over the payment of electricity bill which led to a fight between him and the daughter of his landlady at their residence of No 26 Orijamogun Street, Oreyo, Ikorodu, Lagos. According to preliminary investigation, the Lagos State Police Command revealed that on 31st January 2021, an argument, over the payment…
Traditional rulers, elders, indigenes and other stakeholders in Eti-Osa have rejected a proposed bill by the Lagos House of Assembly seeking to cede them to Epe division from Lagos Division. In a communique signed after the emergency meeting on Wednesday at Eti-Osa local Government secretariat, Igbo-Efon, Lagos, the people and their leaders outrightly rejected the bill which has passed both the first and second reading on the floor of the State House of Assembly. The communique also stated that a committee to be led by the Oniru of Iruland, His Royal Majesty Oba Gbolahan Lawal will be at the public…
Funke Busari, Lagos To ensure speedy and effective dispensation of justice by the police and the judiciary in the state, the men at the helm of affairs in the Justice sectors in Lagos have concluded talks to strengthen the existing synergy and understanding between them. During a visit by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu to Attorney-General and the Chief Judge of Lagos Mr. Moyo Onigbanjo, SAN, and the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, the police boss harped on the need for the Ministry of Justice and the judiciary to make policies and adopt strategies…
WHEREAS: It is reported in the news media that there are calls for protest and counter-protest, at the Lekki Toll Gate, slated for Saturday, February 13, 2021; AND The 1999 Constitution, in its section 39, has granted to every person, the right to freedom of expression, including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and to impart ideas and information, without interference. NEVERTHELESS, I will like to plead most passionately, that the protest and counter-protest be shelved, at least for now, based on the reasons stated hereunder. ONE The Judicial Panel of Inquiry is still sitting and it is yet…
The remains of former Minister of Information, Prince Tony Momoh, who passed on in Abuja last week, will be interred on Grailland, Iju Hills, Lagos on Thursday, February 11, 2021, it has been announced. The burial will be preceded by a Grail Funeral Hour of Worship in the Temple of God on Grailland at 4p.m on the same day, the Grail Movement -Nigeria says today, February 9, in a statement in which it also issued an advisory on adherence to COVID-19 protocols and other guidelines required of members of the public and media who wished to attend the event. Momoh,…