Funke Busari, Lagos The bribery allegation against a Federal High court judge, Justice Mohammed Yunusa before Justice Sherifat Sholebo has has suffered a setback. The trial judge on Monday expunged name of Justice Yunusa from the charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. She gave the ruling after she was informed by the defendant counsel, Mr. I. B. Mohammed that the embattled judge has been exonerated by the National Judicial Council, NJC. Recall that the anti-graft agency had dragged Justice Yunusa alongside one Esther Agbo, an employee of Rickey Tarfa law firm over allegations of bribery…
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Funke Busari, Lagos The Lagos State Task force on Environment has refuted the rumour that operatives of the Agency fired a gunshot that killed a young man (Name Withheld) in Oshodi area of Lagos. According to the statement signed by the Chairman of the Agency, Shola Jejeloye, the death of the deceased was caused by a reckless driver trying to excape arrest from traffic laws violations. According to him, a commercial bus driver was illegally loading passengers by the roadside in Oshodi and, on noticing the presence of a Lagos Task Force vehicle, took off recklessly at a high speed, knocking…
Funke Busari President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar as Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) stated this in a statement on Tuesday where he noted that the resignation and retirement takes immediate effect. According to the statement, President Buhari thanked the outgoing Service Chiefs for what he called their “overwhelming achievements in our…
Funke Busari, Lagos A book merchant, Mr. Chinonso Ugochukwu, has bagged one year imprisonment for pirating the Holy Bible and other books. The convict was handed down the judgement by Justice F. O. Riman of the Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Ugochukwu was found guilty of two-count charge bordering “on pirating, being in possession and offering for sale, 578 copies of various literary works including the Holy Bible (Revised Standard Version).” The offence contravenes Section 20(2)(c) of the Copyright Act, Cap C28, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria and attracts one year imprisonment. Testified against the convict, a prosecuting…
I read the story with some disbelief, praying that it will soon be rebutted and denied as one of those social media stunts. But alas! The police authorities in Ondo State later confirmed that Chief Olu Falae was indeed attacked in his farm around Oba Ile area of Akure, by suspected herdsmen. How could this happen, with such bravado, for the herders to set parts of the farm on fire, destroy the crops and hope to get away untouched? Not long thereafter, the tension was stoked again with the cold-blooded murder of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Fasoranti, frontline…
Funke Busari, Lagos The police authority in Lagos State has warned the newly trained Community Policing Special constables to desist from any act that is illegal and detrimental to the image of the police and capable of jeopardising the purpose for which Community Policing was established. The warning was issued during the deployment exercise of the special constables to the 110 Divisional Police headquarters across Lagos State held at the Command headquarters, GRA, Ikeja on Monday. A statement made available to CASEFILE by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Hakeem…
It was in 2009. The Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin ordered a rerun in a number of polling units in the election between Segun Oni of PDP and Dr Kayode Fayemi of ACN. Oni had in the main election and the election petition tribunal that followed been declared winner of the gubernatorial contest. Our party, ACN contested this, hence the declaration of a rerun. The election which came three months after the Appeal Court judgement was like war. The PDP ruling at the Federal level did not want to lose Ekiti while the opposition ACN led and financed by Bola…
Funke Busari, Lagos Officers of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Korede Anifowose, who almost robbed a Point-Of-Sale, POS operator, Sola Musa at the Fatolu, Ipaja area of Lagos State. Information says the suspect who resides at Omisakin Street, Agbelekale Abule Egba was arrested by police operatives following a distress call by Sola Musa when he was alledgedly attacked on Friday 22nd January, 2021 at about 12:45pm. Other accomplices are said to be on the run. One locally made pistol and some expended cartridges were said to have been recovered from him. Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police boss…
The Commissioner of Police, Ondo State Police Command, CP Salami Amidu Bolaji has apologised to the military authority in Ondo State over the mistaken parade of one Innocent Victor alongside a Police constable, as NO. 224751, CPL Innocent Victor of 32 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army, Owena Cantonment, Akure in a case of suspected robbery and conspiracy. The event took place on January 21, 2021 at the Police Headquarters, Igbatoro road Akure. CP Bolaji said after his series of interviews with the Investigating Police Officer in charge of the case before the parade, he was told that everything including enquiries with 32…